Rosasharn NP Zephyr

LA 2019 84 (+VV ) @ 04-07, *ADGA DNA*, Alpha Casein A/B

Buck
Buckskin with Brown, Black, and White with Moonspots.  Frosted muzzle and ears.
Born 09-02-2014

ADGA, AGS, and NDGA Registered

Pedigree:

Sire: Rosasharn AX Noble Prince ++*B, AR2015, ST2016, LA 2013 88 (VVV ) @ 02-02 ,2012, *ADGA DNA*
(Sire: Rosasharn Al’s Astrix ++B, AR2014, ST2013, LA2011 x Dam:  GCH Rosasharn TL Queen Bee 5*M, AR 2007, ST2013, LA2013,2012,2011 91 (VEEE) @ 05-01)

Dam: Rosasharn CB Athina
(Sire: Rosasharn SH Celtic Ballad  +*B, AR2014, LA2016 90 (VEE ) @ 05-02,2013,2012 x Dam: Rosasharn AX Katerina 6*M, AR2013, LA2018 91 (EEEE) @ 07-03 ,2016,2013)

Zephyr is handsome buck that is very dairy with long neck and body and nice girth, with a super-sweet personality to go along with it.  He has made a great herd sire, having sired handsome bucks and lovely does in our herd.  Zephyr comes from excellent Rosasharn dairy lineage; his sire is Rosasharn Noble Prince and his extended lineage goes all the way back to include Goodwood Tom Thumb. According to Anne Petersen of Rosasharn Farm’s Website, Tom Thumb, “was our favorite herd sire! He built our herd.  Tom was perhaps, the most influencial buck in the history of the Nigerian breed.”  It’s exciting to know that we have a buck with those genetics running through his veins, albeit somewhat distantly.

In between, there are many exceptional Rosasharn NDGs that Zephyr has descended from.  Ms. Peterson stated on the Rosasharn website of of Zephyr’s sire, he’s a “Top notch buck from excellent show and productions lines.  Consistently produces passes on those traits to his kids.”  We are excited about Zeph’s excellent dairy genetics and watching his progeny to see what traits he has passed on.

He has an A/B Alpha Casein that represents a high content of alpha s1 casein in milk, which is a direct result of his excellent dairy genetics.  He has passed this on to his son, FOB Farm Z Hawkeye; we are fortunate to have retained him as another herd sire because he has an A/A Alpha Casein.  Zephyr’s daughter “Cara” from the same breeding got her milk star the first time we participated in DHIA in 2018 (we couldn’t participate in 2019), which proves that the exceptional dairy genetics are still being passed on to both bucks and does.

The ADGA Linear Appraisal judge said she really loved Zephyr’s dairyness and that she would have scored him higher if he would have had more weight on him.  Unfortunately,  Zephyr was recovering from a bout of intestinal parasites at the time of appraisal.  But we are looking forward to our next appraisal to see how he scores.