Kansas Bluestem Katasterismoi 6*M

FS 88 (GVVE) @ 03-07

ADGA #N2193331

DOB: August 31, 2021

G6S Normal (N/N)

AS1C A/B

Sire: Zao Hot Fudge

Sire’s Sire: Cozy Creek Golden Chrome *B

Sire’s Dam: Sweet-B’s Dawnflower VG86

Dam: Goddard Farm Sphinx 5*M G80

Dam’s Sire: +*B Prairie Acres Denali

Dam’s Dam: Goddard Farm Isabella 4*M

Pictured as a 4yr, 3F in Sept of 2025

Show Wins:

2025: 1 x GCH, 1 x BOB, 1 x BUOB, 1 x Reserve

Stella is our only daughter of Goddard Farm Sphinx and a paternal sister to Kansas Bluestem Ethel- both are does we absolutely love! We sold Stella as a dry yearling in October of 2022, with first right to buy back. In April of 2024, as a bred doe, expecting her second freshening any day, brought Stella home again. Stella is the exact picture of what we hoped to get when breeding her dam, Sphinx, with her sire, Zao Hot Fudge.

Stella dam raised her first twins, and that had an impact on her udder. While her second and third freshenings were promising, she gave us single kids both times. We know she can achieve a lot more production if we can get a litter of multiples from her.

Stella brought home our first Champion rosette and was named Best Nubian Udder at the 2025 KS State Fair. We have high hopes that she’ll be even more impressive as a fourth freshener in 2026 and finish her championship.

Sphinx and Stella cuddling on the barn floor.

COMPLETED LACTATIONS:

2025: 3-06 y/o completed 301 DIM

Milk 1788 - Butterfet 86 (4.8%) - Protein 67 (3.7%)

2024: 2-07 y/o completed 280 DIM

Milk 1230 - Butterfet 58 (4.8%) - Protein 48 (3.9%)

Pictured as a 3yr, 2F in Sept of 2024

DHI Records

Stella fell just short of earning her * in her second lactation, but exceeded requirements in all three categories in her third lactation. Click here and input Animal ID NUUSA2193331 (make sure the “GOAT” selection is toggled) to pull up her CDCB Query and see additional data.

CURRENT LACTATION IN PROGRESS

2026: 4-06 y/o … due 03/19/2026

Milk ____ - Butterfat __ (_._%) - Protein __ (_._%)

Kansas Bluestem Katasterismoi as a young doe.

Kansas Bluestem Katasterismoi as a dry yearling.

Linear Appraisal Data

Stella’s first appraisal was in 2025 as a third freshener. She appraised wonderfully and it confirmed, for us, how wonderful we already knew she was. Stella appraised with a final score of 88, including an excellent in Mammary System and very good in Dairy Strength and Body Capacity.

Udder Photos

We’re (admittedly) not the most skilled at clipping and photographing udders. Please accept our apologies for the lack of skill in these areas, and know that we provide you with the best we’re capable of giving. If at any time you want current udder photos of a doe, just contact us.

Udder- September 2024

~170 DIM, 2nd Freshening

While she does lack capacity, we love the shape, teat placement and texture of Stella’s udder. Here’s hoping her capacity improves with maturity.

Kansas Bluestem Katasterismoi side udder photo, third freshening.

Kansas Bluestem Katasterismoi rear udder photo, third freshening.

Udder- May 2025

~60 DIM, 3rd Freshening

Stella freshened a little unevenly this year, opposite of her unevenness from 2024. She came in with amazing capacity and even more width and roundness to her arch. A beautiful udder, for sure!.

Kidding Journal @ Bluestem Acres

2024- Stella returned to us a bred doe, just a few days shy of her due date. She kidded unassisted, on her due date, with single doeling. I had been checking her regularly and watching to see her udder pop, as her ligaments had been loose for several days… however, the udder never popped and I went out for midday check to hear a tiny bleat coming from the shelter and find a freshly dropped, health doe kid. Stella had been allowed to dam raise her twins on her first freshening, but she handled me taking the kid away and being a milk-goat beautifully. From day one, she has stood well on the milkstand and is easy to milk.

2025- Stella was bred to Cozy Meadow Maximum Chrome in hopes of getting twin doelings… one for me and one to fill a reservation. She kidded on March 11th with a massive single buckling. He weighed 9.35 pounds and was appropriately named nicknamed Beast. Stella’s fantastic udder caught the attention of a young breeder in Missouri, and “Beast” (Kansas Bluestem MC Therion) went to work as a herdsire. Stella bounced back wonderfully and began pumping out plenty of milk, as well as appraising with a final score of 88 (E in Mammary) only 30 days in milk. Her show schedule in May and June did affect production a little, but the udder was still beautiful enough to earn her Champion Nubian and Best Udder of Breed at the 2025 Kansas State Fair.

2026- Though we attempted to breed Stella to a special frozen sire, she short-cycled five days after her AI procedure. We live covered her with both Kansas Bluestem MS Edison and Kansas Bluestem Pistol Pete on the short cycle heat. She is due 3/19/2026 and could have kids by any of the three sires.