Retired Goats
MI Sugar Creek HY Joon
Date of birth: June/26/2009 Barn name: "Joonbug"
Sire: Spring Run Haiku's Yoshi Dam: MI SugarCreek TS Xtra Pennies
Joon was retired this year (2014), after a rough kidding in March. She delivered 2 mammoth bucklings for her 5th freshening, and we thought she was done after that. But three weeks later we discovered that she had retained one more huge, dead buckling. We went in, and after working on poor Joon for a couple hours, pulled out the giant buckling! It took Joonbug around 7 months to fully recover, but I made the decision to never breed her again. She will live out the rest of her days with us as a pet. She is still the bossy herd queen though! I want to personally thank Melissa at Rising Echos, for helping me make my decision on retiring Joon. I had wanted a daughter out of her so badly, but not at the price of placing her life at risk again. Melissa surprised me with "Rising Echos CR Joon's Legacy", who is the great-granddaughter of my beloved SugarCreek HY Joon. I named her Joon's Legacy for her heritage, and in honor of the first goat I ever bought, and the love of my life; Joonie Joonbug.