Russell Homestead's Wilbur Wright
"Wilbur"
Wilbur was born March 24, 2019, to Nickel & Captain. He has one brother - Orville. He is named for Wilbur Wright. He's a strong, handsome fellow. He wiggled his way into our affections with his darling antics and striking markings. It was our plan to keep a doeling from Nickel in 2019. When she had twin bucklings, we decided to keep Wilbur as a herd sire.
Wilbur served as our herd sire in 2020. He did an awesome job. We sold him in 2021 due to having so many of his genetics already in our herd. We were sad to see him go as he was everything we ever wanted in a buck.
A few other details on Wilbur:
Though he has no papers to his name; he has more. His dam, Nickel (and her sister Penny) were our first 2 goats we purchased in 2013. We knew NOTHING about goats and bought the first ones we went to look at. Little did we know how blessed we were to get 2 awesome milkers. Penny and Nickel weathered many things with us - a failed dehorning, their first kiddings and milkings, and the addition of other goats to the herd. Sadly, we lost Penny to pneumonia when she was 3. Nickel, however, has been the enduring goat in our herd. We know her genetics - hardy with lots of milk production. Add to that her EXTRA large teats handy for milking, and she's stayed with us over the years. So, although she, and subsequently Wilbur, have no ADGA paperwork, we are thrilled about the genetics (and spots!) Wilbur is going to bring to our herd.
Wilbur served as our herd sire in 2020. He did an awesome job. We sold him in 2021 due to having so many of his genetics already in our herd. We were sad to see him go as he was everything we ever wanted in a buck.
A few other details on Wilbur:
Though he has no papers to his name; he has more. His dam, Nickel (and her sister Penny) were our first 2 goats we purchased in 2013. We knew NOTHING about goats and bought the first ones we went to look at. Little did we know how blessed we were to get 2 awesome milkers. Penny and Nickel weathered many things with us - a failed dehorning, their first kiddings and milkings, and the addition of other goats to the herd. Sadly, we lost Penny to pneumonia when she was 3. Nickel, however, has been the enduring goat in our herd. We know her genetics - hardy with lots of milk production. Add to that her EXTRA large teats handy for milking, and she's stayed with us over the years. So, although she, and subsequently Wilbur, have no ADGA paperwork, we are thrilled about the genetics (and spots!) Wilbur is going to bring to our herd.
