This fella is a STUD!! And does his mother know how to fill a pail!?! Noel milked 6.2# this year for her first test at only 5 weeks fresh. That's not even her best test day, either. She peaked at 6.6# as a 2F!! Talk about a milk-making machine! Quite the feat for a 19 1/2" package! Great size teats for handmilking too.

This boy LOVES. TO. EAT! Thinks he's a teddy bear (he's fluffy enough!) and loves to snuggle. This buck is stout. His chest completely fills your hand when you scoop him up, and carries that width throughout. I really like the head and face on this fella (not only because of the fun stripes!), but he's got a really powerful head developing to match his dam, who's an E in her head. LONG back on this boy, with really nice consistent width in the vertebrae all the way out through the loin. Deep chest floor with nicely set front legs, and nice angulation in those rear legs.

Introducing (and to stick with the Christmas theme):

Cottonwood Hollow St. Nicholas *B*S aka "Nick"

Born: March 27, 2025

Sire: Cottonwood Hollow Validus*B*S (Sinai Thunder P Excelsior *B*S x Sinai Thunder Josie 1*M 1*D, GEEEE89, 5.9# test day high).

Dam: Southern Grace J Noel (second photo) 5*M 3*D (both * pending), VVV+86 (as a FF), First freshening DHI for 297 days: 810# of milk, 51#of butterfat, ​5.2# test day high, 9.9% butterfat high. Second freshening test day high: 6.6#, 86% PE score (SG award is hopefully pending).

​Dam's 3/4 sister: SG Sinai Thunder O Hosanna 5*M 3*D VEEE 91, Ex90, 1181# for her 305 as a FF.

CL, CAE, and Johne's free herd in Hutchinson, KS.

Ready to wean May 24.