Welcome to Issue No. 1 of the
ND Genes

Message in a Bottle

Our periodic newsletter to all NDGenes members.



 

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Dave's been working very hard to make it possible for prospective members to look at NDGenes' offerings without making you repeatedly check in. This has been the task that has taken the most time. I felt strongly that those people who have been in on this project from the beginning shouldn't have to take a step backwards in order for new people to join us. He finally worked the logic out last night.

You will be receiving a new password shortly. This will be an individual password generated just for you. When you check in to enter data or to do a search, use this instead of the generic ones you've been using.

Several people have expressed an interest in joining NDGenes.com but wanted to know what we have to offer first. So, soon they'll know. We've already started getting some Registered Users, so we expect membership to grow rapidly from this point. Thanks for giving them something to search through! We really appreciate it.

 

History Note: I have been collecting bits of information over the years, including early issues of FootNotes* and Ruminations. Recently I came across an article from May 1998, written by Shaula Parker explaining the first time she saw the buckskin pattern in the breed. The article explains that in 1987 Kathleen Claps invited Shaula down to the Goodwood Farm to see the two new kids that were born there - Goodwood Serif and Goodwood Souvenir. Their dam was Goodwood Rosa Parks, and their sire - Goodwood King Sunny Ade. Rosa Parks was a solid black doe and King Sunny Ade was a "deep russet brown with black trim." (Ruminations 1998). The kids were black and tan, with facial stripes, and tan stockings. This was what we now refer to as buckskin coloration, and these were the first two buckskin ND kids in the US!
Now that we're all more familiar the buckskin color pattern it's obvious that King Sunny Ade also meets that description, but at that time he was just thought to be the first "brown ND."
Shaula Parker goes on to project that everyone with buckskin animals in their herds must go back to Goodwood King Sunny Ade. Does this hold true in your herd? If you've got Goodwood Alamo Messenger in your herd, as I do, that holds up. Alamo Messenger was a son of Goodwood Serif. If you've got Goodwood Kenya, then it can be true too, as he was a son of Goodwood Souvenir.

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