Belle is her dam's mini me. But with even more milk! Lady, Belle's dam, was of one of my best milkers (highest volume in the herd in 2018). Belle's sire is out of the best milking MiniNubian I know of (peaking at almost 2 gallons in one day!!!). Belle has gone on to pass up her dam and has been on the MDGA Top Ten list THREE years in a row! She has a lovely udder with amazing capacity, excellent teat placement, and a well defined medial. She is easy to milk. Belle has decent breed character although typical of Lady kids she has a lot of control over her ears. Belle keeps looking better and better as she matures. She's a HARD one to photograph as she always looks 10x worse in photos than in real life. She has excellent depth of barrel, good width, beautiful angularity and sharpness while still having good strength. Her kids have been excellent.

Belle's lovely udder:
Paternal Granddam's udder on left (mastitis damage) & her full sister on the right	Virtual Show Record GRAND CHAMION and  BEST UDDER - MDGA 2023 fall v-show ring one GRAND CHAMION and  BEST UDDER - MDGA 2023 fall v-show ring one	Belle's dam's udder
MDGA Milk Records Year Age (yr-mo) Days in Test Total Milk in test Ave BF% Total BF in test Ave Protein% Total  Protein in test Comments 2019 1-01 (ff) 230 838# 4.1% 34 3.3% 28 Shorter lactation as she kidded later, so no star earned this year 2020 1-11 302 1302# 4.4% 57 3.4% 44 MDGA TOP 10 - #10 for milk volume Earned Milk star in Milk and Butterfat! 2021 3-00 283 1419# 3.7% 53 3.5 50 MDGA TOP TEN - #6 for milk. Earned star in milk & butterfat 2022 4-00 309 1816# 3.5% 63 3.5% 59 MDGA TOP TEN - Earned milk star in both volume and butterfat!   Click on the photos to see Belle's kids