FEMALE

Rafter O Summer Tanager

Breed: Mini Nubian, 2nd Gen
Date of Birth: 05-28-2024
Percentage: 73.43% Nubian / 26.57% Nigerian
Traits: Two-Tone Chamoisee – Polled – Blue Eyes

🐐 About Summer

Summer truly has it all! She’s a stunning polled doe with captivating blue eyes and a beautiful two-tone chamoisee coat that turns heads wherever she goes. Beyond her striking appearance, Summer carries the milking ability and strong dairy traits that reflect the very best of our herd’s genetics. What really sets her apart, though, is her sweet, affectionate personality—she’s always eager to be by your side and full of friendly, “in-your-pocket” charm.

We’re especially excited to see how Summer’s udder develops as she matures, confident it will reflect the quality and potential she already shows. She is a perfect blend of beauty, performance, and temperament, making her a treasured member of our family and herd.

Summer’s pedigree is packed with excellence. Her dam, Wren, is a feminine doe with a high escutcheon, wonderful teat and orifice size, impressive capacity, and is truly a dream to hand-milk. Wren has excelled in the show ring, earning Grand Champion wins as both a junior and senior doe.

Her sire, Pancho, is a striking two-tone chamoisee, moon-spotted, blue-eyed buck, merging the best of two powerhouse lines—Clover and Tundra. He’s maturing beautifully with great strength and presence.

Summer’s grand dam, Clover, is a beautiful two-tone chamoisee doe with blue eyes and outstanding conformation. Clover’s udder is exceptional, with high attachment, good teat size, and great capacity. A Finished Champion in MDGA Live Shows, Clover has earned numerous Best Udder awards.

Her grandsire, Tundra, brings in a powerhouse pedigree full of champions and milk stars. With excellent conformation and a record of greatly improving his kids, Tundra holds a *B milk star, has multiple Reserve Grand Champion wins in the MDGA Virtual Shows, and is now a Live Show Finished Champion.

🏆 Show Highlights

May 2025 – Hill Country Two-Step

• • 🥈 Reserve Grand Champion Mini Nubian Junior Doe – Judge: Kelly Martin
  • 💬 Judge Martin praised Summer’s refined dairy character, correct structure, smooth blending, balance, and femininity, calling her one to watch as she matures.

Summer 2025 – MDGA Virtual Show
Summer places strong in the Senior Yearling class at the Virtual Show!  Against 23 entries, Summer earned 5th place in both rings, praised for her smooth front end assembly, strong feet and legs, width between the hocks, and depth of body—a consistent and commendable performance from this promising young doe.

This strong start to Summer’s show career makes us even more excited to watch her continue to grow and shine in the ring.

🐦 Name Origin

The Summer Tanager is the only completely red bird in North America. The strawberry-colored male stands out vividly against green forest canopies, while the mustard-yellow female is more subtle but equally charming. Fairly common during summer, these birds migrate as far south as the middle of South America in winter. Throughout the year, Summer Tanagers are specialists at catching bees and wasps mid-flight—somehow avoiding being stung by their catches. Their cheerful presence and bright colors make “Summer Tanager” the perfect name for this lovely, spirited doe.