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FCH Rafter O Wild Verbena

Breed: Mini Nubian, 3rd Gen
Date of Birth: 03-23-2021
Percentage: 65.94% Nubian / 34.06% Nigerian
Traits: Cou Clair – Polled – Blue-Eyes

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🐐 About Verbena

Verbena truly has it all! She’s a striking, blue-eyed, polled doe with the rare and beautiful Cou Clair color pattern—and she backs up that beauty with an impressive pedigree. Her udder shows tremendous promise for future development, featuring ideal teat size and placement, strong attachments, and a high, wide escutcheon. Her foreudder is smoothly blended and well-extended, adding to her overall balance and dairy strength.

Following proudly in her dam Clover’s hoofsteps, Verbena has now earned her own Finished Champion title. On May 3 at the Texas Mini Milkers Hill Country Two-Step, she captured the two remaining legs needed to finish her championship, continuing the strong legacy of excellence, dairy strength, and beautiful mammary systems this line is becoming known for at Rafter O.

Her dam, Clover, is a beautiful two-tone chamoisee doe with blue eyes and is a Finished Champion. Clover’s pedigree is outstanding on both sides, with Verbena’s granddam, Clair, coming from top Nubian herds. Her sire, Memphis, has given his kids great width and is a *B buck, whose dam, Tootsie, earned her milk star.

🏆 Show Highlights

Fall 2022 – MDGA Virtual Show
🥈 Reserve Grand Champion Mini Nubian Junior Doe – Judge: Lavinia Allen
💬 “This doe has the advantage in her Body Capacity, being very deep in her heart girth and barrel. Exhibits strong straight legs, good rear leg angulation, width in her chest floor, and smooth blending from loin into a more correct slope from hips to pins. Also shows good breed character for a Generation 3.”

May 2023 – Texas Two-Step
🥈 Reserve Grand Champion Mini Nubian Senior Doe – Judge: Ashley Burton
📝 Judges praised her beautiful movement in the ring.

May 2024 – Hill Country Two-Step
🥈 Reserve Grand Champion Mini Nubian Senior Doe – Judge: Rebekah Rupchis
🏆 Overall Best Udder – Judge: Emily Thompson-Healy

May 2025 – Hill Country Two-Step
🥈 Reserve Grand Champion Mini Nubian Senior Doe – Judge: Kelly Martin
🏆 Best Udder in Age Class x2

May 2025 – North Texas Tango
🥇 Grand Champion Mini Nubian Senior Doe – Judge: Scott Horner
🏆 Best Udder in Age Class

May 2026 – Hill Country Two-Step
🥇 Grand Champion Mini Nubian Senior Doe x2 – Judges: Anna LaBarbera & Jen Tereba
🏆 Best Udder in Age Class x3

May 2026 – North Texas Tango
⭐ Best of Breed Mini Nubian Senior Doe x2 – Judges: Tom Considine & Kelly Martin
🏆 Best Udder of Breed – Judge: Kelly Martin

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🌿 Verbena’s Legacy

Verbena is already making her mark as a foundation doe, not just through her own impressive show career, but also through her offspring.

Her daughter, Poppy, is a shining example of the strength in her genetics. At the May 2025 Hill Country Two-Step, Poppy stood out among a competitive lineup of young does and was awarded Grand Champion Junior Doe and Best in Show under Judge Kelly Martin.  As a first freshener, Poppy took home a Grand Champion Senior Doe at the May 2026 North Texas Tango under Kelly Martin again.

To continue the Clover and Verbena lines at Rafter O, we are retaining Rafter O Morning Glory. Still very young, Glory is already showing exciting potential and represents the next generation of this special maternal line.

From their elegant conformation to their strong dairy character, it’s clear that Poppy and Glory are following in their dam’s footsteps. Verbena is passing on both beauty and performance, and we’re excited to watch her legacy continue through the next generation.

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🌸 Name Origin

Wild Verbena—or Prairie Verbena—features gently rounded clusters of pink, lavender, or purple flowers atop stems with highly divided leaves. The Spanish name, Moradilla, comes from morado (“purple”) and means “little purple one.” This plant often forms brilliant displays of pink or light purple, carpeting entire acres.

Wild Verbena belongs to the verbena family (Verbenaceae), a diverse family of about 75 genera and 3,000 species ranging from herbs to shrubs and trees in tropical and warm temperate regions. Notably, the family also includes ornamental favorites like Vervain, Lantana, and Frog Fruit—and even the highly prized teak wood.

Kidding History

 

Year	Doelings	Bucklings	Kids	Sire
2023	1	1	Venus & Crescent	Tundra
2024	2	1	Poppy, Cherry & Max	Tundra
2025	1	1	Auggie & Halei	Tundra
2026	2	0	Sage & Glory	Tundra

Verbena’s Kids

Verbena Pedigree Photos