Urbiztondo Nubians

10/05/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all Mom's❤️🎉💐

06/05/2026

The ₱20 billion livestock support program is a strong and timely signal that the government is taking the sector seriously.

After years of setbacks—from disease pressures to rising costs—this kind of investment is needed. The focus on repopulation, vaccination, and manpower shows a clear intent to stabilize supply and support recovery.

At the same time, this presents an opportunity to go even further.

As the program rolls out, it could have an even greater impact by continuing to strengthen local breeders and producers—the ones steadily building herds, improving genetics, and sustaining production on the ground. Supporting them more deeply helps ensure that growth is not just immediate, but lasting.

Procurement and distribution can address short-term gaps. Pairing that with long-term investments in breeder networks, farm-level profitability, and local capacity will help turn recovery into real resilience.

There’s real momentum here. With the right balance between immediate support and long-term development, this initiative can help shape a stronger, more self-sustaining livestock industry for the years ahead.

Read the first comment for more details.

03/05/2026

Reposting this. We posted this some 14 years ago.

This folder contains old pictures of American Nubians and Australian Anglonubians meant for fun, for viewing and for information.

It is note worthy to mention the four imported goat recognized in the Herd Book by the British Goat Society as Nubians: Sedge Chancellor, horned imported from India 1896. It has a lactation period of 148 days and can yield 2-3 kgs of milk; Bricket Cross, a Chitral, horned imported in 1904. He won the British Goat Society 'Best Goat Stud' for four consecutive years. He was thicker and heavier b***d than the Jumna Pari and produced more milk. A grand sire of Holly Lodge Shingles, the first US nubian herd sire, imported in 1913; Sedgemere Sanger, imported in 1903 and Bricket Zoo imported 1904 did not figure prominently in the formation of the breed.

In 1928 (UK), owing to the impossibility of securing fresh Nubian blood, it was decided to form an Anglo-Nubian Probationer's record which made it easier to introduce fresh blood. To be eligible for this Record a goat had to possess three grand parents in the Anglo-Nubian Section and to be inspected and passed as conforming to Anglo-Nubian type at six months. The Malpas Herd (Malpas Ambassador, Malpas Melbex to name a few US import Malpas bucks who made huge impact on the US herds) had successfully used the Probationer's Record to successfully introduce more milk and had lost little of type. While the establishment of the Probationer's Record was beneficial to the breed, another regulation was adopted in 1933 which provides that no horned or disbudded male can be accepted for the Herd Book. This regulation was a setback to the breed for which most of the foundation stocks were horned. During the later years horned bucks were accepted in the Herd book.

We believe that improving the quality of Nubians in the Philippines entails Revisiting their Past. Learning their competitive history is the greatest tool for improvement.

-mv

Malpas Melbex, a common denominator of US Nubians and Australian Anglonubians.

'Revisiting the past...'

Sire: Ashome Archer
Dam Malpas Melanie

Sire of Berkham Lucas and Milkeywhey Garry (US import from Canada).

Melbex is displayed in the close pedigrees of Aus imports Playford Pentulant, Malpas Melisande, Berkham Esmeralda and her son Wingfield Solomon (imp in dam). Aus import Malpas Melisande gave another import in dam buck for Australia Wingfield Zadok who went to sire 102 registered progeny.

Frosty Marvin, a highly linebred Milkeywhey Garry.

02/05/2026

Most people see a goat.
Few realize they’re looking at living history.

The Heritage Anglo Nubian—recognized by the Rare Breeds Trust of Australia as critically endangered—traces back to just a handful of imports into Australia in the 1950s. Every true AN today descends from that small, carefully recorded foundation.

In the early herd books of the Dairy Goat Society of Australia, these original lines were recorded separately as AN—distinct from outcrossed Nubians (Nu). That distinction wasn’t just administrative. It protected a rare, original gene pool that might otherwise have been diluted out of existence.

We value Australian Nubians not just for what they are—but for what they’ve preserved:
• Rich, high-butterfat milk
• Ideal composition for cheese-making
• A depth of flavor you won’t find in heavily commercial lines

These bloodlines exist today because a few breeders chose preservation over convenience.

In our program, they serve a deeper purpose—quietly strengthening the Nubian genetic base in our herd and, in time, in the country. Not by replacing what exists, but by adding back what was almost lost.

Local breeders do not appreciate these lines and prefer what they consider the purer US Nubians.

One consistent observation we’ve made: their notably long cannon bones.
It’s a small detail—but often tied to frame, mobility, and overall structural balance. The kind of trait you only start to notice when you’re not just raising goats… but studying them over generations.

Because sometimes, the rarest thing in front of you isn’t just an animal.

It’s continuity.

28/04/2026

Community building only works when it connects intention to something tangible.

Today, we welcomed the sisters from the Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin – Perpetual Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, referred by Fr. Lain Mayo of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos.

Their mission is clear: care for abandoned children and the elderly. That’s where goats stop being “livestock”… and start becoming part of the solution.

We talked about shifting from raising goats for occasional consumption to building a small dairy-focused herd—something that can give daily, reliable nutrition.

Milk is not just food.
For children, it supports growth.
For the elderly, it’s one of the easiest proteins to absorb.
And with goats, it’s accessible, scalable, and sustainable.

I introduced them to the Urbiztondo Nubian breed— for its strong milk production. We walked the herd, and as they held the kids, you could already see the connection forming:

This isn’t about farming.
This is about nourishment.

So we kept the plan grounded:

• Start with 6 upgraded does and 1 purebred buck
• Build a simple, clean goat house
• Plant forage early—because feed is the real foundation
• Work toward a small but consistent milk supply

From there, everything compounds.
Daily milk for the children they care for.
Nutritional support for the elderly.
Excess can be shared, processed, or sold to sustain the program.

That’s the difference between charity and community building.

Charity solves for today.
Community building creates a system that keeps giving—quietly, consistently, long after the first visit.

And it all starts with a few goats, a clear purpose, and people willing to do the work.

Who did you give value to today?

27/04/2026

“She’ll never know how many hard days she made worth it.”

24/04/2026

14 Years Disease-Free—Not Luck. Just Relentless Discipline.

Fourteen years CAE and Brucellosis-free sounds like a headline. But the truth?
It’s not a headline. It’s a habit. It’s the quiet, repeated choices no one sees:

☝️ Turning down a high-producing buck because his papers look good—but his testing history doesn’t.
✌️ Holding new animals in quarantine longer than feels necessary—because “they look fine” has fooled better farmers before us.

Paying for tests you expect to pass—because expectation is not evidence. There were easier paths. We saw them.
Skip the test. Shorten the quarantine.
Trust the seller. Many do—and for a while, it works. Until it doesn’t.

Because disease doesn’t arrive with warning signs. It arrives looking like opportunity. And when it enters a herd, it doesn’t just affect animals. It rewrites years of work—quietly, completely, and often too late.

We’ve watched good farms take a hit from one decision. One animal.
One moment of “it should be fine.”
That’s all it takes. So over the years, we made peace with a different approach:
Not the fastest. Not the cheapest.
But the one that lets you sleep at night.
Quarantine is not a suggestion—it’s a system

Testing is not optional—it’s proof
Biosecurity is not paranoia—it’s respect for the risk And “almost safe” is the same as unsafe Because here’s what experience teaches you:

You don’t lose a disease-free herd in one big mistake. You lose it in small compromises that felt harmless at the time. And this part matters beyond our fence line— Every animal you sell carries your decisions with it. Not just your genetics… your standards.

So the real question isn’t:
“Are your animals good?”

It’s:
“Are they safe—for the next farm?”

A Quiet Challenge to Fellow Breeders
If you’ve been doing this long enough, you already know where the shortcuts are.

The question is whether you still allow them.

Because raising goats is one thing.
Raising the standard of the industry—that’s something else.