My 3 LaMancha's / Show Conformation??

[greenfamilyfarms]

I'm so in love with Trixie. I'm a sucker for solid black goats.

 

[fanov8]

Thanks everyone! I've been at work all day and just got back in to see such nice replies! And thanks for the help on the colors. I was guessing something like that but I just wanted it to be correct on their registrations. They are definetely spoiled babies! I'm not sure about 4-H around here, but I believe it starts at age 8. My oldest is only 6 so we still have a little while to go. Thanks again everyone!

Edited to add to the title

 

[Ariel301]

I'd call them Gold (or tan), black, Chamoise.

As for show quality...There's no reason your kids couldn't have a good time showing them in 4-H. They're not "top of the line" as far as conformation (i.e. you probably wouldn't win the ADGA Nationals with them), but they're not unsound either. I'd say Daisy is the best of the three right now, but they're still growing, so they could get nicer still. They're at that age where they're kind of awkward anyway. The biggest thing I see in your goats is toplines--you want the topline to be flat, sloping downward from the shoulder to the hip so that the goat looks like it's standing uphill. At the moment, your goats are all lacking levelness to the topline (but given their age, they could grow out of it, I've had a lot of them look funny at that age)

You want to see length from the hip bone to the pin bone (the bones to either side of the tailhead), width between the pins, and a rump angle that isn't very steep--these contribute to easy kidding. Your goats have the length and width, but they are rather steep. You want to see that the escutcheon (the arch where the udder sits) is wide and arched (not narrow and coming to a sharp point where the legs meet) so there's lots of room for a big udder--I can't tell from the side photos what that looks like. The legs on your goats all look correct to me. They've got nice heads with correct breed character, nice thin, long necks, and deep bodies. I think they'll grow into fairly nice goats.

 

[fanov8]

I'd call them Gold (or tan), black, Chamoise.

As for show quality...There's no reason your kids couldn't have a good time showing them in 4-H. They're not "top of the line" as far as conformation (i.e. you probably wouldn't win the ADGA Nationals with them), but they're not unsound either. I'd say Daisy is the best of the three right now, but they're still growing, so they could get nicer still. They're at that age where they're kind of awkward anyway. The biggest thing I see in your goats is toplines--you want the topline to be flat, sloping downward from the shoulder to the hip so that the goat looks like it's standing uphill. At the moment, your goats are all lacking levelness to the topline (but given their age, they could grow out of it, I've had a lot of them look funny at that age)

You want to see length from the hip bone to the pin bone (the bones to either side of the tailhead), width between the pins, and a rump angle that isn't very steep--these contribute to easy kidding. Your goats have the length and width, but they are rather steep. You want to see that the escutcheon (the arch where the udder sits) is wide and arched (not narrow and coming to a sharp point where the legs meet) so there's lots of room for a big udder--I can't tell from the side photos what that looks like. The legs on your goats all look correct to me. They've got nice heads with correct breed character, nice thin, long necks, and deep bodies. I think they'll grow into fairly nice goats.

Sorry I'm just replying, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! Thanks Ariel! That's the type of info I was looking for! I didn't get very good pictures since I only had my 5 year old there to hold them for me I'll give them some more time and then post a few more pics of them along with their "behind" shots! Thanks for the info!