One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[OneFineAcre]

Coleus has a nice medial suspensory ligament, nice udder arch, good teat placement. And, if her back leg wasn't kicked back in the second picture there would be about 1/3 in front of her leg, 1/3 behind her leg, and 1/3 covered by her leg. But, notice in the second picture her foreudder doesn't blend that smoothly into her abdomen. She still has a very good udder.

And one thing about showing a goat. I've noticed that some people when they set their goat up, they want to place their rear legs too far back, like Coleus is standing in this picture.

Like I said, you want about 1/3 in front of leg, 1/3 covered by the leg, and 1/3 behind the leg.

This is Zamia. In this picture, she was a second freshener and was 8 months into lactation. But, you can tell she has a good arch, good medial suspensory ligament, and excellent teats.

And one last thing, you don't want a "fleshy" udder. One of the best ways to tell that is how flat a doe milks out. Zamia is my best in that regard.
This picture is when we milked her out from the pic above.

Well, there is a lot more but that's some of the basics.

@Hens and Roos I hope that helps.

 

[Hens and Roos]

thanks for sharing, it is appreciated. Is there an Standard of Perfection book for goats like there is for chickens and rabbits?

 

[OneFineAcre]

thanks for sharing, it is appreciated. Is there an Standard of Perfection book for goats like there is for chickens and rabbits?

I'm not aware of a standard of perfection
But if you research on linear appraisal you can find info on how they are scored
We are having our herd appraised by ADGA in June

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Most breed associations have a standard - but not exactly a Standard of Perfection like for chickens/rabbits. Here is a link to the one that NDGA has....it's rather generic but...

http://www.ndga.org/ndga-breed-standard.html

Hope this helps!

 

[OneFineAcre]

thanks for sharing, it is appreciated. Is there an Standard of Perfection book for goats like there is for chickens and rabbits?

One thing about rump angle
Nigerians as a breed do not have as level a rump as the standards

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Thanks for sharing all these descriptions! Very educational! Nice pictures too!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Oh my gosh
We are getting hail the size of golf balls

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh my gosh
We are getting hail the size of golf balls

really ... nothing here yet thankfully

 

[Hens and Roos]

oh wow...I saw the line of storms heading your way when I looked at radar earlier this evening.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Time to add more fencing .
When we first moved in last summer we fenced areas 1 and 2. Time to do area 3. I've already had a carport installed there this winter for hay storage, so animals in there will have some shelter. Hoping to get the project kicked off soon will update.

This is the area

So, the farmers market my wife has started and is managing is opening next weekend, May 2nd.
She just got the new sign set up.

And she has signed on a number of large corporate sponsors.