Telling Conformation

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

OK, wasn't sure where to put this, so here it goes!
How old does a goat need to be before you can tell how good their conformation is?
We have a little bottle baby buckling (mom rejected), and I was wanting to keep him as a breeding buck and sell him at fair. His mothers udder isn't the best, but his grandmothers was and this is his mothers first time freshening. He is blue eyed brown eyed rescessive, his father through 2 sets of trips this year (bred to an alpine and a nigerian, both had trips, though the alpine had trips before), all blue eyed, and one set all girls. (The other 2 boys 1 girl, 1 boy died sadly). I don't know, he just seems to have some good genetics, but if his conformation good then it'd be a sure deal buck.
If you think you could tell his conformation now, then I'll get some good side pics.
He's also VERY rambunctious.

Also, on a side note, he's having some scours, but otherwise seems 100% fine. Any ideas? His scours are orange and thick. I think its from he was being bottle fed pure colostrum for like 2 days. Thanks <3
Last and not least, should we de-horn him? I'm all for horns, but I know if he's gonna be a buck and sold at fair it might be a good move to de-horn him... (We have some friends who could help)

 

[GriffinRidgeFarm]

Well, I'm new to this too but I have been told that you can tell conformation on a kid. I think it's true because we bred to a not so great buck this year on three of our four does and their kids don't look as well conformed as the kids from the doe we had bred to a great buck. So if you can get some side shots (and if its a dairy goat a rear shot) we might be able to help you

 

[Pearce Pastures]

It is hard to tell on a kid, but you at least know there is a good chance that he does not have great udder genetics given his mother does not. the father had no bearing on how many kids are thrown (the number of eggs the dam issues to be fertilized by the bajillion sperm he put out there is what determines litter size) so I would not factor that in as a plus for this kid.

But if you could post some pics of both the dam and sire, I bet we could give you some idea as to if he would be worth keeping intact.

If your fair requires him to be disbudded and you are planning on selling him there, then do it soon.

 

[OneFineAcre]

If his mothers udder isn't the best, and she' first freshner I would not sell him as a buck.
Her udder will not get any better. Most wait until a doe freshens a second time before they would consider leaving a buck intact.

If you do, you should disbud.

But some pics of him and his dam on .

You mention orange thick scours and he is on colustrum.

That would be normal for their poop at that age.

As long as it isn't runny it should be fine.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

OK, so from the sounds of it we'll just keep him a wether. His dam (up for like 3 days now) has been supporting both him and his sister purely on her own milk (he's a bottle baby since him and his brother -who died of what we think was white muscle disease- were rejected. HE was healthy, so who knows why). I just wasnt thinking before XD.
I'll get a pic of his mom later but heres a pic of him peeing since thats the only time when he's not chewing on my hair/body, or jumping around