TMGR Conformation Clinic
An Educational Service Provided by The Miniature Goat Registry
Caprine Conformation Clinic
Evaluator: Jean Harrison
Yearling Bucks
Entry #1
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This upstanding yearling buck exhibits strength and power while maintaining dairy qualities. He exhibits flat, flinty bone and angularity throughout. He has a deep chest and heart girth with well-sprung fore ribs that increase into the flank allowing for body capacity adequate for a buck his age. When viewed from the side, he stands on front legs that are squarely set and rear legs that are well-angled through the stifle and nearly perpendicular from hock to pastern, with strong pasterns and feet with soles that are nearly perpendicular from toe to heal.
Based on these observations, I would suggest using this buck when improvements in the angularity of the rear leg, overall strength in feet and legs, or openness of rib and dairy strength are desired. Unless one or more of those specific traits are desired in the offspring, I would suggest avoiding breeding him to does that lack height and width in the escutcheon.
Entry #2
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This stylish yearling buck is smoothly blended throughout. This is apparent when viewed from both the side and from the top; His neck blends smoothly withers that are prominent above the shoulder, into the shoulder blades and point of shoulder, shoulders into chine and crops, and into the loin and rump. He exhibits good body capacity for his age, which is especially apparent when considering the depth from the loin to the rear barrel below. When viewed from the side, he stands on straight and strong front legs, and well-angulated rear legs that are nearly perpendicular from the hock to pastern; both front and rear pasterns are strong, and all feet show excellent tightness in the toes.
Based on these observations, I would suggest breeding this buck to overly course, heavy boned does for improvements in blending throughout and added overall style and grace. Unless those specific traits are the desired outcome of the breeding, I would suggest avoiding using him on does that lack strength and levelness of the topline from the withers through the rump or width in the chest.
Entry #3
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This mature, upstanding yearling buck must be commended on his excellent breed character in terms of head that is well-balanced in length, width and depth, the size, set and shape of ears, and richness of color. When viewed from the side, his strong and level chine and loin support a very long body; when viewed from both the side and top, his long rump is evident, as are well-defined pin bones. He has a deep heart girth and his point of elbow is set tightly against his chest wall; his width in the chest floor is adequate. Given that the length of his body provides his body capacity, the depth of his rear barrel and spring of rib into the flank are acceptable for a buck his age.
Based on these observations, I would suggest using this buck on does that need improvements in overall length of body, dairy strength or breed character. Unless those specific traits are the desired outcome of the breeding, I would suggest avoiding using him on does that lack height and width in the escutcheon or straightness of the rear legs when viewed the front and rear.
Entry #4
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This young buck exhibits good dairy strength in terms of angularity, flatness of bone, and freedom from coarseness. When viewed from the side and above, his strength in the front end assembly is evidenced by prominent withers set above the shoulders and arched to the point of shoulder, with the shoulder blade and points of shoulder and elbow set tightly against the chest wall. His heart girth is deep, and width in chest floor and spring of rib into the rear barrel adequate for a buck his age. When viewed from the front and rear, he stands on straight legs. He must be commended on his Nubian breed character in terms of his well-balanced head, roman nose and length of ear.
Based on these observations, I would suggest breeding this buck to does that need improvements in the strength of the front end assembly, refinement and angularity or improved breed character. Unless those specific traits are the desired outcome of the breeding, I would suggest avoiding using him on does that lack strength in the pasterns and feet and tightness of toe.