Dairy Goats
Judging Criteria
MAMMARY SYSTEM - 42 POINTS
- Udder - symmetrical, wide, deep, moderate length and slight quartering
- Median Suspensory Ligament - strong with definitive cleavage
- Udder Texture - soft, pliable, elastic
- Fore Udder - firm, smoothly attached, balanced quarters
- Rear Udder - attached high, wide and strong, slightly rounded uniform width from top to floor, balanced quarters
- Teats - medium size, uniform, hang plumb
- Mammary Veins - long, tortuous, branching
FEET AND LEGS - 28 POINTS
- Feet - short, well rounded, deep heels
- Legs - strong, flexible pasterns , straight square fore legs, hind legs straight, wide, refined hocks, flat, refined, strong bone with well defined tendons
DAIRY STRENGTH - 20 POINTS
- Head - broad muzzle, large nostrils, strong jaw, broad forehead
- Shoulder Blades - set smoothly against chest and withers
- Chest - wide floor,ample width between legs
- Heart Girth - large and deep, full elbows and well sprung rib
- Crops - well filled
- Back - strong and straight with vertabrate well defined
- Loin - broad and slightly arched, attached high and wide
- Mid Section - long andwide ribs highly and widely sprung
- Neck - long and lean, blending smoothly into shoulder
- Withers - well defined and wedge-shaped, "sharp"
- Ribs - wide apart, wide rib bones, flat and long
- Flanks - deep and refined
- Thighs - curving to flat, wide apart with ample udder room
- Skin - loose and pliable, fine hair
- Udder - soft, pliable, free from excess tissue or edema
- Bone - flat, strong, clean cut
RUMP - 10 POINTS
- Hips - wide, slightly higher than pins
- Pins - wide apart and free from patchiness
- Thurls - high and wide apart, considering stage of lactation
- Tail Head and Tail - refined and level with the backline with long and slender tail
