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Buckling:
Pros:
Strong feet and legs
Good rear leg angulation
Adequate brisket
Good depth of body for a young buck
Cons:
Hips are higher than withers
Rump is a bit steep
Face is a little flat
Could use longer ears
He's a pretty nice little guy and is still growing so he could level out some as he ages, goats seem to grow like horses sometimes, the back goes up then the front then the back again making them appear butt high. He does have plenty of color and the Six M Galaxy herd is known for producing goats with high milk production. Do you have any pics of his dams udder?
Calypso
Pros:
Strong topline
Strong feet and legs
Good roman nose
Smoothly blended
Good depth of body
Cons:
Posty in her rear legs
Short and steep rump
Could use more brisket
She's a really nice looking kid, although she appears pretty post legged in the rear and is steep in the rump. The Saada herd is really well known for having some really nice animals and they typically all have really good breed character.
Kenna
Pros:
Good brisket
Strong feet and legs
Good rear leg angulation
Good depth of body
Uphill
Cons:
Toes out
Steep rump
Neck could be smoother blended
Udder
Pros:
Good sized teats
Good teat placement
Strong medial
Foreudder appears pretty smooth
Cons:
Needs more capacity
Needs more height in the rear udder
Could use a longer foreudder
Kenna is a pretty nice doe, she should gain in capacity next year as a second freshener and I am assuming she wasn't very full in her udder pic. With her steeper rump I doubt she will gain much in rear udder height as form typically follows function. Does with steep rumps tend to lack in the rear udder height and the udder will typically sit more forward than it should. If you look at your doe and picture her rump being lifted more level and the udder going with it you can see how it would pull everything back and put the udder where it should be.
Moon
Pros:
Nice long neck
Good rear leg angulation
Strong pasterns
Good breed character
Cons:
Toes out
Toes appear splayed
Needs more depth of body
Weak in the chine
Steep rump
Cow hocked behind
Udder
Pros:
Good capacity
Good medial
Cons:
Teats too large
Lacks in rear udder height
Foreudder appears to have a pocket and could use more length in the foreudder
Moon is a decent doe, but is an example of what happens when you breed strictly for color. If you look up the Spots of Sandale herd you can find their website and they only breed for black spotted Nubians :/ You can also see with her how her teats point forward that if you lifted that rump up the teats would come back and point more straight down. Personally I would find a buck with some really level toplines, strong feet and legs and excellent udders in his background to breed her to. Keep a couple doe kids, freshen them out and if they have better udders than she does I would keep them and sell her. I would also not sell any registered buck kids from her, mostly because her buck kids will carry her poor udder attachment genes and there is a very strong chance they will pass that on to their kids. She is ok to start out with, but it can be really hard to fix poor udder attachments and when you have goats with high production you need strong attachments to keep that udder where it is for many years.
They are all pretty nice goats and should be a good start for your herd, but I would really start looking at conformation before you look at color. So many people breed their goats just for color and will overlook faults just because the goat is "flashy". I've been there and done that and usually ended up having to cull the colorful goats because they just weren't the quality that the others were. Now I have Saanens and they only come in one color: white
lol
I am not trying to be overly harsh, just giving you my personal opinion of your goats. If you really just want to have some flashy goats that make a good amount of milk these does should do that for you.
Pros:
Strong feet and legs
Good rear leg angulation
Adequate brisket
Good depth of body for a young buck
Cons:
Hips are higher than withers
Rump is a bit steep
Face is a little flat
Could use longer ears
He's a pretty nice little guy and is still growing so he could level out some as he ages, goats seem to grow like horses sometimes, the back goes up then the front then the back again making them appear butt high. He does have plenty of color and the Six M Galaxy herd is known for producing goats with high milk production. Do you have any pics of his dams udder?
Calypso
Pros:
Strong topline
Strong feet and legs
Good roman nose
Smoothly blended
Good depth of body
Cons:
Posty in her rear legs
Short and steep rump
Could use more brisket
She's a really nice looking kid, although she appears pretty post legged in the rear and is steep in the rump. The Saada herd is really well known for having some really nice animals and they typically all have really good breed character.
Kenna
Pros:
Good brisket
Strong feet and legs
Good rear leg angulation
Good depth of body
Uphill
Cons:
Toes out
Steep rump
Neck could be smoother blended
Udder
Pros:
Good sized teats
Good teat placement
Strong medial
Foreudder appears pretty smooth
Cons:
Needs more capacity
Needs more height in the rear udder
Could use a longer foreudder
Kenna is a pretty nice doe, she should gain in capacity next year as a second freshener and I am assuming she wasn't very full in her udder pic. With her steeper rump I doubt she will gain much in rear udder height as form typically follows function. Does with steep rumps tend to lack in the rear udder height and the udder will typically sit more forward than it should. If you look at your doe and picture her rump being lifted more level and the udder going with it you can see how it would pull everything back and put the udder where it should be.
Moon
Pros:
Nice long neck
Good rear leg angulation
Strong pasterns
Good breed character
Cons:
Toes out
Toes appear splayed
Needs more depth of body
Weak in the chine
Steep rump
Cow hocked behind
Udder
Pros:
Good capacity
Good medial
Cons:
Teats too large
Lacks in rear udder height
Foreudder appears to have a pocket and could use more length in the foreudder
Moon is a decent doe, but is an example of what happens when you breed strictly for color. If you look up the Spots of Sandale herd you can find their website and they only breed for black spotted Nubians :/ You can also see with her how her teats point forward that if you lifted that rump up the teats would come back and point more straight down. Personally I would find a buck with some really level toplines, strong feet and legs and excellent udders in his background to breed her to. Keep a couple doe kids, freshen them out and if they have better udders than she does I would keep them and sell her. I would also not sell any registered buck kids from her, mostly because her buck kids will carry her poor udder attachment genes and there is a very strong chance they will pass that on to their kids. She is ok to start out with, but it can be really hard to fix poor udder attachments and when you have goats with high production you need strong attachments to keep that udder where it is for many years.
They are all pretty nice goats and should be a good start for your herd, but I would really start looking at conformation before you look at color. So many people breed their goats just for color and will overlook faults just because the goat is "flashy". I've been there and done that and usually ended up having to cull the colorful goats because they just weren't the quality that the others were. Now I have Saanens and they only come in one color: white
lolI am not trying to be overly harsh, just giving you my personal opinion of your goats. If you really just want to have some flashy goats that make a good amount of milk these does should do that for you.
