Here is my new nigerian doe she is definitely not as fat as when I last saw her. Also does anyone know how much I should be feeding her? Thanks in advance!
Thank you for clearing that up I was actually wondering that myself! I thought the withers were supposed to be higher than the rump but I wasn't sure. Thank you all for your comments they are much appreciated!She's a fairly nice doe.
I would like to point out something, and I have seen this a lot in some people critiques, saying that their goats chines are weak, even when some had perfect chines. The spine naturally drops down a bit behind the withers, keep that in mind.
Look at the doe again. Her topline is straight, flat from the chine back, right? This doe does not have a weak chine, she has a taller front end, and prominent withers, giving the illusion to some people, that she has a weak chine.
Just clearing things up. I have a picture of a doe with a horrid topline, if anyone want to know what a truely bad topline is.
And then I have my grand champion pics, so you can see that the withers are always higher than the chine.
The rump is still a tad steep, but it's close to ideal, she has nice body capacity, nice depth, nice rear leg set, straight front legs, overall not a bad doe.
Sure thanks!Look at pic number 1, the top of her withers are taller than her hips, the chine is level with the hips. I'll see if I can take the pic into photoshop so you can see what I mean.
A blind person could even tell that that is the worst topline in the history of all time! Lol, I do corrective trimming on her feet, the picture actually makes her topline look BETTER! Can you believe that?!Uh, huh, WOW! That is the worst topline I have ever seen- not that I've seen that many, but even I can tell it's bad! I wonder if it gives her any health problems, lol.
Lol, Paint! If you have Windows, then paint is one of the features.And WHY is your line so straight? I'm on my laptop, the pad isn't that easy to make a straight line, and my hands are shakey, but what editing app or software did you use?
NO surprisingly! And this doe was actually a show kid until 6 months old, she beat over 50 kids in her classes!!! That blew my mind! Her kids come out straight as a board too. So maybe she was too heavily grained and that broke down her frame and joints (seen that happen to a lot of boers).That's terrible! Poor thing, were her parents that (as someone else so aptly put it) that conformationally challenged??
:doh:Lol, Paint! If you have Windows, then paint is one of the features.