what makes a good rear-leg set?

Check out my appraisal report on my website, the rear leg set scores are listed as "Legs, Rear" http://www.sandylanedairygoats.com/2008appraisals.htm

Gives you an idea of good and bad.

I like to see angularity to the legs, I like to see that the legs are strait when I look at them from the back, and that the hocks are not pointed in towards each other. I also don't like to see a goat with hocky rear legs.

 

Oh, the purpose and importance of having a good rear leg set, is so that those rear legs can support the doe when she's in full milk so the weight of the milk in her udder doesn't put stress on other parts of her body, same goes for when she is pregnant and carrying kids. And a good rear leg set really does make a doe look nice.

So you can't see the pics?

 

Well with Nigerians I can't say for sure how the rear legs are supposed to look, since they are short. But I do like to see does with the rear legs being longer from the hip to the hock, from the hock to the hoof should still be good length too.

I'll post pics of some of my goats that got E's in the rear legs:
Molly, the herdqueen


Caramel, she scored 90


Ruby


BooBoo


And this is Gabby, she scored an A on rear legs, you'll notice how she doesn't have the angularity in her legs that all the other does do, and you can see that esp at the hock.

 

Yeah, poor blonde me just realized that :doh:

here are the photobucket links to each goat's album, if you can't see these, i'll sift through my pics and see if i can find them for you:
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/ ... ts/booboo/
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/ ... s/caramel/
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/ ... ats/molly/
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/ ... oats/ruby/
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/ ... ats/gabby/

 

lol ok, I'll send you pics later, I've got to go out and do chores now

 

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Thanks, my girls are my pride and joy

 

Sarah...those goats should be your pride and joy! Beautiful udders and great confirmation! Great job on "breeding up" :thumb:

 

hah i just thought i clicked on a different topic.. too many sarahs

i shall be sarah con nigies
ans other sarah will be sarah con lamancha
haha

not really, but i just had a total blonde moment :doh:

 

thanks guys

and yeah there do seem to be a lot of sarahs on here, must be a popular name

 

Best way I can explain a good rear leg set is a horseshoe. You want paralell legs, but a bit open curve in the escutcheon. The legs shouldn't be a v shape or narrower up top than they are at the bottom. A nice horseshoe curve is what you're after. Feet are suppose to be square under the animal. If you put the feet out too wide then it messes up the stifle and loins view.

 

Ashley, that horshoe analogy is great. Also, you want straight, strong pasterns like in front and tight toes. Also the legs should track well and hocks not moving inward to throw the feet out of line. I love a good rear set.