For the Love of Goats
For the Love of Goats
Deborah Niemann
Understanding Goat Conformation: From Appearance to Evaluating Defects
36 minutes Posted Dec 18, 2024 at 11:00 am.
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Send us a textShow goats are held to strict conformational standards, but we often overlook the fact that our own herds would benefit from those same conformational standards. Extra teats, bad legs, weak pasterns, and crooked faces may sound as though they aren’t that big of a deal outside of the show ring, but those standards have practical reasoning behind them. Ultimately, they produce a strong, sound specimen that can live a long, productive life. Don’t we all want that for our goats, eve...