GENERAL APPEARANCE
This category is worth 35 points in a senior doe.
What is General Appearance?
This category emphasizes angularity and openness.
What is Dairy Strength?
This category relates to the goat’s ability to consume and process feed.
What is Body Capacity?
This is the most heavily weighted category in a milking doe.
What is the Mammary System?
A female goat that has not freshened is called this.
What is a Junior Doe?
This trait describes being slightly taller at the withers than the hips.
What is Stature?
A long, lean, smoothly blended neck is ideal in this category.
What is Neck (Dairy Strength trait)?
This part should be deep and wide when viewed from the front.
What is the Chest?
This ligament creates the cleft between udder halves.
What is the Medial Suspensory Ligament?
This category is not scored in bucks.
What is the Mammary System?
Clean-cut features, alert eyes, and correct ears fall under this trait.
What are Head & Breed Characteristics?
These should be wide apart, flat, and long to show dairy character.
What are Ribs?
This area should be long, deep, and wide to allow for digestion.
What is the Barrel?
This should be high, wide, and strongly attached.
What is the Rear Udder?
This describes the ideal straightness from withers to rump.
What is a Level Topline?
Strong, straight topline and level chine are part of this section.
What is the Back?
Thin, loose, and pliable describes this ideal feature.
What is Skin?
Depth and width in this area indicate room for vital organs and feed intake.
What is the Body?
These should be uniform in size, cylindrical, and properly placed.
What are Teats?
This term refers to freedom from excess flesh, indicating high milk potential.
What is Angularity?
This part evaluates movement, structure, and correct foot placement.
What are Legs, Pasterns & Feet?
In evaluating dairy strength, this area should be clean, sharp, and free of excess flesh while still showing adequate width for strength.
What is the Withers?
This trait reflects the goat’s ability to sustain high production through adequate feed intake and internal capacity.
What is Capacity?
This overall evaluation includes symmetry, texture, and strength of attachments.
What is Balance, Symmetry & Quality?
The ultimate goal of the scorecard is selecting animals that excel in this over time.
What is Long-term productivity (or functional longevity)?