MDGA Virtual Mini Dairy Goat Show 
Summer 2014

1st place
Entry #1

2nd place
Entry #7

3rd place
Entry #3

4th place
Entry #4

5th place
Entry #8

6th place
Entry #10

7th place
Entry #9

8th place
Entry #2

9th place
Entry #6

10th place
Entry #5

1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 10, 9, 2, 6,5

One is placing over seven she is a more balanced doe in all categories, general appearance, mammary system and dairy character. She has the advantage in general appearance with strength over the top. In dairy character she is more angular throughout

.She will yield to the body capacity of seven.

Seven over three for her advantage in mammary system she has more overall area of attachment and a more globular shape. She has the advantage in body capacity with more depth of rear barrel.

Three is placing over four she has an advantage in general appearance, she is more level in the topline in the loin and rump. She also has more advantage in mammary with more width at the top of her rear udder.

Four is placing over eight for her advantage in general appearance as she is more leve in the rump from hips to pins. She also has the advantage in mammary system with more four udder extension.

Eight is going over ten for her advantage in breed type. She has more length of ear and more appropriate convex nose, ten appears to be almost pure nigerian dwarf.

Eight will yield to the mammary system shape of ten.

Ten is placing over nine for her advantage in general appearance with levelness over the topline in the rump and also correctness of rear leg set. She will yield to the width of rear udder to nine.

Nine is placing over two for her advantage in mammary system she has more overall area of attachment and smoother attachments both fore and rear.

Two is placing over five for her advantage in general appearance being more level in the topline. She also has the advantage in mammary system with a more secure mammary system. She will yield to the body capacity of five as she has more depth of rear barrel.

Five is placing over six for her advantage in mammary system she has more width of rear udder attachment.

6

8th place
Entry #9

9th place
Entry #10

10th place
Entry #2

Placings 7-1-4-5-3-8-6-9-10-2

In this class of two year old milker mini Nubian milker does, #7 is an easy choice to start this class.

#7 places over #1 for her advantages in mammary system.  She has a stronger medial suspensory ligament and a better teat placement.  In side profile, we see more capacity of rear udder behind the rear leg with less tendency for the mammary system to be tilted in its placement underneath the body.  She also has a longer smoother fore udder attacment.  #7 is also a deeper rib doe.

#1 places over #4 for her advantages in general appearance.  She has a smoother blending front shoulder assembly.  She is more uphill at the wither, straighter over her topline, and flatter in her rump.

#4 excels #5 in a more correct shape to her rear udder with a shorter more delineated teat.  She also has more dairy strength as she is freer from excess fleshing and more prominent in her vertebrae.  In general appearance, I prefer the correctness of fore leg when viewed from the front.

In reference to the placing of #5 over #3, we just have a lot more bloom to both the mammary system and body capacity.  The mammary system is more capacious and appears to be more productive.  In body capacity, she has a wider chest floor, deeper heart girth, a lot more development to her rear rib, and more substance of bone.

#3 over #8 in reference to both dairy strength and body capacity.  We see more strength of bone to go with the openness and more depth to the rear rib and overall width through the entire frame of the goat.  #3 also has an advantage in general appearance in the straightness of fore leg in both front and side profile.

#8 has a more correct mammary system than #6, not only in shape but lateral ligaments, and fore and rear udder attachments as well.  #8 also excels in dairy strength with more sharpness and openness throughout.  In general appearance, #8 stands on a more correct rear leg as they are more perpendicular from hock to pastern.

#6 places over #9 next as she is a better combination of productivity in relationship to her mammary system, strength and substance and width in relationship to body capacity, and breed character in relation to general appearance.

#9 edges #10 in an advantage in general appearance.  She is more true in her breed type in the head and overall body frame.  She has an advantage in dairy strength with her sharpness of wither and more incurving thigh.

#10, while lacking in Nubian breed character, excels in mammary system to #2.  She has more width and capacity to the fore and rear udder and a stronger medial suspensory ligament.  In body capacity, she has a deeper rear rib and more development to her barrel.

#2 will be commended for her sharp withers.