HollyBearFarm, I'll stick with the ND since that's what I'm used to looking at and my connection is REALLY slow here.
How many hours full is she? About how many pounds does she give you in a day? How many times per day do you milk? How fresh is she (months)? How many kids did she have? How many does, how many bucks?
You don't have to answer this but I ask because they are things we all think about when evaluating udders. Gives us a little background.
The angles are always hard to get right but it appears that your girl doesn't have much rear udder. Ideally we like to see 1/3 behind the leg, 1/3 hidden by the leg, and 1/3 in front of the leg. Again, it could be the angle.
This newbie's guess is that she needs a better medial to be able to correctly pull those teats more plumb (perpendicular to the ground or to her abdomen). This makes her easier to milk because you aren't misfiring when you aim for the bucket.
I didn't go back and look at the rear udder shot, but look for teats that don't splay outward either.
She looks to have nicely sized teats with good length and plumpness, though. How are her orifices? Is it easy to express the milk or do you have to expend more effort to empty the teat? Sometimes you only know this by comparison with another doe that has differently-sized orifices. If you've ever milked a blown teat you know easy orifices (but they feel like a rubber balloon).
I personally like an udder that blends a little better into the abdomen but I'm not sure how much that changes as the goat matures, if at all. I don't remember her escutcheon, but you want a high, rounded opening so look for one that has very little space between the top of the udder and the bottom of the vulva, avoiding a teepee or inverted V shape. This does change as the goat matures and refreshens so don't lose hope if your doe starts out this way, she may improve.
For me it's laterals, laterals, laterals. Seems most of the NDs up here need better laterals, but then again, will I ever be satisfied in that department? lol One of my girls has laterals that go a decent way down the leg but that seem to be looser or longer than necessary so they don't come into play until she is very, very full. For my girl, I would like to see them a bit farther down the leg but shorter so they can support that udder!
Anyway, that's a start. Hopefully others will give you more.
