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Old 01/02/11, 09:46 PM
 
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Nubian Buck - conformation? (pictures!)

This is my buck, Skov. He is a 10 month old pure bred nubian buck. He is a real sweetheart and I am interested in trying to sell him as breeding stock instead of butchering him in the spring (which was the original plan when we bought him). What do all you dairy goat experts think of his conformation?

Nubian Buck - conformation? (pictures!) - Goats

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Old 01/02/11, 10:06 PM
 
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its hard to tell which way his backend is going, one shot hes too crouched and another makes him look steep and he also looks like hes down in his hocks so study that on him as it can just be the pictures. I do love his coloring. You also need to post pics of his dams udder and his fathers dams udder
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Old 01/02/11, 10:26 PM
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Is he registered?
Who is his dam?
Who is his sire?

Agree that the pictures may not be doing him justice. Need a rear shot also
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Old 01/02/11, 11:05 PM
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WOW! LOVE that color!
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Old 01/03/11, 12:11 AM
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a buck is as good as his dam/sisters and his daughters.
no need for names but pics of his dam and milking sisters would be more helpful.
wait until you have his kids on the ground and see if he improves what you have.
what was the reason you bought him?
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Old 01/03/11, 02:06 AM
 
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To eat him, the op says.
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Old 01/03/11, 03:27 AM
 
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He is registerable. The farm that I bought him from has all of his paperwork, but hasn't registered him yet. I don't have pictures of his sire, I could go back to the farm to get pictures of his dam and sister. I originally bought him for meat, then we decided to keep him for breeding instead of buying in another buck. I will try to get some better pictures for you tomorrow. My room mate took these, and I do think they make him look a little funny...
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Old 01/03/11, 09:53 AM
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if you bought him for eating and had no breeding goal, then eat him.
if you just need a buck to multiply your goat population for meat (fills he the criteria to produce fast growing kids? he looks small to me) or milk, then keep him.
if the breeder had not given you paper work, what was the reason?
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