Dairy Goat Body Condition Scoring

coso · #1 07/03/14, 02:01 PM

ADGA has put a video on Utube about Dairy Goat Body Condition Scoring, that is very helpful. Thought y'all might be interested.

Frosted Mini's · #2 07/03/14, 09:57 PM

Awesome, thanks! Will have to check it out on dh's computer later (no sound).

Backfourty,MI. · #3 07/03/14, 10:42 PM

I could watch it but couldn't hear anything. I turned the sound all the way up on my computer too, not sure what else I could do.

Frosted Mini's · #4 07/03/14, 10:59 PM

I've got sound on DH's computer.

Frosted Mini's · #5 07/03/14, 11:09 PM

Use gloves, don't wanna get poo on your hand.

LOL. The first doe looks kind of fat to me.

Frosted Mini's · #6 07/03/14, 11:16 PM

And that saanen at the end is the fattest saanen I have ever seen!

wintrrwolf · #7 07/04/14, 07:57 AM

Thanks now I am going to go check out my goats...

**mygoat** · #8 07/04/14, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Frosted Mini's

Use gloves, don't wanna get poo on your hand.

LOL. The first doe looks kind of fat to me.

Their score 2 looks pretty good to me, too.

I think the gloves are more for zoonoses and spreading disease within a herd, than for poo.

Soremouth, brucella, chlamydia (depending on status of doe, she could have discharge on her tail).

arnie · #9 07/04/14, 09:59 AM

this made me think my goat is too skinny ; but I feed her very well . then I remember she is milking , and as the old farmer replyed to a comment about his boney looking jerseys :" Their putting all the fat in the milk pail instead of there backs " . isn't it part of "dairy carictor" to appear to be a little boney ? what grade would your milk goats in ?

Frosted Mini's · #10 07/04/14, 10:15 AM

That was a really great video. I have had a little trouble with this based on pics, etc, from the internet, and for some reason this vid just clicked with me. Betty Henning is a linear appraiser and pretty good at explaining things. Last night at milking time, I was scoring my milkers as they came in (or at least when I remembered

). Most are around 2.5-3 I think. My thinnest doe is a yearling who is milking heavily for her age and size (125 lb alpine milking 10 lbs a day) and had coccidia as a kid so I htink that is a contributing factor, and I think she is a little under a BCS of 2.

nehimama · #11 07/04/14, 10:19 AM

Thank You, Coso! That is an informative video, and it helped me to assess my herd management.

coso · #12 07/04/14, 10:33 AM

Mine would range from 2.5 to 4 right now. I have a couple of FF that would be 2.5-3 and a Recorded grade two year old LaMancha that would be a good 4. I thought it was interesting !! After they first freshen I would have quite a few that were around 2.5. Usually by this time of year I can start getting some weight back on them though.

wintrrwolf · #13 07/04/14, 10:58 AM

showing 2 pics of Pawnee she is not in milk right now ..this first pic I would say she is a 3 following the neckline to brisket, well muscled around the shoulder and knee.
Her back-end though seems to be a bit negitive with less subq tissue and muscle around the hips so I think that her back-end would be a 2? Overall score 2.3?
Second pic shows more of the bony back...actually looking at 2nd pic I see some nice tissue development so maybe a 3?

dozedotz · #14 07/04/14, 01:28 PM

Great video! Thank you, Coso. I tried to show it to the fat girls, but they pretty much had the same attitude as Safari, who asked me to pass her the peanuts...lol

Doug Hodges · #15 07/04/14, 03:25 PM

This is what I got when I tried to watch

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coso · #16 07/04/14, 05:08 PM

You can go to A.D.G.A. homepage and look under latest news. There is a link there. Either that or go to utube and do a search for it.

wintrrwolf · #17 07/04/14, 05:31 PM

just click on the "watch this video on youtube" it will take you right to it.

Frosted Mini's · #18 07/04/14, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wintrrwolf

showing 2 pics of Pawnee she is not in milk right now ..this first pic I would say she is a 3 following the neckline to brisket, well muscled around the shoulder and knee.
Her back-end though seems to be a bit negitive with less subq tissue and muscle around the hips so I think that her back-end would be a 2? Overall score 2.3?
Second pic shows more of the bony back...actually looking at 2nd pic I see some nice tissue development so maybe a 3?

From THESE pictures, I'd say she's around a 3, but they aren't that close up, so kinda hard to see.

Frosted Mini's · #19 07/04/14, 06:31 PM

Well, the one is close, but angle not very helpful.

Doug Hodges · #20 07/04/14, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wintrrwolf

just click on the "watch this video on youtube" it will take you right to it.

Nope. I tried that before I ever posted the photo. I'll have to go the site or search YouTube.