Choosing A Herdsire, Part 3

Reader Contribution by Caitlyn Menne
Published on March 12, 2012
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So, y’all ended up getting slightly over a week in critiquing the Nubian bucks for this third part… My apologies there for my tardiness! I’m afraid life hasn’t been very conducive to goats lately as my family and I prepare for a wedding on the 17th (not mine though!). But once that’s over, life should hopefully slip back into the normal groove of things.

But never mind personal matters: let’s talk goats! What did y’all (please excuse my “y’alls”, by the way… I’m from the South. It’s in my genes) think of the Nubian bucks? Did you find that your eye is starting to get the hang of what to look for? Are you looking at your own goats differently now? My hope is that you are. Learning about conformation on any animal can take years of practice, and sometimes I wonder at myself for trying to compress it all down into a teachable post here at Mother Earth News! 

First off is the adorable Anglo-Nubian from a fellow Australian breeder. It has been fascinating to me to study the differences between Anglo Nubians (European style), and our American style here in the USA. The breed is still the same, standards are still the same, but Americans have really pushed this breed to a highly competitive level, which has given them more style, and better milking ability. The Anglo-Nubians are still chugging along, and I’m seeing some lovely specimens from breeders over there, so that’s exciting to me!

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