Thursday, August 12, 2010

Slope of Rump


Please be very careful of the slope to the rump on your goats. The first of the three illustrations is very sloping this will never give you a highly attached udder. It is going to put that udder in harms ways because the medial suspensory ligament can never hold the udder up and tight with a rump like this.

5 comments:

  1. You are correct - angle of rump is something we need to watch closely in breeding our Kinders. Problems from poor rump angle do arise and this was something earlier on in my breeding I had to fix, it was not an easy task!

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  2. Which one of these pictures is correct? Can't read the text, the last one looks decidedly odd. Can you talk about this a little more for those of us who need coaching?

    Thanks.

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  4. The photo in the center is an ideal slope of rump for any breed of goat. The better the rump the better set to rear legs, udder & skrotal attachments. A slight slope of rump is best.

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  5. Thank you. I was hoping it was the middle one.

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