mikey
FARM MANAGER
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« on: December 07, 2007, 06:45:41 AM » |
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General Appearance:
attractive dairy type,revealing vigor,femininity in does or masculinity in bucks,with harmonious blending and correlation of parts,showing no tendency to coarseness.
Head:
head slender,medium length,well balanced on the neck,facial line dished or straight,skull broad between the eyes,polled or neatly disbudded.Eyes large and bright amber colour.Pricked ears,medium size carried well above horizontial mouth well developed muzzle,broad lips,open nostrils
Neck:
blending smoothly into the shoulders with or without tassels.Does long and slender.Bucks fine and strong,not coarse.
Backline:
strong,straight and horizontal from the withers to hips.
Forequarters:
lean,high withers,set well into the shoulders,which should blend firmly into the body.Chest wide and deep in bucks,showing medium width and depth in does.
Body (barrel):
long barrel wedge shaped,well sprung ribs,deep frame extending directly to udder.
Hindquarters:
gradual fall from hips to tail,good width between hips and between thruls,rump broad and strong,pin bones wide and prominent.
Legs:
straight and strong.Forelegs showing proportionate width to chest,hindlegs hocks well apart.Pasterns short and strong.Hooves sound and well shaped.
Udder:
broad attachment high at rear and well formed in front and no pocket,not pendulous or unduly divided.Level sole.soft textured and showing good capacity,skin tan.
Testicles:
scrotum well attached,relatively even and not divided or unduly pendulous carrying 2 testes.
Teats:
of adequate size for ease of milking,well attached and distinct from udder,set well apart,pointing slightly forward and down not outward.
RUMINENTARY TEATS:
2,set wide apart slightly to the fore and side of scrotum of good size but not overdeveloped,unless the buck is milking.
Size:
Does-32 inches or 81 cm. Bucks-37 inches or 94 cm.
Coat:
short and smooth,bucks may have a longer coat.
Colour:
even white or cream,tan skin,black spots may appear on ears,nose eyelids and udder.
DIFFERING FROM IDEAL:
horned,raised bridge to nose,longer hair along the back and down the quarters.Uneven tassels.
Characteristic Faults:
cow hocks,dropped pasterns,roach or sway back.Size differing substantially from ideal.Lack of dairy quality.Uneven gait.Lack of masculinity in bucks.Pink Skin.Poor feet,splayed feet,low set ears,weak or narrow chest.Shallow body.Steeply sloping rump.Even biscuit tinge as distinct from cream.Fleshly,pendulous or unduly divided udders.Pocket in udder,small thin teats or large,bulbous,ill defined,unbalanced.Lack of milking capacity.Divided,uneven or unduly pendulous scrotum.
Disqualifications:
wry face,double or supernumerary teats.Double orifices.parrot mouth,obviously undershot jaw.Undescented testicles in bucks or 1 testicle.Pendulous ears.Broken colour,dark biscuit colour.INTERSEXED.
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