The Kinder® is a dual purpose midsize goat that is well proportioned in body length and legs. Its compact physique conforms to dairy characteristics despite its somewhat heavy bone and lean, yet well muscled structure. The Kinder goat is a prolific, productive, alert, animated, good-natured and gregarious breed.
General Apperance
Height:
22” – 26” at the withers for does, 22” – 28” at the withers for bucks. Withers should be slightly higher than hips.
Moderate Faults:
- Less than ½” outside of the height standard
Serious Faults:
- More than ½” outside of height standard
Coat:
Short, and fine to coarse textured.
Markings:
Any colors, any markings are acceptable.
Head:
Strong, clean-cut, balanced, with deep jaw and wide muzzle and nostrils. Facial profile should be straight. Ears are medium in length and width, resting below horizontal. Genetically horned; (NOTE: in order to show at sanctioned shows, animals must be disbudded or dehorned). Large eyes, widely set, bright and animated.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Ears; above horizontal
- Forehead; narrow
- Muzzle; narrow/long, Overbite/underbite
- Eyes; Closely set, noticeably small, or protruding
Disqualifying Faults:
- Disfiguring malocclusion
- Blindness or deafness
- Naturally polled
- Crooked face
- Blue eyes
Shoulder:
Muscular, well attached at withers and set smoothly on the rib cage. Point of shoulder behind brisket extension.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking muscle
- Sharp or steep withers
- Open or poorly attached shoulders
Crops:
Full, well muscled, not fatty.
Moderate Faults:
- Lacking in fullness
Back:
Strong, wide, level, smooth transition from withers, blending smoothly at hips into rump.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Poor transition to withers
- Lack of width
- Lack of levelness
- Swayed or roached
Chine:
Level and straight.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Poor transition to withers
- Weak
Loin:
Wide, level and having moderate muscle from short ribs to hips.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking width, length, and muscle
Rump:
Gradual slope from hips to pins, wide and level from thurl to thurl, and proportionately well muscled. With good width between pin bones, set level with the tail head.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Steep or short hip to pins
- Sloped or narrow thurl to thurl
- Narrow between pins
- Narrow between hips
- Absence of muscling
Legs:
Moderately heavy boned but not coarse. Forelegs strong, sturdy, straight, and set wide apart. Rear legs straight when viewed from behind and set wide apart, providing ample height for udder clearance. Well angulated from thurl to hock. Hock cleanly molded, straight from hock to pastern.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Thighs lacking muscle or width
- Poorly angulated rear legs
- Toes point in or out, on front or rear legs
- Disproportionate bone
- Fine boned or lacking width (between legs)
- Rear leg postiness
- Hocks angled in/out
- Looseness or narrowness at the elbows
- Over at the knee or behind at the knee
- Labored and/or stiff movement
Feet and Pasterns:
Short, straight, with deep heel and level sole. Toes symmetrical and tight, not curled or splayed. Pasterns medium length, strong and springy with proper slope.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Splayed or curled toes
- Lacking symmetry in toes.
- Pasterns too long or short
- Misshapen
- Pasterns stiff or weak
- Pasterns lacking proper slope
Breed Character
Neck:
Moderate length, strong and muscular, smoothly blended to shoulder and chest.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Overly long or short
- Lacking muscle
- Lacking balance or proportion to the body
Withers:
Wedge shaped, slightly above and blending smoothly into the shoulder blade. Muscular, should be slightly higher than hips.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Sharp or steep
- Recessed
Ribs:
Long and wide apart, well sprung and deep.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Short
- To cause lack of depth of the barrel
- Close or lacking width between ribs
- Lacking spring of rib
Flank:
Moderately deep and arched.
Moderate to Serious faults:
- Lack of muscle tone and/or depth
Thighs:
Muscular, long and widely attached, when viewed from the side and rear; Blending smoothly into wide and arched escutcheon.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- lacking width or depth of muscle
Skin:
Soft, fine textured, and pliable.
Body Capacity
Relatively large in proportion to the size of the animal, providing ample lung, digestive, and reproductive capacity, as well as strength, vigor, and stamina.
Chest:
Deep and wide with chest floor wide between forelegs and full at the point of the elbow.
Moderate to Serious Faults
- Lacking width in chest or chest floor
Barrel:
Deep and strongly supported by ribs that are wide apart and well sprung; depth and width increasing toward the rear of the barrel.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking symmetrical increase
- Lacking depth or width
Heart Girth:
Deep, resulting from long, well sprung fore ribs, wide chest floor, full at the point of elbow.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lack of depth
- Narrowness behind the elbows
Brisket:
Prominent, extending beyond the point of shoulder when viewed from the side.
Moderate to Serious Faults
- Lack of brisket extension
- Lack of muscling
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS: – Any deformity hindering function, affecting breed recognizability, or considered noticeably worse than a serious fault is eligible for disqualification.
Mammary/Reproductive System for Does
Udder:
Capacious, well-attached, productive, and held high.
Disqualifying Faults:
- Teat abnormalities: listed below
- Non-functioning udder
Fore Udder:
Extended well forward, widely and tightly attached.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking proper blending
- Lacking forward extension
- Narrow attachment
- Lack of tone
Udder Floor:
Wide and level falling above the level of the hocks.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Falling below the level of the hocks
Escutcheon:
Wide, arch-shaped area for udder attachment
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- “v” shaped or low escutcheon
Rear Udder:
Highly, widely, and tightly attached.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Narrow attachemnt
- Lacking tony/elasticity
- Overly long
- Unbalanced halves
Medial Suspensory Ligament:
Strong and dividing clearly into a wide, level udder floor with moderate cleft.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Undefined
- Too long or too short
Capacity and Shape:
Proportionately large capacity with uniform halves and soft texture adding to capacity.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking capacity
- Pendulous
- Uneven
- Coarse/meaty
Teats:
Medium size, moderate to large orifices, cylindrical to moderately conical, uniform, plumb from rear view, pointing slightly forward from the side view. Set on the udder neither too laterally nor too medially.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Narrow
- Lacking symmetrical placement
- Too medial or lateral
- Too short or long
- Lack of uniformity
- Too large or small
Disqualifying Faults:
- More or less than two teats or orifices
- Bifurcated, deformed, blind teats or any other deviation
Reproductive System for Bucks
Testicles:
Two, evenly and fully descended, of equal size, healthy and firm. The scrotal sac is to be soft and pliable, with moderate to tight attachment.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Unequal in size
- Soft
- Hard or shriveled
- Scrotum lacking elasticity
Disqualifying Faults:
- Not fully descended
- More or less than two
Teats:
Two non-functional, uniformly shaped, one on each side of the scrotum, and adequately spaced.
Moderate to Serious Faults:
- Lacking uniformity and/or symmetrical placement
Disqualifying Faults:
- More or less than two teats or orifices
- Bifurcated, deformed, or blind teats or any other deviation