Animal is very fat with spinous processes difficult to feel. Ribs can not be felt. Animal has blocky obese appearance. BCS 9 Extremely obese. Similar to an eight but more exaggerated.
Animal has deep patchy fat over entire body.
Meat type goats such as the Pygmy and the Tennessee Stiffleg apparently have the ability to breed out of season. The same appears to be true for the Boer breed. Two factors playing an important role in the ability of goats to breed out of season are plane of nutrition and body condition. Segregating does from bucks is crucial in the development of sound breeding programs that should be paralleled with feed resources and market demands. The best approach to separate does from bucks is to develop a secure buck pasture.