My goats could do well on DHI test, but there are a few reasons I don't do it yet. One is that my original goal was healthy milk, but pushing for production by feeding large amounts of grain is not healthy for me or them. There are other reasons too. I am a certified tester and the scale calibration was a joke. Using a different hanging 'bucket' to calibrate rather than using the one I'll use makes it all obsolete now doesn't it? Yet, that is how it was done, so who knows about the scales that belong to others.

   I don't show yet either sans a couple times with a buck. I really don't want to expose my goats to fairground buildings and other goats or stress them out by taking them places.

   This doesn't mean I never will, but it is not right for me at this time.

    I do measure the milking at my home and I do send in samples to be tested. I am more than happy to prove their accuracy and share the test results.

   I have done linear appraisal and I like the option because that is a score that stays with the goat and compares to the perfect goat on top of that. (The score card.) But ADGA was ruthless and ripped me off. AGS does a similar process and it is called classification. They are half the price of adga.

   I also do not belong to the disease of the month club. I prefer to spend my time making sure my goats are healthy and fed a healthy natural diet.