Like Cal Naughton Jr. on Talladega Nights, “He was fourth overall, now he’s third!” Don’t know all the details about how Duke and Lora moved up, just know that I got a call from OYE Sunday afternoon to make sure that Duke would be there for the grand finale. Luckily,
Special K feed is a recipe developed by me and ESP feeds especially for show goats. I was not finding what I wanted in other feed brands. I was constantly having to mix other additives in order to get the desired results. Why does a hog feed company make goat
So, I sat down with my favorite son and reflected on the past year the other evening. I said “Duke, you had the reserve grand wether at the state fair, you had a division champion at Tulsa and was 4th overall, you had the reserve grand wether at Phoenix, the
Here it is the Thursday after OYE and I am still trying to decide if I survived or not. One, it was an incredibly tough wether show. Two, I don’t get sick but every third year or so, but the OYE barn cough has got me down this time. That
I attended the Woodward District Premium sale last night. I had not been to this sale since 2005 when I was still teaching at Waynoka. Enid show has always conflicted until this year. WOW!!! Woodward put on a sale. Great crowd & a ribeye steak dinner for all in attendance,
As a judge, I don’t enjoy showmanship contests. I believe that showmanship matters when you are trying to make the animal looks its best–while the judge is judging the animal-not the showman. Showmanship should be judged during the actual show, not at a seperate time. Kela was a phenomenal showman.
Yesterday was the Woodward district goat show. Izzy Cardenas judged it. The wether show was by far the deepest show in terms of quality that has ever been at Woodward. Lora Riley was grand wether with a pfeiffer. Bree Taylor was reserve grand with a Helms. Joe Dirt sired the
The weather was a little warmer than I’m used to at Enid. The northwest district goat show was yesterday. The quality was very deep in both the does and wether shows. The doe show was extremely tough. Every class was stacked with four or five really good does. We did
Duke likes to watch the show “Finding Bigfoot”. His Phoenix goat was named Squatch and he showed a Bobo at Tulsa, names resulting from this show. To be honest, I kind of enjoy it also. It cracks me up that these people “know” what a bigfoot sounds like and they
Be checking your goats, especially wethers, daily for any signs of fungus, ringworm or staph. On warm days, take the blankets off and let the goats air out. Take preventitive measures to stop fungus and ringworm. If you have an active infection on a goat, don’t take it to a
