One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[Goat Whisperer]

So it is/was possible that the best animal at the show was not awarded champion simply because they hadn't enough 'legs' or I suppose could be stated as they: ' hadn't paid their dues"?

Are these mostly young exhibitors or adults showing animals?

The best animal (in the judge's opinion) will still be awarded GCH. She would then be awarded a leg. If she is already a finished CH that leg is kinda useless because she is already finished.

The champion challenge class was a great way to still show finished does. All CH does could (of the same breed) be shown in this class, and challenge the champion of the day.
That winner is best of breed. The BOB doe goes in the Best in show lineup.
The champion of the day still gets her leg regardless of who wins BOB.

When we have finished Ch’s (getting close!) we will enter them in the Champion challenge

 

[Goat Whisperer]

To finish a doe, she needs three milking legs (shown while in milk) or 1 Jr leg (called restricted or dry leg) and 2 milking legs.

After we have a Jr doe earn her leg, we stop showing her until she is in milk. That is what we were taught, and I wouldn’t want to block others or even my own goats. However there are others that don’t do this. I was at a show where the same Jr was GCH ring after ring. I thought it was a little silly as they could have pulled her and worked harder on their other does.
But the reality was that she was the best Jr (Nigerian) there. I was not upset, because on that day the judges thought her doe was better than mine. But a show is just that- a show. The next week everything could change.

Earlier this year I took two ND’s to the NCDGBA spring show. One of mine was GCH jr doe- earning her dry leg. I pulled her from the remaining two rings. The next ring my other doe was GCH, so she was pulled from the last ring. I would rather five legs on five different Jr does, than having a jr doe with five legs I made that decision, at this show I thought it was the right thing to do. I wanted both does to get a leg- they did- and now another exhibitor can get a leg on theirs. But I can say from experience, many don’t do this. And they don’t have too. It is entirely up to the exhibitor.

 

[Mike CHS]

Thanks GW - I was trying to figure out the reasons for doing one or the other.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Since Maurine and I are both officers of the North Carolina Dairy Goat Breeders Association we were asked our opinion about if the State Fair should continue to have a Champion Challenge or add a 7 year old and above age group
This is in line with the structure of the ADGA National show
We had different opinions

 

[OneFineAcre]

@Mike CHS
Fixed the sight and went to back to the range
I need to get used to the "self defense" trigger

But I can keep most of them in the circle at 30 ft LOL

 

[OneFineAcre]

So we got all prepared for Hurricane Florence and didn't really have it bad at all
Michael hits Florida and I lost power yesterday at 6 pm and its now almost 11 am and we are still out
I fired up the generator this morning to make coffee and charge computers and phones
Going to go to a friends and fill.containers with water for the animals
Fortunately the weather has turned very pleasant

 

[greybeard]

Gulf Coast storms are always rough, both on the GC and as they make their way up to the NE. You know it's going to be bad, when a N or NE moving storm landfalls the Gulf Coast, makes it's way into south central Ga and is still a Cat1 hurricane.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Power came back on at 1:15

 

[OneFineAcre]

@Bayleaf Meadows
How do the tattoos look?

 

[Bayleaf Meadows]

I think they are legible. Thanks for the help! I am nervous as anything and don't even know what questions I should be asking to prepare...