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ARTICLES Disinfecting Show Equipment By Robyn Carlson, M.Agr.
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Feeding for Success in the Show Ring By Crystal Emsoff GUEST COLUMN Sportsmanship - By Inga J. Lake SHOW RESULTS Houston Livestock Show, Oklahoma Youth Expo, Rodeo Austin SHOW RING PUZZLES
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About the Cover Congratulations to Bree Taylor, who had the Grand Champion Market Goat, and to Peyton Harris, who had the Grand Champion Market Lamb at the 2018 Oklahoma Youth Expo held in OKC, OK. Photos courtesy of: Oklahoma Youth Expo. Photos by Legacy Livestock Imaging.
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THE SUMMER WORK ETHIC It is hard to believe it, but summer is finally here! For most of you, this is not a season of play: it is a season of work getting your wether(s) ready for your local county and state fairs. The work that you put in every day will have a direct effect on the success of your project, both in the market show and in showmanship. Keep at it! This issue contains an article about how to disinfect your show equipment and why it is important to do so, a column about sportsmanship, and an article on feeding for success when it comes to your wether projects. I am so excited that we have added two more clubs to our affiliate program. If you are interested in joining (it's free!) please send me an email and I will get you added. Have a wonderful summer!
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Disinfect ing Show Equipment Story by Robyn Carlson, M.Agr.
Washing your hands is important to help prevent the spread of disease between animals and zoonotic diseases to humans.
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THROUGHLY CLEANING IS ESSENTIAL B
iosecurity is an essential piece to any livestock program, but it is one that is often overlooked. It is not possible to completely sterilize the environment where livestock are, but decreasing the pathogen load can significantly reduce the likelihood of disease transmission.
The next step is to wash everything. This can be done by hand using a stiff bristle scrub brush and detergent with hot water, or with a pressure washer (such as in a trailer or on solid floors and walls). It may be necessary to soak surfaces first if material has dried on.
Hand washing can help prevent many illnesses from spreading, especially fungus. When you are at a show, be careful not to touch your animals if you have touched other’s animals. Before you handle your wethers, it is best wash your hands. This advice should also be remembered before eating or touching your body. Diseases such as soremouth are zoonotic diseases and can be transferred to people as well.
For trailers and walls, work your way from the top down, and from areas away from where the water will drain to the area it will drain, being careful not to walk over areas you have cleaned. Areas that have been scrubbed with detergent should be
Cleaning, washing and disinfecting trailers and areas where animals reside can help to reduce pathogen loads and to keep animals safe. First, all organic material should be removed from the area, trailer or tools that are to be treated. This includes any hair, manure or shavings etc. On the ground or in a trailer this can be done with a shovel and a broom. On equipment, a toothbrush may be necessary. It is important to get as much of this out as possible to make the washing and disinfecting process easier and more effective. Clean out the organic matter before scrubbing and disinfecting.
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rinsed with hot water if possible. If there are areas where the organic matter did not come off, those areas will need to be scrubbed again in order to make the disinfectant effective. If you choose to use a disinfectant, chlorhexidine or bleach is a good choice. It should be diluted with water according to the directions (both are generally a 1:10 ratio). Any products should be used according to label instructions. The disinfectant should then be washed off all surfaces after allowing at least 10 minutes of contact time. Just like when washing, care should be taken to make sure you stay off areas you have already treated. In order for the disinfectant to work, the next step is very important. The area must be allowed to dry, ideally for 24-48 hours before it is utilized. When it comes to show equipment such as brushes or clipper blades, these can be washed in warm, soapy water and then dipped in the sanitized solution. Blankets and halters can be washed in a washing machine or cleaned by hand.
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If you raise wether lambs, however, do not wash the blanket until the end of the season. Keep the same blanket on the same lamb, as the lanolin build-up is important to the animals hide care. When the blanket is taken off at a show, make sure to keep the inside of the blanket off any surfaces so it stays clean.
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SPORTSMANSHIP: IT'S A CHOICE YOU MAKE By Inga J. Lake
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portsmanship - it's a curious thing, isn't it? It seems to come in all shapes and sizes and often, without warning, it jumps out and smacks you right in the face. On the good days, that sportsmanship punch comes in the form of a compliment or well stated congratulations, but we all know the bad days come far more frequently than the good. Over the past seven years, I've had the distinct pleasure of watching my daughter blossom from a timid sheep showman, whose first year goal was to raise a blue ribbon market lamb and not lose him in the ring during showmanship, into a well-poised and competitive exhibitor. It has not come without trials and a lot of life lessons regarding human behavior. For some reason, the competitive show kids tend to become the topic of a lot of unwanted, unnecessary and inaccurate commentary. As my very wise Grammy once told me, "Some people have something to say....and some people just have to say something." The take away from that statement, for the love of all things good in this world, is don't be the "have to say something person” because in the end, it just reflects poorly on you. Any competitive showman, upon winning an event or even twelve, has heard it all; they must be cheating, they must know the judge, they just spent a lot of money on a market animal to buy the win, the hours upon hours of blood, sweat and tears can't possibly be the reason they won. Oh and my personal favorite, “It's not fair.” Unfortunately, life is not fair. Fair is where you go to show your animals. If you want to be competitive when you get there, here's the best advice I can give you - DO THE WORK! Ordinary animals become extraordinary when the exhibitor does the work. And parents, in what world do you think you can simply tell your child to go feed, go practice, go win the fair if all they ever see from you is the fit you 10 - The Show Wether
throw on show day when the whole deal goes south? You owe it to your kids to show them this matters to you, too. Go coach your exhibitor. I'm not saying do it for them, but I'm saying do it with them. The bond you form will be indescribable and you'll start to realize that it's not about the lamb or the goat or the horse or the hedgehog: it's about building kids and isn't that what we're supposed to be doing anyway? I used to get so inflamed when people would remark that our family spent too much time practicing showmanship and managing our daughter's market animals. To that I say, do we tell a student who's passionate about academics not to study so hard? Do we discourage the star quarterback from practicing his passing accuracy? Of course not, that would be absurd. So why does it come so easy for people to make negative comments on the stockshow kid, who's made this lifestyle their passion and their sport? The great ones are just ordinary kids, passionate about raising and showing livestock, who were either born with or have been taught an incredible work ethic. Why in the world would anyone hate on that? Those are the kids we should be raising up. They are the future. Sometimes I think it's easier to assume the competitive kids and families aren't willing to help...perhaps to conjugate the idea, "They'd never take the time to offer guidance to me. They're not approachable." I am speaking for my family, but am confident we're not alone in saying JUST ASK. Our showman would love to discuss her feed program with you. She'd be happy to give you pointers on the showmanship style she's had success with. If you think the winners walk through the barn with their heads held high, it's because they've heard the whispers and they know people secretly want to see them fail. They can feel the target that’s been placed upon their backs. Not to fear though, I guarantee you
as far as my family is concerned, if you start the conversation, we are an open book. We understand that if you succeed, we succeed, because anything we can do to improve the overall project is a win for everyone. I read something the other day that essentially stated, “One of the best things you can do to improve the world is to improve yourself.” Wow! That statement sure resonates with me. Something to be learned from sitting with the winners is they are far more concerned with improving their own game, than worried about beating so and so…or you. Seriously, when the focus goes from who you want to beat, to running your own race, the strides you make will be remarkable. The only showman anyone should be concerned with beating is the showman they were yesterday. Focus on improving yourself and it will change your world. And if there is someone out there that really drives you, stop telling yourself you want to beat them. Start telling yourself you want to be able to compete with them. You
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are in control of the positive mental shift, and I promise it will work in your favor, if you make that shift. It would be naïve of me to write an entire article proclaiming that winning exhibitors are always good sports. I get it. There are some terrible winners out there and to those poor sports…I would still say congratulations. Never let someone else’s bad behavior impact your responsibility to be a good sport. It says WAY more about them than it does about you. As we head in to county fair time, I challenge you to check yourself. Think it through before you make that snide remark or unnecessary statement. Remember, it’s a tough world out there and people in general need all the love and encouragement they can get, so be a bright spot in someone else’s day. When you have the power to be anything you want to be, choose to be kind. You know what they say… life is pretty great when you choose not to be miserable.
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FEEDING FOR SUCCESS IN THE SHOW RING
Story by Crystal Emsoff
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here are four essential components for success in the show ring: 1) good genetics, 2) a good feeding program, 3) a good exercise program and 4) good showmanship. In my last article I discussed what genetic components go into making a good wether. Today I will address the basics of developing a solid feeding program. Feeding cannot overcome shortcomings in the other three areas, but without proper feeding, a wether will never reach its genetic potential and no amount of exercise or good showmanship will make up for poor feeding. There are three important aspects to feeding to consider: 1) quality, 2) quantity and 3) consistency. First is quality. While some have tried to
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take shortcuts to save money by feeding a cheaper ration, there really is no substitute for a quality show feed. These feeds are developed by PhD educated nutritionists to maximize the genetic potential for proper growth, muscle development and skin and hair quality in the show animal. Substituting so called “all stock feed” or mixed grains will not yield the results you are hoping for. There are a wide variety of different brands of show feed available and everyone has their favorite. Most important is to find a feed that is fresh and readily available where you live. Talking to your wether’s breeder is also a great place to start when choosing a feed. Next is quantity. Knowing how much to feed your wether can be confusing to the beginning feeder. First, feed by weight, not by volume. A kitchen scale is a very useful tool for weighing your feed. Also regularly weigh your wethers. Weekly is ideal. As a rule of thumb, wethers should be fed 4 percent of their body weight for rapid growth, 3 percent for slow growth and 2 percent for holding. To determine the proper amount to feed, multiply the wether’s weight by 0.04, 0.03 or 0.02 for rapid growth, slow growth or holding, respectively. How fast do you want your wether to gain? Determine your wether’s current average daily gain and how many days you have until your target show. You can then project roughly how much your wether will weigh at show time at its current rate of gain by multiplying those two numbers together. You can then adjust the amount of feed slightly to slow or increase their gain. There are different feeding strategies
that successful feeders have utilized and what works will partially depend on climate and age of the lamb at show time. When showing younger lambs (7-9 months old), we prefer to push our lambs early on for rapid early growth and then slow them down as needed once they start putting on finish. In regions where lambs are typically shown older (10-14 months), it may be more common to moderate growth throughout to avoid the lambs maturing too quickly.
Similarly, when increasing feed, make increases gradually. We prefer to increase by just 1/4 pound every other day. At this rate is takes roughly a week to increase their feed by one pound. In addition to feeding a quality show feed, providing adequate roughage is vital for maintaining rumen health. In
Finally, consistency is extremely important when feeding wethers. Sheep and goats were designed to be grazing animals, meaning they would eat small amounts of grass, weeds and shrubs all day long. Feed them grain twice a day really is not natural for them. Fortunately they are very adaptable animals and can thrive on the more artificial regime required for show wethers, but we still much take steps to ensure we keep their digestive system healthy and functioning properly. This means being consistent in the time, amount and type of feed we give them. Forgetting to feed in the evening and then giving them twice as much the next morning is a recipe for disaster. The same is true for forgetting to buy more feed before you run out and switching to a different feed that your neighbor happens to have on hand. Set a schedule and stick to it. Feed the same amount of the same feed at the same time every day. It is extremely important to make all changes in both type and amount of feed gradually. When switching from one type of feed to another, start by feeding 3/4 of the old feed mixed with 1/4 of the new feed. After two days, you can do half and half. After another two days, feed 1/4 of the old feed and 3/4 of the new feed. And finally after another two days you can switch to entirely the new feed.
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show animals, this roughage is best provided as hay. Type of hay is less important than quality. Both grass and alfalfa can work. For the purpose of feeding show wethers, do not look for the highest quality hay you can find. While the hay should not be moldy or weedy, a little coarser, stemmier hay is better at providing that necessary roughage factor than very leafy alfalfa or soft grass hay. As a rule of thumb, feed your wether a large fistful of hay with each feeding. Finally, I will address supplements. Feeders can easily spend a small fortune on supplements that make all sorts of claims. Supplements can be used to enhance your project but can never make up for holes in your feeding program or inferior genetics. If you decide you need a supplement, know clearly what you need that supplement to do and choose accordingly. Some supplements are designed to burn fat, others to lay on fat. Some are designed to enhance digestion
and overall health. A good feeding program is essential for helping your wether reach his genetic potential. Be consistent and stick to a quality feed. Make any changes gradually. Watching your lambs or goats grow and bloom is one of the most exciting parts of a wether project!
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March 7-9, 2018
Houston L ivestock Show
Houston, TX
Market Goat & Lamb Shows
GOAT JUDGE: BRANDON CALLIS; LAMB JUDGE: DR. SCOTT GREINER PHOTOS BY: SHOWCHAMPIONS
G ra nd C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at D a k o ta M a r ti n
Grand C ham p io n M ar ket L am b Hayden Co m e
R e se r ve C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at Cyd n e e H a n s l i k
R eser ve C ham p io n M ar ket L amb Trey B ates
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C h a m pi o n D i v i s i o n I R a ch e l Wh i te
C ham p io n M edi umwo o l Hayden Co m e
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n I Fa i th Sn a p p
R eser ve M ediumwo o l Trey B ates
C h a m pi o n D i v i s i o n II G ra ce L avd e rd a l e
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R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n II R e g a n Sm i thw i ck
R eser ve Fi ne Wo o l Cro ss K elsey Co llins
C ha m pi o n D i v i s i o n III Cyd n e e H a n s l i k
C ham p io n Fi ne Wo o l R ai der M c Phaul
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n III Co u r tn e y Th u r m a n
R eser ve Fine Wo o l Cade Tho m as
C ha m pi o n D i v i s i o n IV D a k o ta M a r ti n
Cham p i o n D o r p er Sydney Thedfo rd
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n IV Co d y S e l l s
R eser ve D o r p er R eb ecc a L am b er t
C ha m p i o n S o u th d ow n C l ay to n R a m s e y
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March 14, 2018
Ok lahoma Youth Expo
Oklahoma City, OK
Market Goat & Lamb Shows
GOAT JUDGE: STEVE STURTZ; LAMB JUDGE: JOSH KOUNS PHOTOS BY: LEGACY LIVESTOCK IMAGING
G ra nd C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at C h a m pi o n D i v i s i o n 4 Bre e Tay l o r
Grand C ham p io n M ar ket L am b Pey to n Har r i s
R e se r ve C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at C h a m pi o n D i v i s i o n 3 K i n l e e Cu n d i f f
R eser ve C ham p io n M ar ket L amb K ailen U r b an
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B ro n ze M e d a l l i o n J o h n n a Sto ttl e my re
B ro nze M edalli o n R eser ve Cro ssb red Lydia St rak a
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n I Sadie Heap
C ham p io n Cro ssb red Pey to n Har r i s
C h a m pi o n D i v i s i o n II G a r re tt M a l o n e y
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R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n II K o l t Wa l k e r
R eser ve Suf fo lk B rayden B ur ns
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n III Ju l i e Is b e l l
C ham p io n Ham p shi re Pey to n Har r i s
R e s e r ve D i vi s i o n IV J o h n n a Sto ttl e my re
R eser ve Ham p shire Tay lo r M c Gi ll
Ch a m pi o n N atu ra l Kailen Urban
R eser ve Shro p shire J o hnna Sto t t lemy re
C h a m pi o n H a i r Al e c An d e rs o n
R eser ve Hai r Co nno r Ant ho ny
NOT PIC TURED M a r k e t G o at Sh ow Champion Division I H u nte r M a n n
Cham p i o n D o r set Lex i Ander so n R eser ve D o r set M y k a Elli o t t
M a r k e t L a m b Sh ow R e s e r ve N atu ra l Ky ra E l l i o tt C h a m pi o n Sp e ck l e Co l t R a n d a l l R e s e r ve Spe ck l e K a l y n n Wi l l i a m s
C ham p io n Shro p shire J am i so n M c Neil C ham p io n S o ut hdown Callen M inard R eser ve S o ut hdown Alec Ander so n
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March 13 & 20, 2018
Rodeo Austin
Austin, TX
Market Goat & Lamb Shows
GOAT JUDGE: CODY SLOAN; LAMB JUDGE: JAKE THORNE PHOTOS BY: SHOW PHOTO BY KATINA
G ra nd C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at C ha m pi o n M e d i u mwe i g ht D a k o ta M a r ti n
Grand C ham p io n M ar ket L am b C ham p io n M edi umwo o l Car lye Wi nf rey
R e se r ve C h a m pi o n M a r k e t G o at C ha m p i o n H e av y we i g ht M o rg a n H o l l i n g s wo r th
R eser ve C ham p io n M ar ket L amb R eser ve M ediumwo o l J o rdan Har t
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C ham p io n Fi ne Wo o l Cro ss St ran St ult z
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R eser ve Fi ne Wo o l Cro ss C lay to n Ec k hardt
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