County Fair ended yesterday with the yearly clean up, it seems to signal in bold that summer is almost over. School is coming back into session in two weeks.
This year’s County Fair was interesting, to say the least. Quite frankly I can’t remember half the days because of how busy I was. But to cover some highlights, at least in my week, I crocheted another goat blanket, this one a gray camouflage color for Ghost, Kennzy’s kid this year. The blanket received Grand Champion in the open class. My two paintings that I took for 4-H did really well too.
Sadly only one of our (my sister’s and mine) market wethers made weight and he was just barely within weight. You see, in 4-H you can sell your market animals on the last night of the fair, if they are within weight. For goats the weight is 60 pounds and greater. So out of the three, Hephalump, Loki, and Shakespeare, only Loki made weight. At the scale house last Saturday he came to only 60 pounds.
The Kiko does did decent. American Pi, Mocha’s kid from last year that we sold, won Champion AOB breeding does. (AOB means All other Breeds) Caribou, Mocha’s kid from this year received Reserve.
That was Sunday night. Monday night we got a lot of rain. The dairy goats flooded out along with a lot of the meat goats and the show ring. My two little girls, Charm and Ghost, were standing belly deep in water at 10 pm. We didn’t know about the flood until Tuesday morning, the morning of the dairy show. Barbie won Grand Champion Nigerian, and Kennzy received Reserve. If Caramel Candy had been freshened she very well may have come away with Champion.
Later this month I’m picking up another doe from Dill’s-A-Little goat Farm. I’m really looking forward to bringing her home. Kidding will start in November with Edelweiss. Then in December the new doe along with Tiki, Scotch, and Kalypso. We are praying that this coming kidding season will go better that the last.
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