Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

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rough day of goat judging but we are done....for our fair standard does and Nigerian dwarf does are judged together based on age.

The kids tried their best to show their does off....
DS(15) showed Rio and Munchkin and did the best with them; he also showed Clove(sr yearling-ND) and did good with her- she placed higher then Pepper(her sister) and Basil-both shown as sr yearlings.

DD and DS showed our ND's and the breed classes were rough- they were placed almost last in each of their classes(given white ribbons). There was probably 10-12 goats in each class they showed in....

Interesting enough when they showed in Breeders Improvement, Produce of doe and Exhibitor's herd they were placed higher(given red ribbons)....in fact DD showed Rio/Munchkin for Breeders Improvement and received a blue ribbon....

at this point we aren't sure how helpful the feed back given today will be for us.....

I did get some pictures and will try to post some- tomorrow all animals and projects come home!
 

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Sorry it didn't go better for you, the kids and the goats. :( Hope you at least had some fun.
 

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oh don't get me wrong we did have fun :), just hoping for some feedback as we make decisions going into fall breeding season.

The goats of course were up to their shenanigans- 2 of the youngest yelled the whole time in the ring. Melanie was mad as she hadn't been milked yet so she acted out. Pepper(senor yearling) started out walking well in the ring and then decided to walk on her knees...

We were also told right before the show that our doe's should not be shown with a beard....up to this point we were not aware of this and judges in the past didn't say anything about it. In fact the judge pointed it out in her comments to the crowd as DS(12) was leaving the ring with his doe from showmanship. :idunno We decided that we weren't cutting them off as it was going to change any thing.
 

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