DEPARTMENT GOATS
PREMIUMS: Purple-$8.50, Blue-$7.00, Red-5.50, White-$4.00
- Goat ID: All does (market and breeding) must have official USDA identification tag in place (part of the scrapie eradication program). All Meat Goats (market and breeding) must be listed on official ownership affidavit to be eligible to show. All market must be listed on Market Goat Affidavit and breeding goats on separate Breeding Goat Affidavit.
- Market Goats will be weighed on entry day and a minimum live weight of 50 lbs. at check-in. Market Goats under 50 lbs can show but will not be eligible for purple ribbons. After weighing, goats will be divided into weight classes depending on the number of entries and at the superintendent’s discretion.
- An exhibitor may enter a maximum of three market goats and two breeding goats.
- Goats are to have milk teeth and there shall be no evidence of breaking of the skin or eruption of the two
- Goats must be uniformly slick shorn with 1/4 inch of hair or less from the knee and hock up. Breeding goats will be allowed to be unshorn.
- All goats must be dehorned or have horns blunted.
- Only wether and female kids may be shown – no billies.
- NECK CHAINS – Goats are to be shown with neck chains or smooth collars only.
- Market Goats may be doe or wether kids. Short scrotum, cryptorchid and buck kids are not eligible. Does and wethers will show together.
- permanent front teeth at the time of check-in at county fair.
DIVISION 57 - MARKET GOATS
G057001. MARKET GOAT - Wethers & Does (divided by weight)
G057002. PEN OF THREE MARKET GOATS
DIVISION 58 BREEDING MARKET GOATS
G058002. DOE KIDS (Does Born 9-1-2025 to 6-1-2026)
G058003. YEARLING DOES (Does Born 9-1-2024 to 8-31-2025)
G058004. AGED DOES (Does Born prior to 9-1-22-2024)
DEPARTMENT OTHER GOATS
- ELIGIBILITY - Exhibitors are eligible to show a maximum of three (3) other goats.
- GOAT I.D. – All animals must be identified on an official 4-H ownership affidavit. All does must have official USDA identification with the scrapie eradication program.
- SHOWMANSHIP – Exhibitors will not slap or brace the animal or lift the front legs off the ground while in the show ring.
Fiber
G059001. KID (Up to 12 months of age)
DIVISION 59 - OTHER GOATS
Pygmy
G059003. KID (up to 12 months of age)
G059002. YEARLING (13-24 months of age)
G059004. YEARLING (13-24 months of age)
All the Best Dressed Kids This is a fun event! 4-H member(s) choose a theme and dress themselves and the goats accordingly. Be creative! Invite your friends to help you show all the goats you brought. G058005 - Best Dressed Kids Event will follow the sheep and goat show on Friday, July 17 |