General Rules – Goat Show
A. Number of Entries per Exhibitor – An exhibitor is limited to exhibit 6 goats. Mother-Daughter, Junior Herd, and Showmanship must come from those 6 goats.
B. Identification and Pre-Entry
Note: All goats must be individually identified with USDA Official ID (part of the scrapie eradication program). Each family must have their own tags. Tags cannot be shared with other exhibitors. County only may use the official 4-H ear tag.
1. Dairy Goats and Pygmy Goats – Identification of dairy goats and pygmy goats must be documented on a Goat Pre-Entry/ID form and submitted to the Extension Office by June 15.
2. Market Meat Goats – All market meat goats must be ear tagged with the official 4-H ear tag. All identification must be documented on a Goat Pre-Entry/ID form and submitted to the Extension Office by June 15.
3. Breeding Meat Goats – All breeding meat goats must be ear tagged with the official 4-H ear tag or tattooed. All identification must be documented on a Goat Pre-Entry/ID form and submitted to the Extension Office by June 15.
C. Health Requirements – See General Animal Requirements.
D. Showmanship – See General Animal Showmanship Rules.
E. Dress Code – See General Livestock Rules and Regulations.
F. Livestock Quality Assurance (YQCA) – See General Livestock Rules and Regulations.
G. Grooming Rules – See General Livestock Rules and Regulations.
I. Goat Rules
1. General Rules – See above General Rules – Goat Show.
2. The following goat breeds are recognized as dairy goats: Alpine, LaMancha Nubian, Oberhasli, Saanens, and Toggenburg.
3. The following goat breeds are recognized as meat goats: Boer, Brush, Kiko, Myotonic, and Spanish.
4. A pygmy goat is not recognized as a meat goat or a dairy goat. They are more of a companion type of animal.
5. Class breaks will be determined by age. Market classes will be determined by weight. Classes will be shown from youngest to oldest.
6. Males and females will be shown together.
7. Any class having less than five head checked in may be allowed only one class at the discretion of the superintendent. Animals will enter the ring at the same time in order of age and be placed in ribbon groups on their individual merit.
Goat Showmanship
C) G050910 Senior Division – 14 years and older
C) G050920 Intermediate Division – 11 to 13 years
C) G050930 Junior Division – 8 to 10 years
Dairy Goat
C) G051910 Doe - Under 1 year old
C) G051920 Doe – Under 2 years old
C) G051930 Doe- 2 years old and over
C) G051940 Mother/Daughter
Pygmy Goat
C) G052950 Doe-Under 3 months
C) G052960 3-6 mos. doe
C) G052970 7-12 mos. doe
C) G052980 13-24 mos. doe
C) G052990 25 mos. and over doe
C) G052995 Mother/Daughter
Market Meat Goats
C) G058901 Feeder Goat – Under 49 lbs
C) G058902 Market Goat – Over 50 lbs
Breeding Meat Goat Classes (Age as of show date)
C) G059903 Females – Under one year of age
C) G059904 Females – 1 to under 2 years of age
C) G059905 Females – 2 years of age and over
C) G059906 Mother/Daughter
C) G059907 Junior Herd - All Classes
A junior herd should be at least one older doe(mother) and 1 younger goat(kid) and the last one can be anywhere in between, they do not have to be related like mother /daughter. These three are what an exhibitor is trying to put together to make a good-looking breeding group. The kid could be a market goat the other could be a future breeding goat. They should all be the same breed as all Boer, all Nuben or all Pygmy as an example.