Morning Rick, I found the same here for the 4-H. The kids can only show in
Showmanship and Breed Classes with Blackbellys or any other breed of sheep.
I have seen breeds other then market breeds go into the Breed Classes and
the judges have no idea what the breed the kids are showing were.
Would county or state fairs have objections to
exhibits that were not competeing? I noticed at my
county's fair last year that there were no meat
goats-- just dairy breeds. All the sheep were woolies.
One lady had a Scottish Highland cow and her calf
there-- but I believe it was entered as a beef
I figure do what the alpaca people did In other
words-- create a demand!!! But not on the Alpaca
scale--Quite frankly, I like Alpaca. llamas, etc-- but
I am NOT going to pay the equivalent of what, for me,
is two years of income for one animal!
I will visit my extension office tomorrow and see
How about having a blackbelly info booth rather than showing? You would
want to have halter-trained sheep that people could see up close and
maybe touch. Maybe even some older lambs. Be sure to stress the
parasite resistance traits and how great the grass-fed meat is. Both
are hot topics nowadays.
Hi Peg, I did try that, presented nearly word for word what you said. The
booth has to be paid for in advance with fair board approvel.but for
the last 3 years there has been no exta places to set up for livestock and
the barns are full of show animals. I could bring in my sheep to
