Another Illinois State Fair is behind us. When we left here last Tuesday morning early we had on 4 heifers, by Tuesday afternoon we had 5 heifers and by Wednesday noon we had 5 heifers and both wethers.
Wednesday- Princess and Boy 1 showed in showmanship. If you have ever been to showmanship at the Illinois State Fair Junior Dept. you know it is a goat rope. If not let me explain, there are 16-18 kids shoved in a ring and it is a free for all, cattle get loose, kids get upset and really with the little ones, I have no idea how they pick the top 5. In the first round I was very proud of our Illinois kids they all hung tough! In the next heat, were the little older ones, Boy 1 was in along with a few more of our Illinois Hereford kids and I am very proud to say that Boy 1 was in the top 5. Way to go Clay, he was Reserve Champion in this heat!
Thursday- 4am wakeup as Shorthorn Plus was first to show and Princess Leia 0111 was in the third class to show. Got 2nd with her- woohoo! Then bust butt to go weigh wethers. Franky weighed 121lbs and Fred weighed 131. When we weighed them the first of May they both weighed 86 lbs.
Friday- 4am wakeup Horned Herefords were first to show in the Junior Show and Princess showed TA Miss Ponca Whiskey 0611. Boy 1 did not see her show as he was washing lambs to show. Put 0611 (aka June away) went to sheep barn. At the wether show they use a classifier when you check in your wethers, this means if any of your wethers have the same resemblance to a certain breed then they will be able to show in that breed. Franky showed as a Shropshire and Fred showed as a Crossbred. Boy 1 did great showing the wethers Franky was the middle of the pack and Fred (which we know he is done) was last. Put lamb blankets back on and back to cattle barn we go to show in the last breed Polled Herefords RA Daqurhi 0311(Daqurhi) and TA Optima Time 0411 ET (Optima). Both kids hung tough in the middle of the pack:) Hurry back with Daqurhi to wash all show hairspray out, blow dryer her feed her and let her rest for a little over an hour as our Adams County ADM Showmanship winner needed to borrow her to show. Good thing Daqurhi loves the show ring!
Saturday- 4am wakeup ( are you starting to notice that we are getting cranky and crabby because of 4am?) Polled Show was at 8am Princess showed the number 5 heifer for a dear friend of ours, then went on and showed Optima and Boy 1 had a BIG decision to make to show Franky one last time or to show Daqurhi, he chose Daqurhi, but as soon as he came out of the show ring he handed her to his dad, gave me his showstick, scotch comb and show harness and ran to the sheep barn. Where cousin M was in the show ring with Franky and did GREAT! He was so proud:) He did get to show Fred for the last time. Boy 1 loaded up with gpa and headed to Iowa State Fair to work for, eat at K7 Herefords.
Sunday- 7am wakeup (now this was MUCH better!) Actually got to enjoy the breakfast at the hotel. Easy morning, the Princess showed in the IBA Junior Show. June was 2nd and Optima was 1st.
Monday- 7am wakeup. ( no hotel breakfast, Mini Doughnuts at fair!) Hubby showed Leia in the Open Shorthorn Plus show-2nd place! Also watched the cousins show in the Horned and Polled Shorthorn Show and the did great as well.
Loading the truck with tack and loading the trailer was easy as the heifer we babysat for went home on another trailer. Optima went with another breeder to be bred naturally by a bull as she has 1 smaller ovary than the other and the vet and Hubby think she will breed naturally. June got dropped off to winter at gpa's pasture as we are running out and the wethers are still with Cousin C. When our truck/trailer pulled in last night there were two heifers on it and they were happy to be home!
Now this morning I had the first load of laundry in at 7:20am. Wonder how long it will take me? The windows are wide open and we are going to start going to bed at 8:30pm as school is starting next Monday:( What a summer we have had.
I promise I will post pictures later this week.
Have A Great Day:)
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