All market lambs and meat goats which will be shown at the Webster County Fair in order to compete in the Webster County Rate of Gain Contest, Nebraska State Fair, or Ak-Sar-Ben must be tagged and weighed in at a Sheep Weigh-in Day, or be done in the presence of extension staff at an UNL Extension office or other place agreeable to UNL Extension staff. Webster County 4-H & FFA sheep and goat exhibitors will have this opportunity at the Webster County Fairgrounds in Bladen, NE on Friday, May 27 from 3:00-7:00 pm.
Ownership/identification affidavits and tags are available at the UNL Extension office in Red Cloud; however, the extension educator will have them available that day too. Each exhibitor will be asked to register their market lambs at the weigh-in as either “Bred & Fed” or “Bought & Fed” at the weigh-in. The Webster County Market Lamb show now splits up the lambs in the market lamb classes with the champion from each coming back for Grand Champion.
All 4-H lambs and goats that may go to either Nebraska State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben must have hair samples for DNA verification gathered on each lamb or goat and all affidavits and DNA submissions must be done before or on June 15. Any ewe or ram sheep, or female market goat must have a “scrapies” tag in its’ ear and be identified with this unique tag number in addition to the 4-H tag on the 4-H/FFA entry form. Webster County Breeding sheep exhibitors are also encouraged to enter the Junior Sheep Breeder’s Flock competition. Exhibitors may request their flock record book from the Webster County UNL Extension office in Red Cloud.
Exhibitors should note that there is a change in the age classification for sheep from previous years as they look towards identifying ewes for the county fair. Ewes born after September 1, 2010 are classified as lambs (it used to be January 1, 2011 in previous years) and all ewes born September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010 are classified as yearling ewes.
Exhibitors should also be aware that there will be a new 4-H & FFA Sheep and Goat Show schedule at the Webster County Fair this year. The sheep/goat show and swine show have been switched. The sheep/goat show will now be on Wednesday, July 13. In years past it was on Thursday and the swine was on Wednesday. This allows sheep to be slick sheered at check-in, thereby allowing the visible identification of ringworm/showlamb fungus.
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