Hot and Dry with a Chance of Rain; and Busy!

It is hot and dry here; my steers and heifer are all doing well, I am going out at least once a day to rinse them off to try to keep them cool. My dad has almost got all our hay baled and hopefully be stacked today.

Boy have I been busy! I have been to Lamb camp and learned to show sheep, to the Idaho Jr. Beef Expo in Twin Falls and showed Fabio and Lady, and Western Heritage Days and drove Tiny in the 4-H driving contest and Parade. Next week I will have my Heifer bred and attend the Southern Idaho Livestock Judging Camp and Contest; and in between all this I will be completing my quilt and sewing.

Me and Lady at the Idaho Jr. Beef Expo

Here are a few pictures of what has been
happening with my 4-H adventures.










 

Me and Fabio I am so glad he behaved nicely!

Western Heritage Days

Western Heritage Days Parade

Western Heritage Days 4-H Driving Contest

 Have to go I still have five more days of school will at the Lamb camps pictures later, Have a great day.

Meet my 2011 Steers

 Well it is still raining here and it seems that the mud just keeps getting deeper. Just the other day we had wind, rain, snow, freezing rain and by the end of the day we had blue sky's and sunshine. Maybe that is the first sign of spring.

Weigh-in for my county has come and gone so here is a look at my 2011 Market Beef Project .

 My steer for 2011 are all different weights and frame styles this year; I am hoping that they don't all fall into the same weight class when our Fair rolls around.

As you can see all three are a little muddy; but they are healthy, happy, and they love to eat.
When the rain stops my steers will get their first bath, I am hoping it will be this weekend. So for now I just wait.

Just a reminder; with wet cold and changing weather that in a blink of an eye your animals can get sick so keep a close eye on them and watch for illness.

2010 Gooding County Fair

The Gooding County Fair is now in the History Books.
Here are a few of My Awards.

Top Horse Record Book Intermediate - Trophy - (going to District showmanship Shoshone)

Top Gaining 4-H Market Beef - Trophy - with George ( Red Angus).

Best Livestock Judging Project - Blue Ribbon and Purple Rosette.

Showmanship - Blue Ribbon.
Quality - 3 Blue Ribbons

Best Intermediate Ag Presentation - Purple Rosette - ( going to District).

Best Intermediate Clothing Project Model - Blue Ribbon and Purple Rosette
Best Advanced Leather Craft Project - Blue Ribbon and Purple Rosette
Best Sew Wow Western Wear Project - Blue Ribbon and Purple Rosette. (going to district)

Best Money Fundamentals Project - Blue Ribbon and Purple Rosette.

 Best Intermediate Poster ( Idaho Beef Check Off ) - Purple Rosette.

 Best Safety Poster - Purple Rosette

 Best Felting Project - Purple Rosette

 Hot water bath canning project - Blue Ribbon

 Crochet Project - Blue Ribbon

 Now just a few more Pictures of Fair Week

Here are My Steers

George Strait weighed 1443 he gained 575 pounds

Munch  weighed 1423 and gained 510 pounds
He is the one That I sold at the Fair.

Pepper weighed 1403 he gained 525 pounds He was my showmanship steer.

Got to Clean the barn

Gooding County Style Revue 2010

Here are a few pictures from my Day at the Gooding County Style Revue.

First you practice.

This is My Embellishment sewing project

This is my Vintage western shirt and Chinks. The Western Shirt is my sew Wow Sewing project, and the chinks is my leather project.

Our Fair has started and I will post the events when I can.

Idaho Cattle Association - 2010 Hefier Of The Year Contest Winners

The winners of the Idaho Cattle Association Heifer Of The Year Contest;

Over all winner - Lauren Clark  from Eagle Idaho will receive a registered Angus heifer donated by the Idaho Angus Association. She also wins 10 bags of Pride Plus Show Ration from Western Stockman's, BVD & Pregnancy and Supplies from Bio Tracking LLC and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.

Cora Isaacs from Bliss, place second and will receive a $750.00 scholarship from the University of Idaho Steer A Year Program, a custom hat from Jaxonbilt Hat Company and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.

Jessica Lancaster from Jerome place third and will receive a $500.00 scholarship from the University of Idaho Steer A Year Program and a bag of feed form A&G Irrigation.

Mackenzie Peace from Meridian place fourth and will receive a $250.00 scholarship from the University of Idaho Steer A Year Program,and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.

Jeni Hagler from Meridian place fifth and will receive a $200.00 form Intermountain Community Bank,$25.00 scholarship from Bonners Ferry Vet Clinic and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.

Talya Murphy from Kimberly placed sixth and will receive a $50.00 scholarship from Hollingworth Inc., $50 scholarship from Robison Ranch and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.

Seth Christensen from Preston, place seventh and will receive a $50.00 scholarship from Fences Idaho and a $50.00 from Lemhi Large Animal Health and a bag of feed from A&G Irrigation.


Congratulations Lauren, and all the winners.

The Magic Valley Jr. Beef Classic

This was the first time I ever entered a show ring that wasn't  4-H. I was a mess but I tried my hardest not to let it show. I took all three of my steers; lucky for me they were in three different weight class. The hard part was they were one weight class after another, I showed one walked out of the ring handed it off and was handed the next one and walked right back into the ring.

It was a long day, my steer handled great. At the end of the day two of my steers received two second place ribbons and one third place ribbon in quality.
I think I did OK for my first time.

During your 4-H life-time; if you start showing when you are 8 years old you will only be in the show ring 10 times. If each time you enter the show ring, and you are there for 30 minutes you will have only showed for a total of about 300 minutes or 12.5 hours. Over 10 years that is not much time to perfect your showmanship skills. With each time you enter the ring the Judge will give you pointers to how to improve your skills and every Judge is different. My goal is to be grand champion showman and to have a grand champion steer. When you go to different shows you add a year of experience, receive lots of insight  how to improve your skill and learn the grooming skills need to enhance the appearance of you steers
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To have a 4-H Grand Champion Steer or Heifer it is very important to have the showmanship skills to show your steer or heifer at their best.

What A Fun Project

Today I went to what I thought was a one day camp. It is not a one day camp it is a project. My family drive's teams of horses and I thought I would go and learn about the equipment and tack and how to hook up the horse's. I had so much fun I signed up for the Project. I think everyone else had fun too.

It is not to late if you would like to learn how to drive a team of horses call the Gooding County Ext. office at 934 - 4417or the Lincoln County Ext. office at 886 -2406 for more information and the time and date of the next meeting.

  This Project was cool the ages of the different 4-H members was from 8 to 17

there were members from Gooding County, Jerome County and Lincoln County

So if you would like to have fun and learn to drive a team of horses.

The next meeting is on the 19th of January in Shoshone

Stay cool keep it natural and I will see you at the next meeting.