McLennan County Livestock Newsletter November 2019 Edition Inside this issue: 2019 Major Show Swine Validation Tag Order and Validations 2 This year we will host MCJLS and Major swine validations together at the following dates and locations • November 18th in Riesel at Groschke’s barn from 4-6pm • November 19th in Crawford at Burt Gholke’s farm from 4-6pm Calf Scramble Entry Info. 2 • November 20th at Extraco Event Center from 4-6pm You must attend one of these validations for your projects to be eligible for the county and major Gilt Validation Updates 2 shows. Major validation packets will be available for pickup in November Quality Counts Update 2 McLennan County Junior Livestock Show Rabbit information Show Results 3 Rabbit exhibitors who are ordering rabbits for the 2020 show, the breed dates for the show are listed below to help you plan for getting the correct age of bunnies. How to Break You Pig 4 2020 Show breed date- October 22nd MCJLS Rabbit Validation will be held on January 5th at Extraco from 1-4pm Cattle Drying Tips 6 Fungus Prevention Tips 7 4-H Major Show Entry Night For youth planning to enter the major livestock shows with livestock or a contest we will have Jackpot Show Flyers 8 entry days starting in November. Major Show Updates 10 • November 5th- All major shows including Ft Worth & Odessa are due by this date, we will be at the Extension office until 6pm to take your entries MCJLS Weight Breaks 12 • November 14th- All majors except Ft. Worth and Odessa are due by this date, we will be at the Extension office until 7pm to take your entries Major Show Judges 13 With both entry dates we will be at the office all day to allow you to come in anytime that day or Show Dates 14 before that date to complete your entries and we will stay until the posted times these evenings to allow you come by after work. Special points of interest: Major Show updates Major Show Dates Major Show Judges Jackpot Show Flyers Tag order Dates Validation Dates Holiday Classic Calf Scramble entry info. Fall Major Show Entry Info. Swine Validation Rabbit Information Show Results Gilt Validation Information MCJLS Weight Breaks Page 1 McLennan County Livestock Newsletter 2019-2020 McLennan County Validation Dates & Tag Orders Swine Major Show & County Swine Validation November 18th in Riesel at Groschke’s barn (1132 E. Lake Creek Rd Riesel, TX 76682) from 4-6pm November 19th in Crawford at Burt Gholke’s farm(14767 Cedar Rock Parkway Crawford, TX 76638)from 4-6pm November 20th at Extraco Event Center from 4-6pm Rabbit- MCJLS Rabbit Validation will be January 5th at Extraco Event Center from 1-4pm Show Entry Information Spring Major Show Entry Deadline- November 5th (all majors including Ft. Worth & Odessa) November 14th-(All majors except Ft. Worth & Odessa) MCJLS Entry Deadline- December 4th for all 4-H members entering livestock and Youth Fair All tag order forms & entry forms can be found at the following link: https://mclennan.agrilife.org/links/4-h/4-h-projects/livestock-news/ Quality Counts Updates: As we prepare for the spring major show entries, we need to make sure everyone is up to date on the quality counts system. If you have not entered a major show in the past you will need to go online and complete this test before we enter in November. If you have already taken the test in the past but have changed age divisions (junior to intermediate or intermediate to senior) you must go online and retake the test to fit your age division. If you did not change age divisions and took the test in the past you are good to go, if you are not sure let us know and we can look you up to verify that everything is good to go for entry nights. The link to take the test: https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx Calf Scramble Entries Below are the entry information and deadlines for Major Shows. • Fort Worth Livestock Show- Entries due to Extension office by November 5th • Houston Livestock Show- Entries due to Extension office by November 14th All entry forms can be found at the following link: https://mclennan.agrilife.org/links/4-h/4-h-projects/livestock-news/ Page 2 McLennan County Livestock Newsletter State Fair & Heart O’ Texas Fair Results Heart O’ Texas Fair Results Junior Steers Junior Swine Paisley Groschke- Champion Simmental & Reserve Champion Shorthorn Karley Willenborg- Reserve Hampshire & 4th & 5th Cross Duke Groschke- Class winning Shorthorn & 2nd place Other Cross Savannah Keel- Grand & Reserve Overall Champion st rd Caiden Meurer- 4th ABC, 6th Maine, 4th Other Cross Lillie Sligh- 1 WOPB, 3 Hamp th Brenner Breton- 5th Black Cross, 5th Maine, & 6th Charolais, Kaylee Guy- 7 Duroc th Zach Hoelscher- 4th & 6th Red Cross, 4th Shorthorn Madison Morris- 5 Berk nd rd Jacob Ellision- 6th Maine Thomas Powers- 2 Berk, 3 York Cannon Rush- 3rd Hamp, 3rd York Katy Rae Powers- 1st Hamp & 6th Cross Junior Heifers Katie Willenborg- 3rd Cross Keen Swanner- Champion Red Brahman & Class Winning Simbrah Jorgia Whitt- 10th Cross Avery Rendon- Champion Simbrah & class winning simbrah Eyzela King- 6th Cross Presley Tucker- Reserve Champion Santa Gertrudis Katie Denton- Class Winning Hereford & 2nd Polled Hereford Emily Minchew- 3rd Polled Hereford Breeding Gilts rd Henry Springfield- 2nd Shorthorn Lillie Sligh- Champion Chester& 3 Hampshire Landon Swain- 5th Shorthorn Gracie Bohannon- Champion Duroc rd Karson Fuessel- Reserve Champion Maine Thomas Powers- 3 Berkshire rd rd Hayleigh Gerik- 3rd Charolais Savannah Keel- 3 Spot & 3 Cross th Keston Gerik- 2nd & 3rd Charolais Kaylee Guy- 8 Cross th th Savannah Kelley – 3rd & 4th Charolais Katy Rae Powers- 4 & 5 Cross th Lexi Huse- 1st, 2nd & 3rd Charolais Madison Morris- 6 Cross Seth Jones- 3rd Charolais Emma Caffey- 3rd Limousin Michael Lamb- 1st Maine State Fair of Texas Results Dakota Kluck- 2nd Simmental Gilts Elizabeth Caffey- 5th Simmental Lillie Sligh- 5th Chester & 3rd Hampshire Kylee Scrodeder Howard- 4th & 3rd Simmental Savannah Keel- 1st Cross Gilt th Brock Sinkule- 5 ORB Thomas Powers- 2nd Cross Gilt Kate Swain- 5th ORB Mason Perry- 2nd & 3rd Brangus Megan Perry – 1st & 2nd Brangus Market Lambs Alessandria Holy- 4th Dorper Junior Goats Madison Mutina- 6th Southdown Karson Goats- Reserve Middle Division, 3rd Riley Cooper- 8th Medium Wool Raelyn Ward- Reserve Medium Heavy Division Marley Ramirez- 8th Medium Wool th Henry Graham- 9 th Cy Williams- 7th Camryn Sinkule- 10 Medium Wool th Clegg Bays- 6th , & 6th Kyleigh Nugent- 7 Medium Wool Rylie DeLeon- 4th Addison Coleman- 10th Medium Wool Karoline Turner- 10th Haley Plaa- 4th Madison Pharris-6th Market Goats th Kimber Fussel- 4th Raelynn Ward- 7 place Addisen Weaver- 9th Emmalee Mutina- 10th place Karsen Fussel- 10th Kirsten Galle- 1st Anna West- 8th Prospect Steers Duke Groschke- Reserve Champion Shorthorn & 3rd Hereford th Junior Sheep Caiden Meurer- 4 Santa Gertrudis st Hayden White- Reserve Grand Champion & 7th Medium Wool Paisley Groschke- Champion Simmental & 1 AOC Macy Akins- 2nd Finewool Cross & 5th Southdown Zach Hoelscher- 9th shorthorn Maverick Adcock- 7th Finewool Cross Kayla Leger- 3rd Finewool Cross Amber Ludwig- 8th Finewool Cross Market Swine Camryn Sinkule- 4th Finewool Cross & 9th Medium Wool Lillie Sligh- Champion WOPB Tenley Witt- 7th Southdown Thomas Powers- 10th WOPB Brock Sinkule- 10th Medium Wool Savannah Keel- 8th Yorkshire Micah Foster- 3rd & 2nd Medium Wool Amy Lemaster- 5th & 8th Medium Wool Riley Cooper- 7th Medium Wool Breeding Heifers Addison Coleman- 4th & 6th Medium Wool Brinley Allison- 4th , 7th, & 2nd Beefmaster Colby Crow- 8th Medium Wool Rebekah Holle- 4th Beefmaster Madison Mutina- 4th & 10th Medium Wool Breeding Goats Kristen Galle- 3rd Wether Doe Page 3 McLennan County Livestock Newsletter It’s no secret that once you get your new show prospects home your young exhibitors are anxious to get to the barn, get acquainted and get them show broke. However, with anything worth doing, there is a process that needs to be followed, and when working with little show pig projects, patience and consistency is key. “I’m a big believer in breaking pigs at a very young age,” said Jackie Lackey, partner at Lackey Livestock in Haskell, Texas, and mother to Weston and Grant, who show pigs competitively across the country. “We have a routine from the start and try our best to remain consistent to mitigate forming bad habits and handling them at a young age has been successful for our family.” Lackey offers several tips on getting new show pig projects home, getting them tamed down and how to drive them to the winner’s circle. Taming them Down Lackey said the first week to 10 days their pigs are home, are spent taming the pigs down, getting them used to the people around them and their surroundings. Young showmen Grant and Weston will spend a lot of time that first week sitting in the pigs’ pens with them, just so the pigs get used to them. They also will spend time leaned over the fence or bent down in front of the pens before feeding time to scratch the pigs’ heads, all positive interactions. Once the pigs are used to the people, those people will slowly and gently introduce a whip to the pigs – over the fence and then in the pens so the pigs learn to respect the whip and not fear it. “It is our goal that our pigs have a positive interaction with us every time we walk into the pen. They generally settle down fairly quickly. Regardless of age, every pig in our barn is treated like a show pig,” Lackey said.