We recently traveled around to some of the other county fairs to see some of our 4H kids show their goats.
We were curious to see how they would do. We love watching our four-legged kids grow and thrive, but we also love watching our two-legged 4H kids strutting their stuff in the ring!
We know all of the following kids as their families have bought goats from us in the past. Most weren’t showing animals they had bought from Swan View Ranch this year, but we like following their progress just the same.
And boy did they all do a great job. It was a lot of fun to see them spruce up those animals so they looked shiny and pretty, and to watch their technique in the show ring. These kids are working hard and learning valuable life lessons along the way.
Here is Lillie showing a couple of her goats at the Delta County Fair:
And here’s Trey showing his animals in Hotchkiss as well.
In Gunnison at the Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days, some of our other “goat friends” showed off some of their stock, too.
Here’s Gage and Sam with their Grand Champion doe and their Reserve Champion doe.
Poor Sam got in a fight with a bungee cord and it looks like the bungee cord won, but he still won that ribbon and belt buckle because his goat took Reserve Grand Champion.
He didn’t get to show his goats, but we look for him to get back out there next year.
Congratulations to these 4H kids for all their hard work—it certainly shows on their animals.
