Since Jaiden did such a great job showing our goats last year, we gave him first choice on our babies born in November 2022 this year.
He and his family came up in December. Jaiden quickly spotted the two wethers he wanted to purchase to show at the Mesa County Fair the following July.
Here is Jaiden holding Joker, with Joker’s Mom Wild Card keeping a careful watch to see what is happening with her baby!
On the day of the fair, Jaiden came into the show ring with Joker. Right away I thought, Wow, this animal is really beautiful.
After the judge carefully looked them all over, he gave 2nd place in this market goat class to Jaiden with Joker!
Here is Jaiden and Joker with their 2nd place ribbon!
Here is Jaiden showing his second wether, Pierce. This was a class of larger goats as Pierce weighed 92 pounds by fair time.
As you can see, the classes are large with several 4-H kids and FFA kids showing their animals. Jaiden and Pierce took 6th place in this class.
Here is Jaiden with his family and both of his wethers, Joker and Pierce. Jaiden’s Mom Amy is holding Joker’s 2nd place ribbon as he had to go back in the ring for the championship show.
Here are the first and second place winners from all the different market goat classes.
Jaiden and his family do a wonderful job feeding, trimming, bathing and getting these wethers ready for the show ring.
Jaiden does a beautiful job of showing his animals in the ring as well. The classes are large so it isn’t an easy thing to do. Plus, the goat show starts at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. With the temperatures in the triple digits, it makes it extremely difficult for the animals and the people showing them!
After taking second place in these goat shows for two years in a row, though, we are all hoping that next year is the one in which Jaiden can grab a first place ribbon!
