April ninth to the
fourteenth has been the Henderson County Livestock show. Here at the Livestock
show I showed several of my animals and projects which I've been working most
of the year on. April tenth we brought all of the animals we
were showing (we didn't bring the broilers as
they came another day). After we got all of the animals in their pens with
food, water, and bedding we went to look at the other chickens, goats, and
lambs.
The next day when we were done with
taking care of the animals my sister and I along with our friends showed goats.
I got DEAD last with Houdini (because he didn't weigh enough). But I
got fourth place in my class with Rusty. My sister did
pretty good with her goat Hearts also. Then we went to look at the rabbits we
ended up taking two of the Grand champion wining rabbit’s babies’
home. That night we got to see the results of how our projects did. I got two
red ribbons, nine blue ribbons, four best of selection ribbons, and two best of
show ribbons.
The next day after
taking care of our animals, we showed our broilers. I made the second cut but
then I lost. There were tons of broilers this year. Soon as
the broilers judging was over, the poultry judge started his
judging. Then, we looked at the rabbits again and bought two more rabbits.
After that we ran and brought all of the projects home that
we weren't selling. Next, we went back and saw how I did with my chickens.
I got Reserve Grand Champion for my breeding poultry, Reserve Grand
Champion for my quail, first place with my bantam rooster, and third &
fifth with my bantam hens. Lastly, I got second place with my large hen.
Then, after everything we
went to help get the projects that people were selling ready for
the auction. After hours of waiting, (we were on one of the last pages) my
sister and I auctioned of our
items. I ended up selling my cactus planter to a man who owns one of the
feed stores that we use for three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
I sold my cross mosaic picture for thirty-five dollars.
Then after feeding the animals we went home.
The following
day, after feeding the animals their breakfast we had
to sadly
take Houdini
and Hearts to the floor which means I had to sell him to a meat
processor it was extremely sad.
Then I sold my quail to a man who said he was going to release them. After
that, we met some of Andrews’s friends that we haven't seen in a long time.
Next, we showed them around and when the tour was over we ate lunch. To end the
day I sold my goat rusty for six hundred dollars plus add-ons. Lastly, we took
our animals that we have left home.
Now almost a year later, I was bathing Max to prepare him for the 4-H Dog o' Rama which is where you bring your dog and trainers show you and your dog how to do skills needed to show your dog. The classes included Rally, Obedience, Showmanship,and Agility. Max got into a fight with another dog, so I got to use one of the trainers' dogs. One of them was a Schnauzer mix. It was hard to do showmanship with it, because it was little and you had to kneel down to set it up. The other dog was a Shetland Sheep dog named Bubba. It was super easy to do agility with it because it was already trained. In between classes, there were individuation classes where you had to name dog breeds and items used for
