Department 5 - Sheep
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Lindsey Mogg............................................ Superintendent
Entered - Sunday 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Showmanship Tuesday 4:00 p.m.
Judging will follow Cloverbud Show
1. Sheep weigh-in is the second Saturday in May. Each youth exhibitor may choose from the following options: Option A - Each exhibitor may weigh in three lambs at the May weigh-in. Each exhibitor may bring up to two lambs to the fair. Option B - Within immediate families having more than one exhibitor, each exhibitor may weigh in up to two lambs. One separate lamb may be weighed in as the "family alternate". Each exhibitor may bring only two animals to the fair. The "family alternate" must be designated and recorded with the superintendent at the first weigh in.
2. There will be no replacement of market lambs after 45 days from the weigh-in date.
3. Replacement animals must be tagged by appropriate superintendent and will not be eligible for rate of gain competition.
4. The lamb show will be a ewe and wether show. Each lamb exhibit shall consist of two wethers, two ewes, or a combination of either. Champions will be selected in the following categories: Champion Wether Champion Ewe, Reserve Champion Wether, Reserve Champion Ewe, and Supreme Champion.
5. All breeds will show together in the market class.
6. Charts must be posted above animals showing show weight and daily rate of gain.
7. Lambs not sold at the auction sale are the responsibility of the exhibitor, to make arrangements with superintendents, for removal from the fairgrounds, not before 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
8. Rate of Gain Champion will be figured on an individual basis, not a pen. Rate of Gain will be figured up to a maximum of 155 pounds.
9. Any animal born and raised in Isabella County may participate in the Isabella County Bred Show.
10. Sheep will be weighed on entry day of fair week, and must be at least 100 pounds to be sold at auction. Sheep weighing less may be shown showmanship classes only, but not sold.
11. All blankets must be removed from sheep before going across the scale at fair weigh-in.
12. No drench feeding, hydration or medication of lambs. Any lamb requiring drench medication must be approved and supervised by a veterinarian. Tampering and/or misrepresentation of age, ownership, and any other irregularity in showing will be considered fraud and deception. Violation will result in the forfeiture of sale privileges. Unethical fitting or gluing of the hide or underneath the hide or removal of tissue to alter the shape of the animal, injection of any gas, solid or liquid under the hide to alter the normal conformation of the animal will also result in the forfeiture of sale privileges.
13. Read the general rules and the special rules for Auction Sale of Livestock.
PEE WEE SHEEP SHOW
Immediately following showmanship classes, for all youth under 4-H age of 8. Ribbons are awarded.
SECTION 1 - SHOWMANSHIP
JUNIOR
Class
196-198 8 year old
199-201 9 year old
202-204 10 year old
205-207 11 year old
INTERMEDIATE
Class
208-210 12 year old
211-213 13 year old
214-216 14 year old
217-219 15 year old
SENIOR
Class
220-222 16 year old
223-225 17 year old
226-228 18 year old
229-231 19 year old
SECTION 2 - MARKET LAMBS
240 - 242 Weight Ewe
243 - 245 Weight Ewe
246 - 248 Weight Ewe
249 - 251 Weight Ewe
252 - 254 Weight Wether
255 - 257 Weight Wether
258 - 260 Weight Wether
261 - 263 Weight Wether
Classes will be divided into additional weight groups providing the number of entries warrant a division.
SECTION 3 - ISABELLA COUNTY BRED – SHEEP
Any animal born and raised in Isabella County may participate in the Isabella County Bred show.
Class
264 Weight
265 Weight