I agree with Joshua and Mrs. Road Warrior. This is an opportunity to encourage members to take back their program, to build it from the club and county levels up to the state and national level. I do not agree with the decision national 4-H made to have HSUS speak at conference and think that...
After getting the seasonal flu shot a couple years ago my brother contracted Gillian beret (sp?) syndrome. This is an autoimmune disorder that paralyzed him from the waist down. Thankfully we caught it in time and had a good medical staff and they were able to reverse it. This is one of the...
These are a couple of pics of my brother's new calf. He is coming from Charles Burk. He is 1/4 Chianina, 1/4 Semmintal, 1/2 Angus. Please let me know what you think.
I'm glad we are not the only ones who name our animals ;) Good names I have heard at county fair is M&M for "Mmm Mmm good" and Sobroso (sp?) spanish for "Tasty". I have named all of mine after cookies and my brother has named all of his after family (and they all take it as a compliment)
My little brother shows lambs and we all look forward to halter breaking.... not haha. It take several people. First you want to corner them and catch one of their legs or their head if possible. Put the halter on and lead them around for a little while. Once we get the halters on we leave the...
I'm so glad I asked you all for your thoughts. This is only our third year to show and second year to show steers. Last year we showed only at county fair with an angus cross, and this year my brother wants to do something a little nicer..... I'm not sure he will put the money where his mouth is...
We are in New Mexico. County fair is in August and State fair is in September. At our fairs I have seen a lot of Angus (usually crossed with something) , some Maine Anjou and a few Charlias and shorthorn between county and state. Our shows are not very large right now. This year at county we had...