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No Goats, No Glory!
Evelyn Simon, Simon Boers in Hagerman, Idaho
No Goats, No Glory!
Evelyn Simon, Simon Boers in Hagerman, Idaho
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Goat Shows in Idaho
The first annual Goat Days of Summer; two USBGA shows and one IBGA show sponsored by SRMGA (Snake River Meat Goat Association) in Jerome, Idaho during the last weekend in June went pretty well. There was a memorable wind storm one evening that dusted the freshly washed goats, the raffle prizes table, the bleachers, the clerk tables, just about everything. Thank you Leroy Knight for checking everyone’s goats and wetting down the barn floor during that windstorm! Some goats just get stressed away from home and that storm sure didn’t help. One of my does was white on the front end and..um…green on the back end!
I didn’t wear my No Goats No Glory tee shirt into the show arena, but I could have. Dress codes at the smaller Boer goats shows are almost non-existent. Usually I wear a western short sleeved shirt and newer jeans and cowboy boots, but not always. Staying comfortable is key; and it’s not easy being comfortable while dragging …I mean ‘leading’…200 pound Boer does that don’t want to leave their pens/kids/friends/feed. I think my right arm is now 2 inches longer than my left.
It was good to see a market goat class and on Saturday the USBGA judges turned the class into a mini-clinic lasting about an hour, and the 4H and FFA youth learned a lot about goats. As usual in nearly every show I’ve been to, there was some confusion. One wether exhibitor was told there would not be a wether class on Sunday so he didn’t show up with his goat. His mom showed up to learn and watch and help, and she was disappointed that her son was given the wrong information, especially since his goat was Grand Champion Market Wether the day before.
Our goats strutted their stuff into the championship rounds several times and I hugged and kissed them in front of everyone. I’m old enough now not to worry overmuch about looking silly.
Goat meat business:
We had a phone call the other day from a guy in Texas looking for goat meat. I told him I thought there were a lot of meat goats in Texas. !! And he said yes, there were, but he couldn’t find meat on the store shelves and he wanted me to ship him some rib chops. I guess the Texas goats are being trucked elsewhere and there aren’t many USDA butchers cutting and wrapping goat roasts or chops.
Till next time-
Simon Boers
The first annual Goat Days of Summer; two USBGA shows and one IBGA show sponsored by SRMGA (Snake River Meat Goat Association) in Jerome, Idaho during the last weekend in June went pretty well. There was a memorable wind storm one evening that dusted the freshly washed goats, the raffle prizes table, the bleachers, the clerk tables, just about everything. Thank you Leroy Knight for checking everyone’s goats and wetting down the barn floor during that windstorm! Some goats just get stressed away from home and that storm sure didn’t help. One of my does was white on the front end and..um…green on the back end!
I didn’t wear my No Goats No Glory tee shirt into the show arena, but I could have. Dress codes at the smaller Boer goats shows are almost non-existent. Usually I wear a western short sleeved shirt and newer jeans and cowboy boots, but not always. Staying comfortable is key; and it’s not easy being comfortable while dragging …I mean ‘leading’…200 pound Boer does that don’t want to leave their pens/kids/friends/feed. I think my right arm is now 2 inches longer than my left.
It was good to see a market goat class and on Saturday the USBGA judges turned the class into a mini-clinic lasting about an hour, and the 4H and FFA youth learned a lot about goats. As usual in nearly every show I’ve been to, there was some confusion. One wether exhibitor was told there would not be a wether class on Sunday so he didn’t show up with his goat. His mom showed up to learn and watch and help, and she was disappointed that her son was given the wrong information, especially since his goat was Grand Champion Market Wether the day before.
Our goats strutted their stuff into the championship rounds several times and I hugged and kissed them in front of everyone. I’m old enough now not to worry overmuch about looking silly.
Goat meat business:
We had a phone call the other day from a guy in Texas looking for goat meat. I told him I thought there were a lot of meat goats in Texas. !! And he said yes, there were, but he couldn’t find meat on the store shelves and he wanted me to ship him some rib chops. I guess the Texas goats are being trucked elsewhere and there aren’t many USDA butchers cutting and wrapping goat roasts or chops.
Till next time-
Simon Boers