Sheep and Meat Goat Educational Day
Saturday • February 11th • 2012

Schedule of Events
New this year –
we are having to charge for the event. The admission charge is $5 per person, children 9 and under are free. Each paid person will receive a raffle ticket for our raffle ewe lamb and buyers will be refunded their $5 if they purchase a lamb or goat in our sale!
6:00 AM   Doors open for consignors (animal and trade show)
8:00 AM   Scales close to lamb and goat consignors
8:00 AM   Registration and Breakfast Concession (provided by Junior Members of Northern California Meat Goat Association)
8:00 AM   8:00 AM
8:45 AM   Selection classes posted for consignors
9:00 AM   Welcome and Introductions
9:30 AM   Workshops start (30 minutes each, everyone can go to 4 – your choice)
11:30 AM   Workshops conclude – Lunch and Preview Sale animals
11:30 AM   Consensus Judging for Lambs and Goats
11:30 AM   Lunch (Concession lunch provided by Junior Members of Northern California Meat Goat Association)
12:30 PM   Sale order ready
12:45 PM   Stockdog raffle prizes announced! Main prize is a Border Collie puppy!
1:00 PM   Sale begins – Payments will not be accepted until 5 minutes after the last animal sells! We take cash and check – sorry, no credit cards!

Workshops:
Sheep Selection and Sale Quality Evaluator – John Hawkins from Hawkins Club Lambs in Oregon
Meat Goat Selection – Stephanie Horton from HJ Boer Goats in Escalon, CA
Sheep Showmanship – Kadee Buckmaster, Chico State Student
Meat Goat Showmanship – Michael Ackley-Grady, Chico State Student
Sheep Fitting and Grooming – Jordan Baumgartner, Chico State Student
Meat Goat Fitting and Grooming – Jon Blevins, Blevins Boer Goats, Live Oak, CA
Necropsy Demonstration – Dr. Gary Darling, DVM, Chico CA
Retail Meat Identification and Meats Judging – Dr. Patrick Doyle, Chico State Faculty
Sheep and Meat Goat Nutrition – Gretchen Richards, Honor Show Chow Sales Representative

Lamb Consignments

A136
Chico State wether sired by "Doug" (Groovy son from Hawkins Club Lambs). Dam is a "Mac" daughter (McLaughlin/Griffin Suffolk ram). Super powerful down the top and extremely wide based.
A140
Chico State wether sired by "Doug" (Groovy son from Hawkins Club Lambs). Dam is a "Murphy" (All In son from Leventini Club Lambs) daughter. This lamb is very stylish and balanced!
   
A150
Chico State wether sired by "Doug" (Groovy son from Hawkins Club Lambs). Dam is a "Murphy" (All In son from Leventini Club Lambs) daughter. This wether is another super thick and meaty topped lamb!
A165
Chico State wether sired by "Doug" (Groovy son from Hawkins Club Lambs). Dam is a "Mac" daughter (McLaughlin/Griffin Suffolk ram). This is one of our favorite lambs - great combination of style and balance with muscle!
   
A161
Sired by Doug (Groovy son from Hawkins Club Lambs) out of a Bianchi/Leventini bred ewe. Great combination of style and balance and muscle!
A133
Chico State wether sired by "Mac" our McLaughlin/Griffin bred Suffolk ram. Very long and stylish - a little bigger lamb that is gaining well!
   
A137
Chico State wether that is "Mac" sired and out of a Leventini bred ewe. Very long and balanced from the side view. Stands correct on his feet and legs as well!
A197
Chico State wether is another "Mac" sired lamb out of a Farinelli bred ewe. Very balanced and correct. Handles progressively thick from the rack back!
   
A202
Chico State wether wether sired by "Mac" out of a Leventini bred ewe. This lamb will look great in the heavier weights (140+) - long bodied, especially through the hindsaddle!
A204
Chico State wether is a "Mac" sired blue lamb wether out of a Bianchi bred ewe. Like all the Mac lambs - very long and balanced from the side. These lambs grow great and will hold themselves well at heavier weights.
   
   

Mickelson club lambs
   
 
 
Lopez Club Lambs
 
  
Echo Basin Suffolks & Club Lambs

Goat Consignments

A125
Chico state wether sired by Jackknife. This Jackknife kid is very long bodies and stylish and will maintain himself well to heavier weights! On feed and growing well, will make a great project kid!
A126
Chico State wether sired by Jackknife. This wether kid also has a lot of thickness over his rack and loin and out the hip. We think he is the best prospect wether of the group!
   
A128
Chico State wether sired by Krome. This Krome kid is super thick and meaty and has tremendous bone. He will be competitive as a light weight market goat (around 80-85 lbs)!
 


CSU, Chico ● Sheep & Goat Unit ● 311 Nicholas C. Shouten Lane ● Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-898-6024 ● Email: sheepunit@gmail.com