Sheep Research Paper

I raised commercial heifers and steers for several years, some being successful and some not as much. But all those years and activites ago, I never imagined I would be have taken on the challenges and leadership roles I have been audacious enough to face. The National FFA Organization is my most prideful youth-led organization I am apart of. I entered the FFA under the Diboll FFA Chapter my freshman year and am thankful for all of the opportunities and experiences I have received. Every year I have participated in different competitions that have developed my leadership skills and will help me in my future for career and life success. I also am an exhibitor in major and county livestock shows. I grew up raising cattle for the local county fair every year and it has been something I have truly loved to do. I have shown heifers and steers throughout my FFA career leaving with a banner almost every year. After so many years of competing and getting my name out, this is what I am mostly known for in my local show and

According to Ohio State University, Brangus cows originated from Brahman and Angus cattle. Brangus cattle come in different colors such as red and black. The Brangus breed is actually a very muscular breed. Brangus have ears that are similar to Brahman, a little droopy. They have an appealing look, they have a smaller hump-like figure on their backs similar to a Brahman. Brangus cows can be a mix of one to three-quarters brahman, the rest Angus.

Today's competitions heifers and steers are specifically bred for shows. More than likely they are from breeders of club cattle. There is obviously a huge difference in club calves and commercial cattle. We are trying to put basically most of the traits you need in good commercial cattle, but then you add a little show ring pizzazz in them. They need that extra balance,quality, and eye appeal. “The difference is the hair and muscle they have in them,” said Jerry Riley of JDR cattle. “For breeding purposes I am going after that hair, that muscle, that bone that it takes to be a club calve compared to just a commercial cow. Mark Beauprez of Beauprez cattle stated, “There is a lot more of a show cattle look to these cattle.” “The lines are a lot straighter and they are prettier fronted, bigger boned, and a lot thicker of an animal”

My mom and dad taught me to never give up and to work hard and be dedicated to the things I have passion for and success will come in one form or another. Working summers on an orchard, participating in 4H and FFA, and being a three sport athlete taught that valuable life lesson. A red ribbon at the fair in fourth grade prompted me to start JKO Clubs Lambs the following year. I breed and raise lambs for my 4H and FFA projects and sell to local 4H kids. I can’t keep up with the purchase demand and I earned grand champion in market class with my lambs at ten of the last twelve fairs that I competed. This did not come without hard work, trial and error, and lots of tears along the way. Being very small in build, I was told by many when I

Over the years i have learned from other people how to train a cow but every shower has there own way that works for them so i had a lot of help and i lot of different ideas of how to train your cow. From all the help i got from other showers i started to making my own way the way i liked to train my cow it took me a couple of years then i had my training process. Training is a very big part in how well you do at the show.

Up before the sun and home after dark, a seldom phone call from your neighbor explaining that your cows are out. Early mornings, late nights and unexpected situations call for a cattle business owner’s duties.

We then reimplant them and take them off the halters until a few weeks before a show. When they are off the halters we check on them daily. In the summer, we tie up our steers, and walk them 3 times a day to water. We also give them a rinse each evening to help keep them cool. Over the years I have won Rate of Gain, Class Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, and Grand Champion with my steers. But, Livestock is not all I have done in 4-H. I have also tried a few general projects. My favorite general project has been my sports fishing project. My first year showing this project I created a soda can casting device to help me practice my casting, I then recorded my improvements as I practiced. My second year I built a fish habitat for our farm pond. I used old plastic culverts, stainless steel cables, and clamps. To build the habitat I used fifteen gallon drums attached to the top, and to keep it from floating to the top I attached concrete stepping stones to the bottom. To show the project I created a poster and was chosen to go to the Illinois State Fair to represent my county. All of my projects have taught me responsibility and have helped me improve my public presentation

Steers, I have two steeres this year. There names are maumus and blue I bought them from the same guy at the same time. My black steer is a little scared but I would not call him mean. He is pretty tall for his age but we can stop him from growing taller. So we can get him wider. I think he is going to be easy to feed out, my steer last year was not that easy to feed out. My steer this year I am going to have to really really work with him to calm him down. I am going to have to work on him all throughout the year but mostly at the beginning so he does not get too big for me to control. It is easier to work with them at the beginning when you first get them because they are littler. My uncle always says if you can’t control them when they

In 1986, there was a program, which was incited in order to protect rare breeds. The program was named Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds Program. The program included: Leicester Longwool Sheep, American Cream Draft Horses, Canadian Horses, American Milking Devons, Durham and Devon or Lineback Oxen, Dominique Chickens, Nankin Bantams Chickens, and English Game Fowl.

This sale will feature 31 female lots including proven donors and fall show heifer prospects and 49 bulls including spring yearling show and donor prospects. This years sale will feature some of the most unique breeding pieces the Purebred Beef Center has ever put on the ground as well as some very powerful and problem free bulls that will add value to any cattle operations they step into.

__T__ 31. The stocker usually purchases animals from a cow-calf producer and sells them to go into a feedlot.

Black more and Delaney explained mechanical stunning of animals. According to them it is achieved by using Penetrative Captive Bolt or Non-penetrative Percussion Stunning. Neuronal dysfunction and/or destruction, and subsequent insensibility result due to transference of kinetic energy from a moving object to the brain so, the basic principles are the same. Initial observations found that mechanical stunning is humane, except in very large bulls, provided the captive bolt penetrates the skull of the animal at the correct site. The correct site in hornless sheep is at the highest point of the head when held horizontally and aimed towards the throat; for horned sheep, the site is just behind the ridge that runs between the horns and aimed towards

As a group, we believe that without the growth of grass sheep would thrive, which will lead to wolves dying off.

The temperature matters differently for each breed of animal. For example, cattle such as Brahman might be better for production in west Texas then Angus, while the other hand Angus would be more preferable over Brahman up north where the temperature is cold. So, according to the temperature, different breed of animal has different endurance strength. Brahman would be more suited for west Texas because it has more heat tolerance than many other breeds of cattle. Brahman cattle can regulate temperature in their body through sweat control so their production rate does not change. So like the cattle, different breed of goat has different adaptation process. For example Alpine goat would be better for Colorado on the Alpine Mountains because they can handle that high altitude. Breed also matter for choosing for the right quality and size of the meat. For example, Beefmaster would be a better choice in Texas for beef production because it has large frame size and it can take as much time as it needs to grow into the large frame size. While in the up-north it might

Five years ago at the age of 9, I had just started showing sheep at the Union fair. I named my first lamb Cupcake, I did not know a lot about how to show a lamb, but I tried. For my first show, I received fourth place out of eight lambs, most of these 4-Her’s had showed before. My uncle was very proud of me, when I received fourth place in my class. A week later, I was off to the New Haven Fair and I achieved third place out of ten lambs. About a month later, I was headed to Washington Town and Country Fair. On Thursday, I received ninth place out of ten lambs in my class. A couple of days later on a Saturday, we had to sell our animals. I sold her to a company named Ck Cranes. Once, he had bought my lamb, we took pictures. My