macksmom98
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So this past week my daughter took her Calis to their first show ever, at our local county fair. Her meat pen didn't make it, our back up scratched his eye then one of the three ripped out a toenail, leaving us with only 2. They did allow her to show a single fryer, so we picked the largest of the 2. She didn't place with him (he was still too small at 4 lbs), but she took 5th place with her Buck in breeding. She was so excited to get something other than a participation, and we learned so much this first year, we are calling it a success! We liked it so much we decided to attend the upcoming ARBA show in a couple of weeks in Victoria TX. We are buying a new Buck-Giant American Chinchilla, supposed to be of great stock, to show as a breeder. We are also looking at getting a Holland Pedigreed Buck to replace our pet quality one, also to show. This is the first way we plan to improve our heard. Also, the breeder that we bought our Buck and Doe for show babies (they placed 3rd overall meat pen last year), she is wanting to sell the rest of that group, 3 does to add to our program. None are pedigreed. We intend to play around with litters this spring, and see what we can develop for next year. How does all this sound? I would love opinions on anything we could consider to do differently. Where we live, most shows are about 6 hours or so away, so when they come closer we are planning to attend any that we can to learn more. Also had our first litter of the 2017 Hollands on 1/6, and bred 3 more Hoping for full nest boxes this spring!