Our futurity show is for 3 year old cows that have hopefully calved for the second time. For those of you who have never been involved in a dairy futurity we will be registering our babies, born this year, to show in three years time. The thing that seemed the most different for me is that all the people leading the cows are dressed in formal wear. At our farm, we usually sign up as many of our babies as possible, so that when they are 3 we have choices. You are not required to send every animal that is signed up, however, you can not take a 3 year old that wasn't signed up as a baby and now looks great.
One nice thing is that we sold 2 cows to a young couple that are just starting out. Since they are just starting out, they would normally not be able to show until they have babies that are registered and have grown for three years. In this case, both cows we sold them were entered in our county as babies and will be eligible to show for them next year.
My sister-in-law, Brenda, is just starting her third trimester so we were all a little concerned about her leading a cow, but as usual, she did a GREAT job! Our cow, Cava-Lanes Durham Mary stood third this year in a group of 26. Below are a couple of pictures from our futurity and county fair.
Brenda leading Cava-Lanes Durham Mary
Luke with Cava-Lanes Durham Marika
Our youngest child with Cava-Lanes Pronto Shantel
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Good times! Your daughter is such a cutie:) Have a great weekend!
Ok, so mark me down as "Knows nothing about cows" What happens after the 3 year wait period and your cow(s) place in the top 3?
Thanks Wife of a Dairyman!
Ian-Everyone that shows that night will get some monetary compensation, and the top ten will receive medals. We also award prizes for best dressed (people).
That is interesting. Looks like a good day. I never would have imagined people showing cows in formal wear.
I was amazed my first time watching too. This year there were a few more shorter dresses, but there were many ladies in long formal wear. This combined with the fancy shoes makes walking quite the challenge.
I have actually done the leading once, when my husband broke his hand the week before fair. Crazy is all I have to say! :)
No one was around this year to go to the fair with me. I wish I had seen your blog a few weeks ago.
Having kids involved makes it all seem so much more worthwhile and fun.
GREAT pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us! I used to show beef calves growing up so it brought back some good memories for me! My uncles and their kids still show dairy cows and calves...fun stuff!
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