By Kiley Sons
Wednesday is always my favorite and busiest day.
The sheep show is on Wednesday. Seven years ago, I convinced my parents to buy my first sheep. Since then, we have increased our herd to about 20 sheep.
I started with crossbred sheep but quickly decided I wanted an unusual breed. Going to the sheep show at the state fair, we found a Texel breeder, and I bought my first Texel sheep. Texels are one of the exclusive meat sheep. They are also very docile and easy to work with.
Kiley Sons shows one of her sheep Wednesday at the Jackson County Fair in Brownstown.
Submitted photo
I brought three ewes to the fair. Ellie Mae is my yearling. Rory and April are my ewe lambs. I sheared them on Sunday for the open sheep show, so I didn’t really have to do any shearing today. I just gave them a bath and put on their blankets so they didn’t get dirty. They also don’t have any fluffy leg hair. I don’t have to do any grooming of the legs, either. We won our class.
After the show, I walked through the building with my friends. I also ate at Pork Producers with Lainey and my mom. Looking forward to Thursday for the dairy goat show.
Kiley Sons of Dudleytown is a 2023 Seymour High School graduate. The 10-year 4-H’er is this year’s Jackson County Fair Diary writer for The Tribune. Find her diary in the newspaper each day this week.