It’s time for the county fair: the culmination of the year’s work with your market lamb. Undoubtedly, you’re excited, nervous, and running around like a madman doing all the last minute things. At some point, hopefully prior to putting your lambs on the trailer, your thoughts will turn to what to pack in the show box. To help with the process, I’ve created a checklist to assist. This list is by no means all-inclusive, but hopefully it will at least get your brain moving!

Before we started raising sheep, I didn’t even know Premier existed. That was a much brighter time for our checkbook.

All joking aside, I’ve learned a lot about sheep and sheep equipment in the few years we’ve had our flock. When it comes to sheep equipment, especially in terms of a beginning showman, there can be lots of questions about what really constitutes necessary. I wanted to take a few minutes to share my perspectives.

A lot of people ask us what they need to do to set up a pen for their market lamb project. Luckily, this isn’t rocket science, and in many cases, a pen can be set up and made ready for lambs in an afternoon.