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Butler County Junior Fair Section
126 2025 Butler County Fair

Department NO. 200: Goats
M. All Breeding goats over 2 years of age must be or have
been in milk, with an exception of pygmy goats. Deter-
Jr. Fair Board in Charge: Caroline Mignery, Paige Wil- mination at Judges Discretion.
liams, Grace Harris, Rebekah Mignery & Erin Loewen-
stine N. All animals must have a scrapie tag or tattoos with offi-
cial registration papers, which match. Implants are ac-
Adult Advisors: Bailey Tinch, Corrie Wilder & Logan Ritter
ceptable but you must provide your own reader. All
Rules Governing This Department:
animals must be tagged, tattooed, or implanted by May
Please Read All Rules Carefully 1 of the current year.
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A. Livestock entries are due to the Senior Fair Board Of- O. All goats (Dairy, Boer, Pygmy & Market) that are not
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fice by June 7 2025. registered must have a USDA scrapie tag.
B. Dress Code: Dairy Goats : white pants, white shirts P. Exhibitors have 11/2 hrs after completion of livestock
with sleeves, hard-soled shoes
show to pull animal from sale. Sale Representatives
Market/Boer Goats: dark pants, shirt with sleeves; hard will be at podium in show ring. If not pulled by this time
-soled shoes
all remaining projects will be required to be sold
Pygmy: dark or khaki pants, shirts with sleeves; hard- through the Junior Fair Livestock Sale. Both the exhibi-
soled shoes
tor and the parent/guardian must sign the Livestock
Auction Removal Agreement.
C. NO ONE is permitted in the Barn until Thursday
(before Fair) @ 7:30pm Q. Please have registration papers for all registered ani-
mals available at check-in and throughout the fair.
D. All market goats must have their milk teeth intact. Any
market goat missing milk teeth will be disqualified. R. Intact male goats will only be permitted on the fair-
grounds if they are nursing on a doe entered in the fair
E. All animals for the goat project must be secured/owned
and records started by May 1 of the current year. and are under 3 months of age.
S. Fresh water must be accessible to goats at all times.
F. Mandatory Tag In:
Please call in scratches to the Sr. Fair Board Office at
a. All Market Animals (Jr. Fair-Boer & Dairy) MUST be (513) 892-1423.
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tagged in on Friday May 9 from 6:00-8:00pm OR on
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Saturday May 10 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Fair- T. Any animal showing signs of sore mouth, pinkeye,
grounds. (Rate of Gain contest is an option for all mar- open abscesses or open sores may be removed from
kets at the Saturday weigh-in ONLY)
the fairgrounds upon the decision of the Senior Fair
b. Exhibitor Does Not need to be present, however every Board Director.
market animal must be tagged in at one of the dates & times
stated previously.
U. Each member must show the animal on their entry
c. Animals that are NOT tagged & weighed and on record form including the showmanship class. If there are 2
WILL NOT be permitted to be exhibited & sold at the Butler
animals in the same class another 4-H’er may show
County Fair.
d. All market goats must have a scrapie tag prior to tag in. the animal.
G. Exhibitors must furnish own bedding (straw, shavings V. Exhibitors are responsible for making sure their animal
or mulch). is in the correct class. If shown in the incorrect class. It
will not be allowed back in the show ring.
H. All pens must have 1”x 6”x 4’8” kick boards on aisle
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sides of pens. W. Dairy pre-show milk-out on Wednesday, July 23 2025
at 9:00 p.m.
I. Each exhibitor is limited to showing a maximum of 1
entry per class in the Boer Doe Show, Dairy Show, X. All animals are released at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, July
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Pygmy Doe Show, and Pygmy Wether Show. No more 26 2025. Prior to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, July 26 2025,
than 2 market animals per Jr. Fair Exhibitor. a stall release must be obtained by the department’s
Senior Fair Board Director.
J. Animals entered in the market class cannot be entered
in the breeding class. Y. Fairboard retains right to stall animals in other barns to
accommodate overcrowding.
K. All entries in the Dairy & Pygmy classes must follow
breed specific standards, including dress for show. Z. NO FANS in Goat Barn.

L. Ideally all market goats should have been disbudded or AA. No animal is to be groomed solely by the parent, the 4-
have their horns cut back to approximately 1 inch in H member must be present unless the 4-H member is
length. However, if market goats are shown without in the show ring.
being disbudded they should have horn tips cut off in a
blunt manner.