Stock Show Blogs

A white show pig photographed from above, with small separate red spots scattered across his topline, shoulders and both sides and normal skin in between. Both ears are in frame and look clean.

Skin Problems in Show Pigs: Why It Is Usually Not Mange, and Why It Usually Starts at the Wash Rack

September 22, 2026

It is nine o'clock at night. You were putting him up and you saw it:...

The lower leg of a show goat in the shavings. The pastern and the skin around the dew claws are where heel mites do their damage and where the crusting starts.

Heel Mites in Show Lambs and Goats: Why He Is Stamping, and Why the Shot Alone Does Not Finish It

September 22, 2026

He will not stand still. He gets up, stamps a back foot, lies down, gets...

Show goat head, close up

Urinary Calculi in Show Wethers: Why It Happens, How to Prevent It, and What to Do the Night He Cannot Urinate

September 10, 2026

It is late, and your wether will not settle. He gets up, he stretches out,...

brown cow on green grass field

Ringworm in Show Cattle: Why It Hits in Winter and What Actually Works

September 3, 2026

The calves are home. The clippers are put away for a few weeks, the hoods...

show goat

Your Club Lamb or Show Goat Does Not Need Deworming on a Schedule. Here Is What He Does Need.

September 3, 2026

Your lamb came home a few weeks ago, or your goat did. Somebody at the...

Club Lamb Fungus

Club Lamb Fungus: What It Is, How It Spreads, and What Actually Works

September 2, 2026

You found it at evening chores. A crusty, raised spot up on the neck where...

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