Stock show resumes after delay
Barrows, castrated male pigs, can have quite a temper compared to young female gilts, she said. She showed both.
'He has a lot more of a short temper, she has more patience,' Aubree said. 'He's real aggressive sometimes and she's like, chill.'
Regional show exhibitors had a lot of work to do Friday. Sub-freezing temperatures and snow delayed the show three days. What would have been a two-day show separating barrows and gilts, was squeezed into one day.
Gore FFA advisor Grant Brown said the past week has been 'hectic with the weather, like a roller coaster.'
Students tried to keep their 13 pigs as warm as possible so they wouldn't get sick during the down time, he said.
Brown said barrows are bred for meat market and production
'They're going to be stouter, more bigger headset, bigger legs,' he said.
Gilts often are judged as breeding stock, he said.
FFA and 4-H groups worked together to prepare and show their pigs.
Brown and Gore 4-H member Gracie Bruce tended Taydem Perryman's pig while Taydem was showing another pig in a different class.
First-year Fort Gibson exhibitor Easton Neves prepared a special mixture for his crossbreed gilt.
Galen Connor of Coweta helped his son, Brantley, prepare his pig for the show, just like he helped Brantley at the sheep competition Monday.
Connor said people worked together during the postponement.
'Everybody had to work together to make sure their water was still going and keep them full the past couple of days because it being cold burning off a lot of energy,' Connor said. 'With it being cold, we had to coordinate a lot of transportation to get here early this morning. It took an army working together working in these conditions.'
He said postponing the show was a good decision.
'It was definitely safer for the kids,' he said. 'Plus the schools that had snow days couldn't drive vehicles, that was a big issue.'
Cattle will be shown Sunday.
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