• Siblings prepare to show livestock projects
    County Fair Feature: Eli and Kaitlyn Gilbert are ready to show their swine projects at the 2020 Freestone County Livestock Show. Photo contributed to The Teague Chronicle

Siblings prepare to show livestock projects

Siblings Kaitlyn and Eli Gilbert are ready to show their projects at the Freestone County Livestock Show, taking place June 15 through June 20.

Kaitlyn is a 9th grader at Teague High School and Eli is a 5th grader at Teague Junior High. They have both been showing since the 3rd grade, so this is Kaitlyn’s seventh show and Eli’s third show.

The Gilbert siblings show swine at the livestock show. This year, Kaitlyn is showing a market lamb as well. The market lamb show is June 18, and the market swine show is June 19.

Both the swine and lamb projects take about four months, as they get their animals in February. The siblings work together and help each other out, having to feed every morning and evening, brush and spray off their animals, clean their pens, and work with their animals daily.

 

 

 

 

 

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