{"id":16815,"date":"2026-01-02T14:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/ftbend4h\/?page_id=16815"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:57:57","slug":"lamb-goat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/ftbend4h\/validation-and-major-shows\/lamb-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb &#038; Goat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lamb &amp; Goat<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#mbb.22\">Validation, Tag Orders, and Deadlines<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/ftbend4h\/validation-and-major-shows\/\">Validation FAQs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cattle, Lamb, and Goat Validation is overseen by the<strong> FBC State Validation Committee<\/strong>, who are responsible for State Validation for Fort Bend County 4-H, as well as any FFA chapters for schools zoned to Fort Bend County including, FBISD, LCISD, Needville ISD, applicable schools in Katy ISD, and Stafford MSD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Validation is required for Texas Major Shows such as Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Heart O&#8217; Texas, Rodeo Austin, Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, and more. See all Major Shows here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>We do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NOT<\/strong><\/span> validate for the Fort Bend County Fair or Needville Youth Fair.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em>(See &#8220;Other&#8221; page for links to those shows for info)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>For any questions concerning your Cattle (Heifer and Steer), Lamb, or Goat state-validated projects, please contact the following<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FBC State Validation (<a href=\"mailto:fbcstatevalidation@gmail.com\">fbcstatevalidation@gmail.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FBC 4-H: Your County Extension Agent, Rowdy Sandoval at <a href=\"mailto:Rowdy.sandoval@ag.tamu.edu\">Rowdy.sandoval@ag.tamu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your FFA Advisor\/Agricultural Science Teacher (AST)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\">\n<h1><a id=\"mbb.22\"><\/a>Lamb &amp; Goat<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 95px;\"><strong>Fall Major Shows<\/strong>: State Fair and Heart O&#8217; Texas<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 95px;\">Tag Orders:<\/p>\n<p>April-May<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 95px;\">Availability:<\/p>\n<p>4-H &amp; FFA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 24.8788%; height: 95px;\">June Validation<\/p>\n<p>Date: TBD<\/p>\n<p>Location: TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 135px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 135px;\"><strong>Spring Major Shows: <\/strong>Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, etc.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 135px;\">Tag Orders:<\/p>\n<p>August-October<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 25.0404%; height: 135px;\">Availability:<\/p>\n<p>4-H &amp; FFA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 24.8788%; height: 135px;\">October Validation<\/p>\n<p>Date: TBD<\/p>\n<p>Location: TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamb &amp; Goat Validation, Tag Orders, and Deadlines Validation FAQs Cattle, Lamb, and Goat Validation is overseen by the FBC State Validation Committee, who are responsible for State Validation for Fort Bend County 4-H, as well as any FFA chapters for schools zoned to Fort Bend County including, FBISD, LCISD, Needville ISD, applicable schools in Katy ISD, and Stafford MSD. &nbsp; State Validation is required for Texas Major Shows such as Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Heart O&#8217; Texas, Rodeo Austin, Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, and&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/ftbend4h\/validation-and-major-shows\/lamb-goat\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2365,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lamb &amp; 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