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March 2, 1836

Los Chivos Herdsman Certification

• Must be a Texan of good moral character 10-20 years old.

• Must be involved with, or join a youth agricultural education program (4-H, FFA, Los Chivos, etc.)

• Must have written permission from your legal Guardian (under 18).

• Cost: Free

To celebrate the 190th Birthday of the greatest State in the Union and in celebration of our beautiful native Texas Range Goats, we at Los Chivos have decided to launch a youth education, sponsor, and mentorship program known as the Los Chivos Herdsman Certification program. This program was designed and developed to provide structure, on-going support, and accurate educational information about the historically significant Texas Range Goat. Our goal is to offset the plethora of false, misleading, and inaccurate click-bait "expert information" of the modern internet.

Here's how it works:

What you will learn:

• The history of goats.

• Medieval Spanish Goats.

• Who were the Moors?

• The King's Horseman, aka Los Caballeros.

• New World Spanish Goats vs. Old World Spanish Goats.

• What is a Texas Range Goat, and what makes them special?

• What is an Internet/Yankee/Livestock Conservancy goat?

• What goat did Texas Range Goats directly descend from?

• What is the difference between a Range goat and a Farm goat.

• The correct Texas Range Goat Phenotype.

• Proper foundation stock selection at every age.

• How to identify & fix environmental vs. genetic deformities.

• Why so many modern Internet goats have trash udders.

• How to identify and select the best goats in any pen.

• How to adjust your feed, mineral, and pasture rotation based on the season.

• The business side of goat production specific to Texas Range Goats.

• Why do Texas Range Goats marble so heavily?

• Goat feed kills sheep quickly, and sheep feed kills goats slowly.

• How to successfully run cattle/sheep with goats year round.

• Accurately grade Texas Cabrito: Prime, Choice, and Select.

• Never worry about Urinary Calculi (kidney stones) again.

• Pre-WWII goats vs. Post-WWII goats in Texas.

• The Federal Wool and Mohair Act of 1954.

• The best Texas Range Goats that ever lived - the 1980s.

• F1, F2, or F3 - The most profitable commercial cross on the board.

• The difference between a YouTube Super Rancher and an actual Stockman.

• How to identify someone's livestock IQ without ever asking a question.

• From birth to table: The 12 most important months of the year.

• How to back-test genetics.

• Learn to harvest for the most immutable survival traits.

• Plus a LOT more...

Benefits of Los Chivos Herdsman Certification:

• Direct instruction and mentorship from the most knowledgeable and respected Texas Range Goat experts in Texas.

• We will sponsor your USDA/FSA Youth Agricultural Loan (if needed). We also have private sponsors (if needed).

• Los Chivos will provide your 4-H/FFA Instructors, Ag Teacher, County Agent, etc. with classroom curriculum material (if needed).

• Access to the Los Chivos Reserve (non-public) genetic bank of DNA on nitrogen that we hold exclusively for our own private use (if needed).

• Participation in the Los Chivos Buy-Back program where we (Los Chivos) will buy your (Los Chivos Herdsman Certified) production back from you and/or help you market them yourselves as Los Chivos Certified. We will offer to buy your stockers, feeders, and fats for our established Premium Cabrito market.