card, and so I memorized the score
card, and I go out and I look,”
Mackenzie said. “I look to see who is
looking good this month.”
Outside of the show ring,
Mackenzie is a member of a
volleyball club and also enjoys
tumbling as an impact athlete.
This month, she is presenting
a poster in the state fair on
microbiology food science and
butterfat. “Every month the heart of
America, you have to test the milk
and dairy fat, and keep track of
your records,” Mackenzie said. She
recorded them and measured the
butterfat and recorded when the goats
peaked. She also recorded how the
butterfat affects the cheese yield. Goat
milk is naturally homogenized; it
also turns out that goat milk products
are better for people who are lactose
intolerant.
“People who are lactose intolerant
can have goat milk and goat milk
cheese, and goat milk products to
eat,” Mackenzie said.
Mackenzie has goals, of which
the most urgent is to compete in the
nationals for showmanship.
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After a few years, the Daniels
decided it would be a good idea for
Mackenzie to produce some products
to sell.
She now produces the soaps and
cheeses, all made from milk of the
goats that Mackenzie shows. She also
created a website so customers can
order cheese and soap online.
Never one to start off slowly,
Mackenzie’s first show experience
was when she participated in
livestock competitions at the State
Fair of Texas. She has also competed
in the Southwestern Exposition
Livestock Show and Rodeo in Fort
Worth, the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo, and has even
shown in the American Dairy Goat
Association’s 2013-2014 Nationals.
Mackenzie got her first show
goat in 2009 and named her Louise.
“It was really cool; she was my first
actual show goat and I learned all
about goats from her,” Mackenzie
said.
She uses a theme to name all
of her goats. Her LaManchas,
for example, are all named after
presidents with a flower theme as
well.
She’s learned time management,
what to do in emergencies and has
developed a healthy measure of
sportsmanship.
Mackenzie has been named
Premiere Youth Exhibitor, an honor
bestowed on a participant with the
cleanest stall.
This year she went to Prairie
View A&M for the State 4-H Goat
Judging Contest where she took
second place over all, second place
judging accuracy and she came away
with the title of Grand Champion
Showmanship from the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo. At the
Fort Worth Stock Show, she took the
title of Grand Champion Nepean
Dairy Goat and the third-place
Herdsman Award.
Mackenzie has even won an
award for her cheese. She won best
amateur cheese in show at the ADGA
convention.
Before every show Mackenzie
goes and pre-judges her goats before
choosing which goat she decides
to take to the show. “The American
Dairy Goat Association has a score
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