We caught up with Ms. Holley-Faye Switzer, exhibitor of the Reserve Champion Wether Dam at the 2026 American Royal Spring Livestock Show. Learn a little more about Holley-Faye below!
What feed product do you feel helped them the most?
Stretch and 3 hour out
What show day supply could you not go without?
Wintex White- #whitesheepproblems
What did you do to prepare that helped set yourself apart?
Consistency. We are from California and the weather this time of year is really temperamental. So keeping consistent and being willing to work with my sheep at10pm in the barn or at 5am was a big part of my preparation for Kansas City. Being sure the work is done everyday is super important in our barn, regardless of what the day may bring the work has to be done and done right.
What was the funniest thing that happened while you were preparing for the show?
We drove from California and the trip over was Windy!! So windy in fact it broke our trailer tack room door. Probably one of the funniest things that happened was my mom had a crash out on the side of the highway in Kansas and she zip tied the door shut. There were zip ties all over the inside of the tack room to try to keep it shut. Although my mom was not finding it very funny we couldn’t stop laughing when we got home and my dad saw how she tried to fix it. To top it off she was using pink zip ties and kept saying “I’m just a girl”
What was your celebratory dinner choice?
Chicken strips and an ice cold Dr.Pepper
