20170804 - 4H Family (hrb)

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Hayden Gieseke leans over a fence to grab a bucket to start doing afternoon chores. Earlier in the day Gieseke bailed hay and in the evening he and his brother feed and work with their show animals.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Hayden Gieseke show his market hog named Instigator on Friday, Aug. 1, 2017 at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. Instigator placed first in class seven for barrows.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan Gieseke waits to weigh and work with the sheep he will show at the McHenry County Fair. Ethan and his brother are both Cross County Farmers 4-H members.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan Gieseke, left, and his brother Hayden exercise their show pigs. The pigs get walked about 20-30 minutes a day and the brothers try to do it in the morning or evening when the temperature is cooler because pigs don't sweat and can stress if it is too warm out.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Sheep eat during feeding time at the Gieseke farm, Tuesday, July 18 in Woodstock.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan Gieseke weighs a sheep Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The show sheep must gain a certain amount of weight before the weigh-in at the fair to be eligible for showing.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Hayden Gieseke (left) and his mom Sarah Gieseke work with sheep on their Woodstock farm.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan Gieseke lets the pigs out of the barn Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 to load them into the trailer. The Gieseke's had to take the pigs to the fair for weigh-in.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media A pig is lead to the trailer to be taken to the McHenry County Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The Gieseke brothers will show pigs and sheep at the fair.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Hayden Geiske, far left, leads hogs to be hosed down before weigh-in at the McHenry County Fairgrounds.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan is showing two market hogs at the McHenry County Fair.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Sarah Gieske leads a hog into the trailer to go to the fair with a marshmallow. This year the pigs favorite treats are marshmallows. In years past the pigs have like Oreos and licorice.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Ethan Gieseke waits to weigh-in his sheep at the McHenry County Fair Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017.

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Kayla Wolf - for Shaw Media Hayden Gieseke hoses down the pigs to keep them cool before the family drives them to the fairgrounds Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017.