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THE NAMING OF THE LAMBS 2009
Every year at "Meet the Lambs Day" (this year it is Saturday April 11 from 10 am to 4 pm) people see the signs with the lambs' names, breeds and date of birth and ask about the names, who names them, what the origin of the names are etc. Well it is Raven who names them, and the stories behind then are a wide and varied as the names themselves.
This is page 2 of the Naming of the Lambs, don't forget the earlier lambs:
| Page 1 -- The Early Bird and Friends |
| Sophies Puppies |
 Banger & Mash -
we have been watching Gordon Ramsay's cooking programs on BBC TV lately, so
when these beautiful little twins arrived this morning, i named them in
honor of some of the goofy British food names i'm learning from those shows!
Banger is a boy with a BIG voice, Mash is his more refined sister.DOB: March 31, aprox 9 am Sire: EnricoIII, Ewe: 3/4scot (11:4M,7F) |
 Keith Olbermann - just as i
was getting ready to watch "Countdown" this evening, Ian came in to tell me
we had a lamb on the way. off to the barn i went, only to find the ewe
taking forEVER to get the job done. i encouraged her, reminded her about
lamaze breathing... finally she produced a BIG strong boy, who started
baaing at the top of his lungs before he was even fully born! he kept it up,
loud and emphatic, for a long long time, so i named him Keith Olbermann...
and i was privileged to hear his very first Special Commentary!DOB: April 1, aprox 5 pm Sire: Guiness, Ewe: G20 BooBoo (12:5M,7F) |
 ChewBecka - ChewBecka is just about the
FLUFFIEST lambie i've ever seen! since she is both so fluffy and so BIG, i
wanted to name her ChewBacca, but Ian thought that was just too
inappropriate for a girl lambie. so like the truly generous person i am, i
compromised and settled for ChewBecka instead. she's going to be a big hit
at Meet the Lambies Day this saturday!)DOB: April 5, aprox 5 pm Sire: Guiness, Ewe: G8 ChaCha (13:5M,8F) |
 Sprite - Sprite was born
during a time of much bustling and business after Sophie's puppies were
born, so i (shamefully) forgot to name her at the time. now she's out in the
pasture with her mama, flitting around like a little wood sprite and in
addition she's a really sprightly little thing, so her name fits her
perfectly.DOB: April 6, aprox 8 pm Sire: Harp, Ewe: G43 (14:5M,9F) |
 GoGo - GoGo has two reasons for her
name. at first i had just named her Go, after the Japanese board game that
uses small black and white stones as game pieces -- she looks like a Go
board, speckled pretty black and white all over. then i saw how frolicsome
she is, and what a fancy stepper, so i expanded it to GoGo.DOB: April 7, aprox 9 am Sire: Harp, Ewe: G41 (15:5M,10F) |
 Jo Ann - this beautiful
lively little girl was born this morning while i was out running errands and
delivering eggs, so she was my happy surprise when i returned home. her
markings are just wonderful and her personality is a delight! i named her
for my good friend Jo Ann, who had a terrible awful no-good day last friday
and can use some of that sweet lambie energy. hey Jo, this lambie's for YOU!
:-)DOB: April 9, aprox 11 am Sire: Harp, Ewe: G12 Constanza(16:5M,11F) |
 TidBit -
TidBit was born at around 7:45 the morning of Meet the Lambies Day, while we
were out in the barn working madly on getting the last work done to be ready
for the big day. her mom is a small shetland and this was her first baby,
but even so i could hardly believe how tiny and delicate this little lambie
was! when i first picked her up, it was like picking up a handful of
feathers. i said "well won't SHE be a delightful tidbit for all the visitors
to see today!" so of course that became her name. she was indeed a huge hit,
one of many favorites for the hundreds of people who came through the farm
during an exhausting but wonderful day. |
 Ricardo Blanco - our
easter morning lambie is BIG strong boy! he's half corriedale, a larger
breed of sheep, and compared with the little shetland babies he is many many
times their size. he's all black, but i named him Ricardo Blanco in honor of
our very good friend Richard White. Richard has been bringing his dogs here
for herding lessons for many years and has helped us so much on the farm
that we can never tell him enough how much we appreciate him! hey Richard:
"this lamb is your lamb!"DOB: April 12, aprox 5 am Sire: EnricoIII, Ewe: cor1(18:6M,12F) |
 Lambzilla -
You can probably guess how he got his name! his poor mama was working so
hard, doing her LaMaze breathing, pushing mightily... but she just couldn't
get this BIG lambie out! Ian had to be midwife and help matters along, which
he did very smoothly and successfully. that was one relieved mama, and one
huge new black lambie, now towering over the others in the moms-and-lambs
pasture! |
