[Jacob-list] What's in a name?

[Unzicker]

This is a two-fold email.  First, the naming issue.   When I registered our
first Jacob, I was so excited about having a registered Jacob I hadn't
thought about a prefix.  Rather than using something I might later regret or
wait until the creative juices began to flow I just went with our name.  I
thought our farm name, Ivy Brook Meadows, was too long.  I was right.  When
I am doing a bunch of registrations I wish I had just used "Unz."  Finallly
I got smart (er) and now make copies of the form with pertinent info already
filled in.   As to individual names, we have been using the same letter as
the dam for the most part.  But as Laura, I think said, I am running out of
"M" and "S" names.  At least ones that I would want to use on a beautiful
Jacob.  Once in awhile a lamb just yells out a certain name.  Lederhosen and
Bramble come to mind.

The second reason for this email is to let breeders know my website,
www.ivybrookmeadow.com is finally updated, thanks to some help from Katrina.
I was determined to do it myself, well sort of, but had to call on Katrina
for the photo part.  The biggest changes are on the ram lamb and ewe lamb
pages which now have the '07 lambs up, at least the ones I think would make
good breeding stock.  I have tried to send this info to the list but it
doesn't come through.   So I am using the reply route, hoping this works.
We also have a new email address, runzicker at verizon.com.
Thanks for your indulgence.
Royal
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From: "Gary Anderson" <gbanderson at ucdavis.edu>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] What's in a name?



> Our flock name is Hillside.  Until 2 weeks ago, we lived for 33+ years in

> the Central Valley of California, which has neither hills nor hillsides.

We

> selected Hillside with a particular knoll in mind for building a

retirement

> house (and barn!) on my family's farm in Michigan.  Our sheep arrived in

> Michigan last October, we joined them last week, construction of our house

> and barn will be completed by late spring, and by early summer I hope to

see

> our flock grazing on hillside pastures.

>

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>    1. Naming (Victoria da Roza)

>    2. Re: Naming (critterland at bendcable.com)

>    3. Re: Naming (JACI SIEHL)

>    4. Re: Naming (Linda)

>    5. Bloody noses (Lynette Frick)

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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:43 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Victoria da Roza <castlerockjacobs at yahoo.com>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Naming

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> We named our Farm Castle Rock because we live on

> Castle Rock Rd., down the road from Castle Rock Park.

> We like the name and the formation that gave the road

> its name.  I have since found that there are "Castle

> Rock" formations all over the place and How wierd, my

> sister lived in Castle Rock , Colo.for awhile after we

> named our farm.

>   I wait till the names suggest themselves, but we

> have a small flock so I do not need lots of names.

> Last year Princess was named within 3 min. of birth

> because of the way she always posed herself, like she

> was "all that".  A number of our ewes are named by

> others.  The babies usually have such distinct

> personalities it is not difficult to think of a good

> name but we are very picky about the names of those we

> intend to keep because we will be using them all the

> time.  Victoria

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> >    1. Re: names? (Hobsickle at aol.com)

> >    2. Sheep Names (Susan J Martin)

> >    3. Re: names? (spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com)

> >    4. Re: names? (Cathy Robinson)

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> > Message: 1

> > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:55:33 EDT

> > From: Hobsickle at aol.com

> > Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] names?

> > To: patchworkfibers at alltel.net,

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> > "Dandy's" is a contraction of my name and my wife's

> > (Dan &  Sandy).

> >

> > When we got into Jacobs we thought that we'd do

> > everything we could  to give

> > the sheep Bible names since the breed was named

> > after sheep described in  the

> > Bible.  That may seem like a challenge, given that

> > one keeps more ewe's  than

> > rams, but a few years ago while reading threw the

> > Bible I kept a list of

> > every woman's name I ran across--it's 110 names

> > long.  Couple  that with Biblical

> > concepts and words like "Peace" for a particularly

> > mild  ewe, "Agape" (the

> > Biblical word for love) for a ewe born on

> > Valentine's day, and  "Noah's wife" for

> > a ewe we never got around to naming (Noah's wife

> > appears  as a character in

> > the Bible, but her name is never listed) and we've

> > got quite a  list to choose

> > from.  Some of the sheep get names that seem to fit

> > based on their character

> > and some just get the names that strike our fancy

> > at the moment, but so far

> > so good on the Biblical motif.

> >

> > -Dan

> >

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> > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:07:03 -0400

> > From: "Susan J Martin" <stcroft at ptd.net>

> > Subject: [Jacob-list] Sheep Names

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> > I have had all kinds of ideas about naming over the

> > years......for a while I was striving for not just

> > Bible names but also Hebrew names.  I even bought a

> > book of Hebrew names.....the only problem with those

> > names is that they didn't connect with people - hard

> > to remember, hard to say, etc.  We have also named

> > sheep for their personalities -- we once had one

> > named Apache!  Years ago we bought a sheep with the

> > name of Jacqueline -- however the seller was adamant

> > that we needed to use a French pronunciation -- this

> > lambie was never to be a Jackie......she was

> > "Jacque-wa-leen"!!!  However, I am now working my

> > way through the alphabet........this is a relatively

> > new "fad" for me - this year all lambs will have

> > names starting with the letter E........and I pretty

> > much do it randomly by looking through a baby name

> > book and selecting the ones that "sound good" and

> > seem to fit the look/personality of the sheep.  I

> > have always used real names --  we've never used

> > names like Fluffy, Pu

> >  ff, Lamb Chop, etc.  Occasionally I will even

> > bestow a middle name -- one of my favorite sheep was

> > Amity Lou -- our pygmy goat is Daisy May (not real

> > original, but it seems to fit her), and Daisy May's

> > two wethered sons are Zevi (Hebrew) and Rudy.  The

> > first Jacob sheep I ever owned was Fieldwood

> > Anna........originally from the Rockefeller Farm.

> > Our prefix and the name of our little 10 acre

> > farmette is Stonecroft..........aptly named because

> > our soil is very shaley and rocky - I always say

> > it's 4 parts stone to 1 part soil!!  And a croft is

> > a small farm.......Stonecroft.

> >

> > Well, I should do a barn check.........it's mid

> > March, we are one third of the way through lambing

> > and the weather forecast is saying anywhere from 3-6

> > inches of snow tomorrow here in southeast PA -- and

> > it could be more!!!  What happened to

> > Spring.....earlier this wk. our temperatures were in

> > the 60's!!!!

> > Sue Martin

> > Stonecroft

> >

> > May the Lord bless you and keep you;  may He make

> > His face to shine on you

> > and be gracious to you;  may He lift up His

> > countenance on you and give you peace.

> > Numbers 6:22-27

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> > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:03:37 -0700

> > From: <spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com>

> > Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] names?

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> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:42:52 -0400

> > From: Cathy Robinson <perfectspot at blueridge.net>

> > Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] names?

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> > Our farm name (Perfect Spot) was chosen just prior

> > to our actual move to

> > our current location in the foothills of the Blue

> > Ridge mountains in

> > western NC.

> > At that time, it seemed like the "perfect spot" for

> > us to settle with

> > our small flock and I liked the tie between the name

> > and our spotted sheep!

> >

> > The "rest of the story", as some of you know, is

> > that this "perfect

> > spot" turned out not to be that for us.  We enjoyed

> > the quietude and

> > beauty of this area for about a year before the

> > changes started to

> > appear and now (seven years later) it is hardly the

> > same place;  western

> > NC  was "discovered" by developers, the timber lands

> > are disappearing by

> > the truckload, and our farm is now surrounded by two

> > (of many)

> > subdivisions of upscale vacation homes that have

> > sprouted in this area.

> >

> > We recently (again) went on a quest for the "perfect

> > spot" for our

> > little farm, when we were successful in selling this

> > place, and if all

> > goes as planned, we should be moving once more to a

> > NEW "perfect spot"

> > within a couple of months...still in this general

> > area so that no job

> > changes were necessary,  but in an area with many

> > small, established farms.

> >

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>

> Victoria

> Castle Rock Farm

> Jacob Sheep & Nigerian Dwarf Goats

> www.castlerockfarm.net

>

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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:53:32 -0700

> From: critterland at bendcable.com

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Naming

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> My farm is named, rather inelegantly, CritterLand Farm.  It started as a

> joke in my family, and all of a sudden it stuck, and then my BIL made me a

> big metal sign with that name--so I'm CritterLand.     Individual

> "critters", whether sheep, goats, alpacas,  or any of the other various

> animals that find their way here, are usually named for either appearance,

> behavior, or specific incidents.     I have a sheep named Chewee because

her

> dam was so enthusiastic about cleaning her off at birth she chewed half

her

> tail off before I figured out what she was doing and stopped her.  Flipsie

> was born rather rapidly while her dam was stuck upside down ("flipped") on

> her back, wedged between a feeder and a wall in an area she wasn't

supposed

> to be able to get in to.     Miss Priss walked like she was too good to

> touch the ground and had facial markings resembling pursed lips.

> Sometimes my warped sense of humor takes over, as well.... one year  the

> first ram lamb to hit the ground af

> ter a long series of ewe lambs became ShaNaNa (after the group of the same

> name), because of one of their songs--- he had a "rama lamba ding dong".

> So, with the exception of one maternal line of goats whose names all begin

> with J,  critters around here can wind up with just about any kind of name

> imaginable.

>

> Melody

>

>

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> Message: 3

> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:55:37 -0700 (PDT)

> From: JACI SIEHL <wedohoney at sbcglobal.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Naming

> To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

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> First let me say, this has been the most fun reading in a long time!

>

>   I have Sugarpine Farms since we live in the Sierra Nevada foothills at

the

> elevation where sugarpine trees start appearing.

>

>   My husband wanted to have fun with our place, so our chicken coop looks

> like an old mercantile (with dental trim, a tall false front and a front

> porch for the rocking chair).  Our sheep shed (when finally built) will be

> in the style of a livery or blacksmith's shop.

>

>   So obviously we name our sheep using the Old West for ideas.  Calamity

> Jane has always been a trouble-maker (opening gates, stealing tools,

> sneaking into the house, etc., etc.).  Madeline was named for a singer

that

> used to do her act on horseback, Lady Godiva-style.  Lillie (Langtree) is

> known by the name Two Bit because the breeder threw her in to the package

> for only $25, and finally Molly (a well known lady of the evening) is

known

> as Hoser because she has a stripe on the top of her head like the dog from

> the movie Strange Brew.

>

>   We will use real and fictional names, whichever seems to fit the lamb.

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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:22:05 -0400

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Naming

> To: JACI SIEHL <wedohoney at sbcglobal.net>, <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

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> I agree - it's been really fun to read.  You can sure see how creative our

> Jacob breeders and how much fun we are all having naming our lambs and our

> farms.

>

> I would love to see a picture of your chicken coop.

>

> Linda

>

> www.patchworkfibers.com

> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

>

> > First let me say, this has been the most fun reading in a long time!

> >

> > I have Sugarpine Farms since we live in the Sierra Nevada foothills

> > at the elevation where sugarpine trees start appearing.

> >

> > My husband wanted to have fun with our place, so our chicken coop

> > looks like an old mercantile (with dental trim, a tall false front

> > and a front porch for the rocking chair).  Our sheep shed (when

> > finally built) will be in the style of a livery or blacksmith's

> > shop.

> >

> > So obviously we name our sheep using the Old West for ideas.

> > Calamity Jane has always been a trouble-maker (opening gates,

> > stealing tools, sneaking into the house, etc., etc.).  Madeline was

> > named for a singer that used to do her act on horseback, Lady

> > Godiva-style.  Lillie (Langtree) is known by the name Two Bit

> > because the breeder threw her in to the package for only $25, and

> > finally Molly (a well known lady of the evening) is known as Hoser

> > because she has a stripe on the top of her head like the dog from

> > the movie Strange Brew.

> >

> > We will use real and fictional names, whichever seems to fit the

> > lamb.

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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:13:35 -0700

> From: "Lynette Frick" <lynettefrick at gmail.com>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Bloody noses

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> I think I solved the mystery nose bleed, at least on our farm. I

remembered

> from last year a couple of other people had sheep with this problem so I

> thought I would post this. Yesterday evening at feeding time, two of my

> adult ewes got into a pecking order squabble. My three year old ewe, the

> same and only one that gets nose bleeds, was vying for top rank with my

> oldest ewe. The older ewe who is small but feisty, has a slightly damaged

> horn and decided not to fight fair, and  ended the fight with a hard bash

to

> the bridge of the others nose causing a nose bleed. She tried that several

> times before placing that winning blow just right. That particular 3 yo.

has

> always been pushy, so it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't the dry climate

> causing this after all.

>

> Lynette Frick

> IDEAL FARM

> Jacob Sheep, Club Lambs, Game Fowl

> www.idealjacobsheep.com

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