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Sven Came Home

Sven Came Home

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We got the call the other day that our new (baby) ram is ready to come home. We decided to call him Sven. He has grown since April. He now weighs 70 pounds(32 kg).

Here he is with his fellow lambs. He is the one in the back with the white on top of his head. He knows something is up.

HI is still a baby, so he was easily rounded up and carried to the dog crate in the back of the van. He was not impressed with his travel accommodation.

Here he is looking back as we drove away. It made me feel sad.

But that didn’t last long, and he was looking out the front window. He didn’t complain much at all.

And now he is in his new temporary home. He will stay here for a few weeks to settle in, and then we will put him next to the Storm, our current ram, and the ladies to get acquainted.

Here he is listening to Storm and the ladies yell greetings from the other side of the barn. This was a couple of weeks ago. He is settling in nicely and no longer thinks my son is going to kill him when he brings him his grain. He will even let him pat him if there is grain on the offering.

Lastly, a couple of close-ups of his wool. I hope to make something nice out of it next year. The sun shot shows you the lovely colour.

Name that Ram Lamb

Name that Ram Lamb

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In today’s post, I need your help naming our new Ram lamb. He is just little, born April 27th.  He is 96.5% Gottand with the remainder being Finn. He doesn’t have a name yet.  He can’t be registered because he has a white patch on top of his head. This suits me as it brings him into my price range.

Here are his mom and dad.

And this is him.

Jan suggested Sven, my husband thought of Batman because there is a town called Gothem on the island of Gotland.  What are your great ideas for a wonderful name for this little guy?  Or maybe something formal-sounding with a good nickname? We had a dog whose real name was Amulets More Music; we called her Corry, short for encore. We are good with a strange and/or convoluted reasoning for a name.