This Week's Lambs

We've had quite a few new lambs born this week, but I haven't been able to get photos of them all until today.

First up are Moriah's black badger twins.  They are 75% the same bloodlines as my best fleece sheep, with 25% of improved meat build added in.  So their fleeces should be super nice when they grow up.  The girl is Xena.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Chris Conrad of http://www.facebook.com/chris.conrad, Tika of theyellowjournalist.blogspot.com, Laurel McGilvery (no web link given), and Skye (no web link given).

The boy is Xergei.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Laurel McGilvery (no web link given).

Next are Pandora's white twins.  They are going to be very broad and "beefy" when they grow up.  The boy is Xanthus.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Laurel McGilvery (no web link given), Elizabeth Brockman (no web link given), and Beth from www.cotondogs.net.

The girl is Xanti (pronounced "Shanti").  Pandora has a history of occasionally producing a lamb that is not just white, but ultra super-dooper white.  Xanti is one of those.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Tika of theyellowjournalist.blogspot.com, and Laurel McGilvery (no web link given).

Titania had a black solid girl named Xalome.  This lamb is a cross between my most parasite resistant ram and the ewe who gave me the most parasite resistant lamb last year, so I have high hopes for this girl.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Laurel McGilvery (no web link given).

And finally, Paisley had twin girls.  This is a cross between two of my most parasite resistant sheep, so again, high hopes for these lambs.  The moorit solid is named Xaria.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by:  Tika of theyellowjournalist.blogspot.com, Stephen Pappas (no web link given), Molly Bailey of Bailey Girl Five, and Laurel McGilvery (no web link given).

And the moorit badger is named Xelia.  This name was submitted to our Name That Lamb contest by: Monica of Crazy House Quilts

Congratulations to all the naming winners!  We are approximately halfway through lambing now, so there are plenty more lambs and plenty more chances to win coming up.