4-H lamb ~ here he is

[redfarmhouse]

We know nothing about lambs but I sure think he is a pretty guy.

Our son is really excited. He is sitting out there in the pen right now trying to get him to come to him.
No name yet. He is thinking some cartoon character but hasn't come up with one.

 

[Hillsvale]

He sure is pretty... look at the legs on him. What is his breed?

Your young fellow would have better success (at first) gentle guiding with the halter and a hand in back of the ear... and treats in his pocket!

 

[manybirds]

is he going as a market lamb or wool? he is cute (haha not as cute as mine! we bought one at our county fair this year. the guy was going to put it up for market but didn't get papers in fast enough so was going to sell it for meat. but the sheep was a registered purebred topquality old style hampshire ewe and i thought it would be a waist to put such a good quality sheep up for meat.)

 

[boykin2010]

I thought of scooby-doo when i saw him
It would be a good name

 

[Ms. Research]

Congratulations. Nice looking and love the look on your son's face.

I have to agree with the name Scooby Doo! Loved that cartoon!

 

[jenn]

He looks to be a Suffolk. We just got done with our fair and both my girls raised lambs for a market project. We have lots of fun with it! Plus it helps that we have a sheep farm..
Scooby sounds like a great name!

 

[redfarmhouse]

They said he was a Suffolk but would probably show as a crossbreed. He has been working on walking him on halter and they are doing really well together. Jared is being very patient and slow using "pressure and release" methods that we have been learning with our Clinton Anderson horsemanship training. Funny!

He will show him in the spring in 3-4 shows and then he will be auctioned for market.

His name is Lambert. Our son decided that the lamb reminded him of a cyclist from the Tour de France and named him after Alberto Contador so his official name is Lamberto Contador. I'm glad he is calling him Lambert for short.

 

[Julie_A]

Beautiful!!!

 

[jenn]

Great name May I ask where you are at? For our local county fairs our lambs are only 6 months of age when they are shown and then sold at auction. I am just curious of how other states and such do their lamb projects for fair. I am on our sheep committee and 4-H council and am always looking to see how we could improve our methods.

 

[redfarmhouse]

We are in Canadian County, Oklahoma. It's a huge 4-H county here.