Naming the Farm, part 2

The response to our poll has been great. Thanks so much to all of you that have voted. Please encourage others to visit our blog and vote. We have gotten several comments that have been quite amusing. Name suggestions like: Gentle Grunting Creek Farm, The Seven-Years-Without-A-Name Yak Farm, Yaktastic Yaks, Yaks of Powhatan, Crystal Creek, Cedar Meadows, Cedar Creek, Shaggy Farm. (A special thank you to our friends in AR, you know who you are.) Unfortunately, several of these names are already being used by others. Some of you have really gotten into this. We appreciate all name suggestions. However, if you find you are dreaming about farm names, or waking up at 1:00 AM with new farm name ideas, be careful, you might be obsessing.Pin It Now!

"Pig" in the Dirt

video by Jennalee

Here's our yak-cow mix, "Pig", trying to either scratch her back or roll over, but she's just a little too big to do so. You can see one of the others looking on as if to offer some encouragement.

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Naming the Farm

It seems naming the yaks is much easier than naming the farm. We've been trying to agree on a name for almost 7 years. Of course once we decide on the name we have to make sure it isn't already being used by someone else. I'm about ready to set up a "name that farm" contest, or poll who ever we can for their opinion. We've gone through names using cedars, creek, quartz, crystal, all things that are abundant on our farm...... just nothing seems to fit. We're open to suggestions.Pin It Now!

Teaching Challenge

video by Jennalee

A short video of Boy teaching Challenge to head butt. The lesson had been going on for a while before the video was started. Apparently, the student wore the teacher out.

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Naming the Yaks

It's probably not the best idea to name your farm animals. Some how, once named, you tend to become more attached to them. The idea of farming is to increase the herd and sell some of the animals. Not as easy when you've become attached to them. We probably only have a couple of yaks that aren't named. Some of our yaks were already named when we bought them. We originally started our herd with four yaks, an adult bull named Fred, two female yaks, and a 5 month old bull, the baby of one of the females. OK, Fred would not be a top name choice, but he came to us already named, and it seemed to suit him. After awhile we settled on names for the other three. The mother and baby were named Destiny and Dakota, and the other female was named Molly. Molly was pretty feisty when we first got her. She was a young heifer but has calmed down quite a lot since becoming a mother. We named one of her babies Button. Very sweet and gentle. Usually the offspring has a temperament similar to her mother, but not in Button's case. We'll have to post a picture of Button and her story. Seems like every yak has a story behind his/her name. Then there's the newest baby that Ken wants to call "Challenge". The name says it all.Pin It Now!