Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Smallhold Farming and Rural Living => Livestock and Growing on a larger scale => Topic started by: Spana on June 27, 2012, 12:38
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We all want to get a good price for the stock we sell and i have found that a name that sort of clicks with the buyers- along with good breeding of course- does help, it shouldn't but it does seem to. ::)
My best sellers have had female name song titles for their pedigree name.
I've had a Maggie May, Ruby Tuesday, Lovely Rita, Elona Rigby. :)
Can anyone think of any more :) I need 2 for this years heifer calves :)
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Billie Jean, Peggy Sue, Mustang Sally.
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How could I not think immediately of Dear Prudence. ::)
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runaround sue?
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Brilliant argyllie :happy:
How did i not think of Billie Jean, Peggy Sue and Dear Prudence, all great :happy: Made a note of them all. Not sure about Mustang Sally, might give the wrong impression :D
So might Runaround Sue,but you never know, i might get one that it suits. But on second thoughts I'd probably keep quiet about it :D
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Lady Madonna, Sweet Caroline, My Maria, Delilah.
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Eloise.
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Lady Eleanor. ::)
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Sweet Jane. :D
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Lady Penelope
Roxanne (though I've not seen a cow in a red dress)
Jolene
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Oh dear, some really good ones. Its getting hard to choose ::)
I'm waiting for Bonnie Girl to calve whos due a heifer this year, so i'll need a possible 3 names. I'll have to make a short list and post pics of the little ones and you can all help me pick the names.
I'm writing them all in the back of the herd book for future years so keep them coming. :happy:
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Lovely Rita, Stella Blue, Suzy Q, Mrs Brown, Sweet Marie, Carrie Anne, Sweet Caroline, Proud Mary
ooooo, those take me back. Must get onto youtube for a listen :D
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Mrs Robinson :)
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Annie Laurie
(The Corries version :))
Look forward to the pics :D
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Lady Jane (Rolling Stones)
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Black Betty, Cecelia, Jennifer Juniper and Ruby Tuesday
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Bonnie calved this morning, nice little bull calf :happy:
Bonnie and new baby with Bonnie's mother making sure her new grandson is being well looked after. We like to keep family groups together as much as possible, they like it too :happy:
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So just 2 to name, its this pair of ruffians :happy: I've got my favourites from the suggestions but what do you think suits each of them :D
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They're gorgeous Spana - all of them! :D Still mulling over name matches .... :)
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the light coloured one looks like a Sweet Caroline to me ;) and Delilah for the brown one :D
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Mamma Mia
Pretty suzi
Black Betty
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Delilah for the brown one :D
That was my choice too :D
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I think the light one could be a Peggy Sue. :D
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They really are beautiful cattle, well done you!
When we give ours their pedigree name it follows on from the family name, like Ultramarine (Past Royal Cornwall supreme champion) all her off spring is named after different shades of blue such as cobalt.
In saying that the little white one definitely looks like a lady Eleanor and the little brown a Delilah
Nicky
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I know thats the usual way of naming Nicky, OH goes that road with his South Devons. :)
But i only have 9 cows and as most of my buyers are smallholder type people and women - dont know why us girls like hairy cattle with horns :D- I like to give them individual names. :)
The boys get a name that somehow just develops, like Milky Chops and Philip, because he looked like Philip Schofield, but i dont register the boys . :lol:
Its been mainly boys this year, would have chosen the other way round, but there you go, a live bull calf is better than a dead heifer so mustn't complain.
What breed is your supreme champion. I know how much work there is getting an animal read for show and its not just a wash and brush up the day before is it. :)
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They are so beautiful Spana :D So many good names to pick - like Delilah. Have you got a short list of your favourites? I keep coming back to Stella Blue for the light one :happy:
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She's a Jersy girl - now retired but still looking good in her 9 th lactation!
Not shown now for a couple of years due to tab restrictions (not that we've ever had a conclusive yet!) and a lack of time. But we've shown the black and white boys what a true dairy cow should look like :D
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Have you got a short list of your favourites?
I think i'll settle on Delilah for the little red one and OH wants Jolene for the white calf ::)
I cant put here what his reasoning is, its too rude :D But he talked a bit about big udders :D
He can be so coarse sometimes ;) :D
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But Jolene was such a tramp, unlike your lovely calf :D She looks more like a Mary Muggins.
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Truly Scrumptious (from chitty chitty bang bang) - or would that send the wrong signals?
Grendel
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Have you got a short list of your favourites?
OH wants Jolene for the white calf ::)
I cant put here what his reasoning is, its too rude :D But he talked a bit about big udders :D
He can be so coarse sometimes ;) :D
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Well, if it's a good name or not, Spana, I think I've got one of those ear worms now that argyllie talks about :D. Just as well I'm not going to be at your sale, cause I'd probably find myself bidding :lol: She sort of suits Jolene :D. I'm now away to wrestle the song out my ear ! Hope to hear what you finally decide - they're both just lovely.
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:lol:
Well, if it's a good name or not, Spana, I think I've got one of those ear worms now that argyllie talks about :D. ...... She sort of suits Jolene :D. I'm now away to wrestle the song out my ear !
I had that for a while earlier. :D