soooo.....here is the fun part of rescue

Percy is a short form of the first name Percival.
Percy meaning "Piercing the valley"

Percival or Perceval is one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. In Welsh literature his name is Peredur (see the Peredur article for the historical figure). He is most famous for his involvement in the quest for the Holy Grail

Mo is a good listener...

Percy is a great name... He looks like a Percy! You have great listening skills Mo. :)

Some of the names I was thinking of were names from an Indian name book my son Kelly and DIL Sumeet gave me to peruse. Thinking of the sacred cattle of India and a grandbaby to be soon. :)The grandbaby mostly. hehehe.

sigh...i always get busted. but thx for dinner anyway...good thing you didn't pick marvin or your dinner bribe would have been completely wasted.

When I met that beautiful little guy this morning.. he told me his name.. I'm not sure if his Mama gave him that name, but that is what he wisperered to me when I stood still & listened to him. What a wondeful boy he is & I can't wait to get to know him.

and lets not kid ourselves... if Carol didn't like the name Percy.. he wouldn't have have it, even if I did attempt to bribe her with dinner ; - )

As in Percy Sledge. I can dig that.

you are only an outsider carole til you start knowing who is who, then all of a sudden you are stuck right in the middle of the never ending story! welcome.

as to theo's name which i happened to pick and i happen to like ALOT....we can all go whistle in the wind...mo has picked "percy" and since it is of critical importance to our barn well being (and nicole and i more specifically cuz we brought percy in) that mo love that calf above and beyond the worries and concerns of something called "field management"...so mo picked percy and since we are not a democracy but a blatantly bribery based operation...theo is now officially "percy"

saints welcomes percy!

I'm an outsider who often reads the blog, so perhaps shouldn't have a say but the name Jethro really appeals to me for the calf. Don't worry Carol, you already have a Granny in the sheep. Next choices would be Toby, Zeke or Nick.

When do we get to see pictures of Ellie? And was I imagining it or was there a picture of Petunia under barn animals a few days ago that has since disappeared?

Good Luck to all of you on this wet and cool weekend and thanks for all you do for the animals.

I like the name "Toby" or "Zeke"

I didn't delete or change anything. By the way I think this thread takes the record for the most posts!

coloring between the crooked lines

i was a crooked babe
and i walked a crooked line
through the darkness of fear and sorrow.
i followed the crooked path
through that lonely crooked hollow
and i thought i would forever roam.
then i came upon another crooked line,
with very many crooked beasts
and i colored my own true crooked home.

crap! maybe his name is camlin. i like theo better.

I love the name Jethro :-)

maybe chris was trying to delete 2 of sheila/leila's 3 identical posts and nailed you janice instead?

mo bought me dinner tonight as a bribe for opening the theo name for review...just so you know, i can easily be bought folks and food is the best bribe of all (i have lived with far too many dogs, for far too long)

i wonder what sheila and leila will feed me for considering camlin the cow as a name? (altho i quite like the crooked line meaning, that's a pretty deep image behind the name)

I suggested Jed as they both struck texas tea but it was deleted somehow??

Alfalfa
Bullwinkle
Curly
Hershey
Maverick
Moofasa

Jethro! Jethro! Jethro!

When my brother rescued his first cow, his wife said "oh but that one does look "poorly", and the name stuck.

I just like the sound of it.

Hilary

I love the Jethro suggestion! :)

It suits him! Ellie Mae and Jethro! LOL!!

Well, I was going to suggest <em>Nickodemus</em>, but Nicky has already been suggested. Other suggestions...lets see

<em>Torro</em> (for obvious reasons)
<em>Grazer</em> (my 8 year old son's suggestion)
<em>Bronco</em>
<em>Hershey</em> (chocolate)
<em>Ah Fudge</em> (Fudgey or Fudger for "short")
<em>Braddick</em> (my 9 year old daughter's suggestion)

Ok, that's all I have for now. Naming new animals is fun!

Swaraj - liberty, freedom ( Raj...make the "a" as in aw, soft "j" )

Ajay - unconquerable, invincible ( pronounced awjay...soft 'j' )

Jagadeep --- light of the world ( Jag )

Raj --- king

Monty....cause he has Montgomery Clift's eyes!

Gage...because he's so engaging :)

no one ever likes my names, but oh well:
dylan (mckay, from BH90210)
mason
Marty
Jake
Mac
Aidan
Danny or Denny
Edmund or Dante

He looks like quite a little Toad....you could call him "Toad" a very affectionate name I think!!!1

I have been to St. Hubert in Quebec; I'm just not sold on the idea of naming a calf after a rottisserie chicken.

what about the name Oliver? I think it's such a cute name. I originally showed this calf to my parents on the Island but they dont have enough acreage for a cow plus our horses. I am SO happy he found a home!!

for those of us who are transplants from out East , Saint Hubert is a wonderful CHICKEN restaurant chain. Since he was essentially saved from becoming dinner I thought it would be fun to name him Saint Hubert.
He looks soooooo cute, those eyes are some kinda dreamy!!

I quite like Jethro.... :)

I also like Cosmo, Hamish, Arlo, & Miles Davis.

Of course, you could call him Ferdinand the Bullock, in honour of the Disney Bull who was a lover, not a fighter, and preferred smelling flowers to any other activity. Sounds like a Saints steer to me.

Woah Caroline, I was gonna say Herbert ...but now that I say - erm - type it out loud? Herbert sounds kinda silly :|

If the calf becomes "Jethro". Carol will become Granny. :)

I still like Nicky.

There are Patron Saints for a whole lot of animals! For cattle alone:

Brigid of Ireland
Castorus
Claudius
Colman of Stockerau
Cornelius
Drogo
Four Crowned Martyrs
Nicostratus
Perpetua
Simpronian

And obviously there are way more Saints than causes. The Patron Saint of Joint Pain? The Patron Saint of Butlers? The Patron Saint of Sore Throats? I wonder whether there is a Patron Saint of Making up Stupid Causes for Patron Saints?

I would like to throw a suggestion in as well. Since the last barn animal was named Ellie Mae, which I assume is from the Beverly Hillbillies, why not call this little boy Jethro.

Here's a link for the patron saints of animals, Carol. I think you can probably just copy it and paste it into your browser.

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron08.htm

Hey Deb, you stole my choice - for the same reason!
Yes Carol, there are some really weird Saints of cattle - saints of cows, of sick cows, of cattle.....all with really weird names.

So, since Nick is already taken, I'll suggest Zeke. Ezekial means "god make me stronger" - and we sure want that for our newest saint.

My name for him would be "toby".

Okay I posted this once and it didn't go through so let's try again. Most people don't like my choices in names cause they find them wierd so I won't be offended if you don't pick it. Here is my name choice:

CAMLIN - Celtic name meaning crooked line

I think it suits baby calf cause he probably took a "crooked line" to get to you - sort of meandered of the beaten path of where he would have ended up. You can call him Cam or Cammy or Lin or Linny for short.

Leila @ Sheila's computer

Okay I posted this once and it didn't go through so let's try again. Most people don't like my choices in names cause they find them wierd so I won't be offended if you don't pick it. Here is my name choice:

CAMLIN - Celtic name meaning crooked line

I think it suits baby calf cause he probably took a "crooked line" to get to you - sort of meandered of the beaten path of where he would have ended up. You can call him Cam or Cammy or Lin or Linny for short.

Okay, I know you won't pick my name - cause people think the names I pick are wierd - but here would be my choice.

CAMLIN - It is a Celtic name which means crooked
line.

I think it would be a good name for a SAINTS animal cause he probably took a "crooked line" to get to you. You could call him Cam or Cammy or Lin or Linny for short.

there are many patron saints of cattle???? hmmm, they really aren't doing a very good job....are they on strike?

how about SAINT Hubert?

Saint Nicostratus is one of the many patron saints of cattle. We could call the calf Nicky, and when he becomes a bullock, perhaps a slightly more manly "Nick", in case he misses those things which separate the bulls from the bullocks.