Opal's Baby Named!

Opal's Baby has a name.  Jujuy (pronounced hoo-hooy).  Can anyone guess why this name was chosen and what the reasoning behind the name is?  She's a pretty girl with a hopefully spectacular breeding future ahead of her so her name is important.  It states who she is and where she came from, as well as our hopes for her future.

Jujuy is a province of Argentina located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia.  Pre-Columbian inhabitants, who later mixed with the Incas during their expansion period, practiced agriculture and domesticated the guanaco. They had huts made of mud, and erected stone fortresses to protect their villages. Alpacas and Vicuñas are a part of the Jujuy Landscape.

Also located in Jujuy are Salinas Grandes (vast salt flats) which cover almost 8300 km2 of land.  At only 1300 m above sea level, the incredible Argentine salt flats stretch from northern Argentina into the south of Bolivia. The area can be described as looking like a vast white desert of completely flat land, where the air is fresh, the view bright, and the only sound is from the winds flowing through area

So, back to our Jujuy.  Mom, Opal, is herself a beautiful white animal and dad, Charmer, is our prize stud with his beautiful white fleece, outstanding coverage, solid bone, and perfect conformation & bite. 









And that's how we named Jujuy at the suggestion of one of our farm visitors.  Jujuy is already showing signs of having beautiful white fleece of her own and with the grandness and white beauty of the salt flats of her grandsires, it seems a fitting name for such a beaty.

Jujuy loves to be out in the pasture frolicking in in the grass and enjoying the sunshine.  She loves to sunbathe and we have to be careful she doesn't stay out too long in the hot sun.

Jujuy loves to follow her mom and is also showing her own mothering instincts toward the younger cria.  She is very interested in the other two and loves to nose them to get them moving.