Contest: Name That Lamb

If you're between 1 and 111 years of age, you are eligible to enter this fun contest sponsored by The Browning family has been farming this land since the mid-1600s and they're running out of names for the baby animals born there.

A bit more than a week ago, Lorraine, one of the farm's sheep, gave birth to a baby girl. Already the baby lamb rivals in size the other lambs that were born a month ago at Browning Homestead. And this lamb is chock full of personality - and mischief.

"She's an escape artist," remarked Roberta Mulholland Browning. Seems the baby lamb ventured out of the pasture at just one day old. When asked how she escaped, Bill Browning laughed, "We don't really know!"

In addition to her independent streak, the lamb has some other unique qualities including a white patch on her head, a trait possibly inherited from her dad's line of Tunis sheep. Dad's name is Mr. T.

Lorraine, the lamb's mother is a South County Special, a hybrid established at Browning Homestead from a combination of Hampshire and Suffolk breeds.

To learn more about the sheep living at Browning Homestead and to get a leg up on a great name for this baby lamb,

You'll notice that adult sheep have shortened tails. The Name That Lamb Contest baby will have her tail docked, too, so "long tail" names won't work.

View and print out the accompanying PDF for contest rules and additional photos of Lorraine and her baby. The deadline for entries is June 29, 2011, at 11:59 p.m and the contest is open only to Rhode Island residents.

You can submit your entries for the Name That Lamb Contest at the yellow Browning Homestead tent at the Charlestown Farmers Market (Fridays, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Cross Mills Library, Charlestown, Rhode Island), the South Kingstown Farmers Market (Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Farm, Kingston, Rhode Island), or by email - browninghomestead@yahoo.com. You can also snail-mail your entry to Browning Homestead, 161 Matunuck Schoolhouse Road, Matunuck, RI 02879.

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