10/29/2026
@ everyone, It appears all the suggestions for names are in:
I want to thank everyone for playing along, I must say all the suggestions coming in made it so much fun, and I intend to place many in my name box for future use.
I won't take time to mention everyone, but a few stand outs this time are as follows:
Pamela Deal with Dominic, Pam though I loved the back story and would love to have honored your dad, Sadly the Name is just too widely used and associated with donkeys and also Christmas so maybe another time.
2 names got multiple suggestions Jackson, but I already have a stud jack named Jaxon since Donkeys can't spell it would be hard to call 1 in from the pasture without the other. Haha
And Flint which I must say I never thought of but am interested in using in the future.
Others definitely going in the name box are Granite, Tonka, Ash or Ashton, Bullet, Sterling and Packer.
And I cant go with out an honorable mention to the 1 that made me laugh the most, suggested by none other then Donald Richard Lyons 1 of my best and funnest friends, I miss you Don and all your craziness. Thanks for suggesting "Don-key" I cracks me up everyone I see it. Definitely going in the name box.
And now onto our newest babies naming.
I love corky unique names often using themes or collaborations involving the parents or other interesting details. I had made up my mind if it was a Jenny her name was going to be Fable, it just so happens there is an old world fable about a rooster (c**k) and a pearl (jewel)
The fable of "The C**k and the Pearl" (also known as "The C**k and the Jewel" or Perry Index 503) is traditionally attributed to Aesop, a semi-legendary Greek storyteller believed to have lived around the 6th century BCE (c. 620–564 BCE).
I thought "what are the chances?" Though according to all name references Fable is a gender neutral name, I personally feel it's just a little too feminine for a stud jack.
So that leads me to our winning suggestion. The very 1st suggestion, brought into existence during a dream, that was dreamt the summer of 2025, a few months before I bred Pearl and Rooster, Morgan Poulos came to me 1 day after having had a dream, and said " I dreamed we bred Pearl and Rooster and they had a little jack and we named it Gooster", we had a big laugh and quite a few chuckles after Pearl's sonogram confirming she was definitely expecting a foal many months later.
I never let on how much I loved it or was considering it.
I wanted to remain open to suggestions and sometimes after meeting an animal they name themselves. It comes to you and it fits and that's that.
In this case our baby boy is a Copy and Paste of his papa with the exception of a reverse skunk strip down his belly; he mirrors his Daddy, so I'm going with Goose. If he gets nicknamed Gooster that's OK, but Pearl and Rooster little man is named Goose.
I felt it was also appropriate to use Morgan's suggestion as she ran to the farm while I worked night after night checking on Pearl in her last month of pregnancy. And she ran to the barn along with Gary Stouffer the night Goose was born.
I was sadly working, I was on the phone getting encouragement that Pearl was doing great, and watching live on the barn cameras but after waiting a year it was Gary and Morgan who came through for me and gave me peace of mind. When making my final decision to name him Goose I couldn't help but think of Gary and his love of Top Gun and Val Kilmer's character Goose, maybe I'll add Maverick to my name box. Lol Thank you again Gary and Morgan I love and appreciate you both and thank you for your support and help in my breeding of these beautiful animals. My heart is full with the love you both freely give in supporting my love of God's creatures. Morgan, Gary & I are so blessed to have you and your knowledge of animal care, I don't know what we'd do without you.
Gary and I have very long, exhausting schedules that keep us away but in critical times like kidding, lambing and foaling seasons you're like our hearts and hands extended. You're a gem đź’Ž THANK YOU just doesn't cover the gratitude. Bless you and your family for putting up with us. You're stuck with us now; you've all become family to us now.
continue to follow along as we watch Goose Grow.
And don't go to far and keep those fun facts in mind, because in just 3 shorts months my Sadie girl will have her foal and just 6 very short weeks after that my tiny little Micro Donkey, Bunny will having her foal. And the starts Lambing and Kidding season.
Who's ready for all these babies. As we get close we will continue to with birth date and gender guessing games along with new name suggestions. If you're not ready following Stouffer's Fowl Pole Farm & Rescue click the name and head on over and follow us. Goose and all the new babies will be featured there.
