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Navajo Churro Links
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| The ewe lamb in front is OH Judith. She was born March 2005. Her father is BR Jason, and her mother is BIF Luisa. | This is OH Nicolla, a polled NSP Blue pinto yearling ewe. She will be shown as a yearling, then she will be bred to lamb next spring. | |
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| Nicolla was one of my lambs born last year, sired by NSP Domino. Her mother is BIF Luisa. | Judith is a rare color called gray/tan. Less than 2% of all churro sheep are this color. | |
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| Here is Nicolla looking droopy. Her fleece has turned out to be spectacular. Can't wait to see the lambs she produces! | Another shot of Judith. So far her fleece looks promising. She will also be shown at my fair this summer. | |
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| This is OH Schism, a black ewe lamb born in March this year. Her sire is BR Jason and her dam is BIF Marisol. | Schism is polled, which means she has no horns. This doesn't mean she can't produce lambs with horns, though. | |
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| My new flock sire, first to be used in the 2005 breeding season: baw Pedro. He joins us from bideawee farm in Oregon. | Pedro is a black/silver 4 horned ram with tan eye rings. His horns are fused, which means they grow "glued" together, therefore appearing like one horn. | |
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| The latest addition to my flock is this ewe, CMW Connie. Connie is a brown ewe with some white markings known as TGH markings. | Instead of having horns, Connie has what is known as 'scurs'. Scurs are small knobs made of the horn material that don't grow like horns. | |
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| This is BIF Luisa, a black/silver ewe with TGH markings. She also has scurs, but instead of just 2, she has 4! | Meet BIF Blanca. As you might have guessed, her name comes from her color. She has 2 small horns. | |
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| My personal favorite of all of my ewes is this girl, BIF Marisol. She is non-fading black (doesn't turn silver with age) with a TGH cap on her head. | Another shot of Blanca. The "BIF" in front of her name is called a flock prefix. It shows at a glance which breeding flock of churros she was bred by. Each flock chooses their prefix and it goes before each animals name. | |
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| Luisa likes to relax. In general she is a laid-back kind of girl. | This is another shot of Connie. She was bred by the registrar for the N-CSA, but she comes to me from the bideawee flock. | |
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| You can see how friendly "Mary" is! You may be wondering why some of my ewes have afro's. When I sheared them, I didn't shear their fro's off. I will shear them off when I shear the flock in October. | Like most of the darker colors, Connie's fleece color fades with age. She was born a dark red brown, but now that she is older it grows in a light tan. | |
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| Blanca taking a nap. | This is the only ram lamb that was born this year, OH Orestes. He has 4 beautiful horns. | |
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| A close up of his face. Orestes's sire is BR Jason, and his mother is BIF Luisa. His twin sister is Judith. He is also going to be shown at my fair this year. | We still don't know what color he will turn out to be. He may turn out to be a gray/tan, a grey badgerface, or a dilute reverse badgerface (gray and tan). | |
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| His color markings are confusing but hopefully with age we will be able to determine what color he is. | Here is Connie hanging out in the shade. Notice how her legs and face are free from wool. That is very desirable in churros. |
