Excited to breed him!
baw Boromir
Navajo-ChurroRam (male)Black w/TGH
DOB: 3/30/20206 yrs
I got Boromir because I wussed out on selling Hosanna and Sierra. Now we have two separate bloodlines and we will have the opportunity (depending on the genders of births) to sell breeding pairs/starter flocks!
Navajo-Churros were first brought to the New World by Spanish conquistadors, making them the first sheep here. Over time, multiple native American tribes raided and traded for them, but the Navajos made the most use of them. They were nearly eradicated by the U.S. government in an attempt to subdue the Navajos, but some surviving sheep hid among the southwestern canyons. Some were also brought west during the Gold Rush.
During the Great Depression, one third of all livestock were slaughtered by the U.S. government, nearly eradicating the breed again. It wasn't until the 1970s that some of the sheep scattered in the southwest canyons were developed into the Navajo-Churros we raise today.
If you ever wondered why they can be flighty, I believe that is the answer: they're descended from two hundred years of sheep that survived by hiding in canyons.