We have sold all of our Navajo-Churro breeding stock to Hal Burdsall of Union Valley Farm.  Please contact Hal for prices on breeding stock and fine fleeces, at 608-767-3930, or visit his website:
 http://www.navajo-churros.com/

The Spanish brought these medium size, hardy, ancient Iberian sheep to North America around the year 1540, making it the oldest domestic breed of sheep in the United States. The sheep thrived in the arid ranges of the South West, and the Navajo living in that area were tending Churros by the late sixteenth century. During the nineteenth century, the Churro flocks were decimated as part of the U.S.. Government's efforts to subdue the Navajo people. In this century, in an attempt to control overgraze and erosion in the Southwestern United States, the government further slaughtered Churros, so that by the 1930's the breed was almost extinct. Efforts have been made since the 1970's to identify, preserve and revitalize the breed, so that today the population is near 1,000 animals. These sheep, with their long staple of protective top coat and soft undercoat, are well suited to extremes of climate. They are extremely hardy, with a high natural resistance to internal parasites and foot rot. They are medium size animals, appearing rough and shaggy when in full fleece. Rams and ewes can be polled or horned, with two to six horns, and fleeces come in a wide spectrum of colors from white to brown to grey to black, including spotting. Their coarse wool is used primarily in rug weaving, at which the Navajos excel with their exquisite rugs. The fleece is open and double coated, with very little grease.

Woodrow and Poppy, twins from the 2001 lamb crop

Mother and daughter, Swallow and Towhee, curled up together

Navajo-Churro breeding group