Hello! My name is Dani and I have a small flock of Navajo-Churro sheep.

I originally bought the sheep for milk because I was learning how to make cheese and I had heard that sheep milk makes the best cheese. Once we finally brought the sheep home, however, it became pretty clear that it was going to be a while before they let me get anywhere near them, much less try and milk them! Because of this, I decided to shift my focus to learning how to spin the wool into yarn. (Did I mention that I had never learned to knit or crochet?)

I've also never really been around livestock before. I did not grow up anywhere near a farm! But we got tired of living in the city and dealing with HOA's and traffic noise, so we moved to a more rural area. Our hobby farm is small, just two acres in the Nevada desert. I would love to have some lush green pastures, but for now we make do and buy hay. A LOT of hay! It's been a steep learning curve, but I am loving it and I would love to have others learn along with me.

In addition to the sheep, we also have over a dozen chickens, 3 Nigerian Dwarf goats, a cat, and a dog named Lady. We plan on breeding the 4 churro ewes this fall so the numbers are in a constant flux.

We started with 3 pregnant ewes, which quickly turned into 12 sheep in a little over a year. Currently, we have 4 Navajo-Churro ewes and 1 ram. For those of you who don't yet speak "sheep," that would be 4 girls (ewes) and 1 boy (ram). We also have three accidental ewe lambs that would not be considered purebred Navajo-Churros because they are 1/4 Barbados Black Belly. Their fleece appears to be soft and curly so I am eager to get my spinning fingers on it come fall!