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TROPHY HAIR SHEEP OF AMERICA
Texas Dall
Origin:
Y.O. Ranch. Mountain Home, Texas, USA
Texas Dalls were originally the result of a wayward Merino ram visiting Mouflon ewes on the Y.O. Ranch. The resulting white lambs/rams were first called “Snow White Rams” after the Y.O. Ranch foreman Bob Snow, who had procrastinated in removing the stray ram. He later named them “Texas Dalls” after the white Alaskan Dall Sheep, though there is no relation. The Alaskan Dalls were named in 1884 after the American zoologist William H. Dall who discovered these sheep.
The term “DAHL,” therefore, is incorrect, whether referring to Alaskan or Texas Dalls.
It should be further noted that the original, true Texas Dall NEVER had any blackbelly influence and should remain so.
Color:
Texas Dalls shall be pure, snowy white with pink skin. Eyelids, lips and nose pads are cream to pink. Horns and hooves shall be creamy to yellow to gold. Eyes shall be yellow to light brown.
Disqualifications:
Sheep with dark horns, dark eyelids, lip or nose pad, or any dark spots on skin or coat cannot be registered.
Desert Sand
Origin:
USA - Name coined by Anita Garza in the late 1990s to more correctly refer to the reddish sheep in Texas Dall flocks that occur due to a modifying gene. Since they are not snowy white, they are not true Dalls. The term “Red Dall” is also incorrect.
Color:
The Desert Sand shall be within the range of light champagne, through shades of copper or “pumpkin” to a medium cinnamon. The facial area may lighten during maturity with indistinct edges blending naturally with surrounding color. Eyelids, lips and nose pads shall be pink to amber (reddish pink). A Mouflon saddle patch is allowed. Horns vary in color from light cream to dark amber. On true champagnes, mottled skin around the eyes, muzzle, the horn bases and genitalia as the animal matures is acceptable. Therefore, thin variegated stripes on the horn originating from mottling of the skin at the horn base is acceptable.
Disqualifications:
Sheep with light or white markings (blazes, stockings, spots) or dark markings on skin or coat cannot be registered. A sheep with a solid black nose cannot be registered.
Black Hawaiian
Origin:
Mainland USA. These sheep have nothing to do with Hawaii. There are no indigenous black sheep in Hawaii. Further, the term “Hawaiian Black” is incorrect.
Color:
Black Hawaiians shall be entirely coal black. Eyelids, lips and nose pads shall be black. Black horns are preferred, but grey (with age) to yellowish horns are allowed. Gray hairs around eyes and on nose on older sheep are acceptable.
Disqualifications:
Sheep with white or light spots of any size cannot be registered.
Desert Dragon
Origin:
USA - Name coined by Anita Garza after the exceptional Four Horn Painted Desert ram, JJ’s Desert Dragon, bred by Judy Jenkins and owned by Anita Garza.
Color:
Desert Dragon Sheep are hair sheep that may be any color or color combination. Desert Dragon Sheep have shown horns numbering from three to seven.
Percentage polycerate sheep are eligible for registration as well.
Disqualifications:
There are no color disqualifications. Severely misshapen horns that grow into face, split eyelids and evidence of non-shedding wool are disqualifications.
Bighorn Hybrid
Origin:
Some breeders are implementing Bighorn & Alaskan Dall sheep in their breeding programs. The resulting hybrids are eligible for registration in this section.
Color:
Bighorn hybrids vary in color depending on influence of other breeds. Spotted crosses with the Painted Desert may be double-registered with the Painted Desert Sheep Society.
Disqualifications:
Sheep with wool breeding cannot be registered.
Asian / Hybrids
For registration of Argali, Marco Polo, Urial, Red Sheep, etc. and their crosses. Contact the registrar.
Desert Dragon Multi-Horn Hair Sheep FB page
MEMBERS:
Alvizo Ranch
TJ and Marica Alvizo
Farmersville, Texas
Desert Dragon
Painted Desert
Big Rock Sheep Station
Carol Mullen and Charles R. Gibson
Armstrong BC CANADA
http://www.bigrocksheepstation.com/
Painted Desert
Cascabel Farm
Anita Garza
Needville, Texas
https://www.facebook.com/ElCascabelFarm
Desert Dragon
Painted Desert
Circle C
Mark Chaney
Eastland, Texas
Painted Desert
EH Full Curl Ranch
Anthony Manifold
Center, North Dakota
Lazy Bottoms Ranch
Lilian Jonas and Ray Brown
Red Bluff, California
https://sites.google.com/site/lazybottomsranch/lazy-bottoms-ranch-homje
Corsican
Desert Dragon
Painted Desert
Pavlock Farms
Leon Pavlock and Debbie Saxton
Guy, Texas
http://www.paintedsatpavlockfarms.com
Desert Sand
Painted Desert
Texas Dall
Rusty Rail Ranch
Jon and Ashley Oldenburg
Winston, California
http://www.facebook.com/rustyrailranch
Star 23 Farm
Judy Jenkins
Oakwood, Texas
Desert Dragon
Painted Desert
Tejas Ranch
Brent Neighbors
Yantis, Texas
https://sites.google.com/site/tejasranchpainteddesertsheep/
Corsican
Painted Desert
Ulfers Trophy Rams
Ethan Ulfer
Allison, Iowa
https://www.facebook.com/ulfersfarm/
European Mouflon
Armenian Mouflon