Recent content by Donald Chavez

Kudos to anyone who works to rescue living history! My hat is off to you. Let us know when you decide to come to the Southwest. New Mexico has mild seasons, affordable land, and low taxes. We will hook you up with our contacts.

https://www.abqjournal.com/754736/new-mexicos-historic-dahl-sheep-on-exhibit-in-south-valley.html

Dear Erinlovescows, The problem you described in your malformed lamb is a not so uncommon result of domestic sheep which have some degree of wild sheep ancestry. Specifically, Wild sheep, like Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep evolved with 58 chromosomes in their DNA genome. Domestic sheep only...

My name is Donald Chavez y Gilbert. My avocation has been to rescue the New Mexico Dahl Heritage Sheep from extinction. There were only six left back in the 1980s when I started rescue efforts. I am a 16th generation descendant of El Dorado Spanish Explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado y...