We breed Babydoll sheep together.
What are Babydoll sheep?
The Babydoll is a short, woolly sheep breed with heaps of personality, a surprising amount of meat and a short, springy fleece. Our Babydolls are both white and coloured. Inspired by Babydolls in North America, our Australian Babydoll breed has been developed using the compact, woolly-headed types of Southdowns which have become less common as the Southdown breed has moved towards a bigger, leaner style of sheep suited to commercial meat production.
Babydolls are known for their friendly, docile temperament and easy handling. They are used commercially in vineyards and orchards, and are popular for small farms and other situations where an easy doing, small sheep with good meat qualities gives an advantage. Read more... 
Gaucher is a fatal gene carried by some Babydoll sheep. Find out more
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Growing better breeders
As a group Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA) shares information and taps into expert knowledge through online and face to face events and resources. Read more about our objectives.
See our vision for how we are creating a Babydoll breed for Australia. Our breeders work with the Babydoll breed standard. They are dedicated to producing a short, stocky, easy-going sheep founded on Southdown genetics with robust health and structural soundness and sufficient genetic diversity to secure the future of the breed. All our members have agreed to abide by a code of ethics that clearly sets out expectations and standards of behaviour. We run the BSBA Babydoll registry using Grassroots for white, coloured, patterned, spotted and even striped Babydolls. Babydolls from other registries can be registered with BSBA where satisfactory pedigree information is available. There are two tiers of registration: Purebred Babydolls and Emerging (EM) Babydolls. Sheep can only move from EM Babydoll registration to Purebred if they have a high enough Breed Percentage and pass a rigorous, independent inspection. Other registries use the term 'appendix breeding' for grading up processes that are similar to what happens with our Emerging Babydolls. Become a member and register a stud if you want to be part of this exciting adventure. |
Babydolls: the sheep that make you smile. 
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Babydolls in vineyards and orchards
Babydoll sheep are suited to use in commercial vineyards and orchards. Our members are developing strategies for managing the sheep in these settings and can share their experience.
Keeping Babydolls
Happy, healthy sheep are fun sheep. We want to help you to keep that iconic, woolly, Babydoll sheep smile. Have a look at our Frequently Asked Questions for information about keeping Babydolls. There is more information about buying, keeping and registering Babydoll sheep in our Babydoll Information blog.
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Buying Babydoll Sheep
For many Babydoll Sheep buyers, these are the first sheep that they have ever owned. We aim to support buyers with information so they have a better idea about what to look for and what sorts of questions to ask when buying. See Finding Babydoll Breeders and Buying Babydoll Sheep - Choices.
Please check that Babydoll ewes and rams are Gaucher Free before buying to avoid introducing this fatal genetic defect into your flock. Our stud profiles page can help you to find breeders near you. Our breeders post notices about Babydoll sheep for sale on the Babydoll Sheep - Increase or Decrease Your Flock group on Facebook. This is busiest from late Spring into Summer each year when most Babydoll sheep are being bought and sold. |
See Babydoll sheep in real life
Nothing beats seeing Babydoll sheep in real life. Come say hello to our members and see Babydoll sheep at these events.
2026 Perth Royal Show, Perth WA, 26 September - 3 October 2026 Bungendore Show - Bungendore NSW, 25 October 2026 2027 Royal Canberra Show - Sheep Show - Canberra ACT, 19-21 February 2027 Yass Show - Black and Coloured Sheep - Yass NSW, 10 April 2027 Farm World, Lardner Park Warragul VIC, March 2027 Seymour Alternative Farming Expo, Seymour VIC, April 2027 Tocal Field Days, Tocal NSW, May 2027 Australian Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo VIC, July 2026 |
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