Babydoll information.
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How can sheep be registered as BSBA Purebred Babydolls?
A sheep breed is not created instantly. It needs a vision for what the breed will be (the breed standard), choice of the genetics to be used as a base and then careful, selective breeding to produce sheep that fulfill the vision. Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA) records this process in our registry. You can be sure that sheep registered as BSBA Purebred Babydolls have been through a rigorous process to achieve that status. Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia has a two tier registration system: EM Babydolls (EM is for Emerging) and Purebred Babydolls. Sheep can only move from EM Babydoll to Purebred Babydoll registration after a rigorous inspection process. Sheep carrying the fatal gene for Gaucher have been found in many Babydoll flocks in Australia. BSBA encourages all Babydoll breeders to DNA test for the Gaucher gene and eradicate Gaucher from their flock (Gaucher Free). We also encourage all buyers to ask about the Gaucher status of sheep before buying. Life for a lamb born with two copies of the Gaucher gene is pretty grim and short. They are unable to stand to feed and die in a few days. Emerging Babydoll (or EM Babydoll) is a term used by Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA) to describe sheep that are not registered as BSBA Purebred Babydoll.  Roogulli Toffee (left) and Osborne Ridge Fleetwood (right) The photos in this post show BSBA Purebred Babydolls that have been recognised for their quality at various sheep shows. They are the result of our Emerging Babydoll system. Many of them have undergone inspection to upgrade their registration from EM Babydoll to BSBA Purebred Babydoll.
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What is the difference? This seemingly simple question is tricky...
It short, in Australia a Babydoll sheep is a smaller, stocky type of Southdown with a woolly head. BSBA breeders are adding coloured wool, patterns, spots and stripes as part of creating a new Babydoll breed. The breed standard describes what a Babydoll should be. If the sheep doesn't have mostly Southdown genetics in the pedigree, it isn't a Babydoll no matter how small, cute and fluffy it might be. |
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