Register a stud.
BSBA Breeder members can register a BSBA Babydoll stud at no additional cost.
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How to register a stud with BSBAThe first step is to join BSBA as a Breeder member. The application form asks you for the information needed to register a stud. There is no additional cost for registering a stud.
Once your membership application has been processed, your stud will be set up in our Grassroots registry software and we will help you to add your sheep. There is a small registration cost for each sheep added from outside the BSBA registry. |
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Benefits of registering with BSBA
You will be given access to some handy stud management tools in Grassroots including:
Once your sheep have been added to your stud in Grassroots, you will be able to register the lambs that you breed from those sheep quickly and efficiently.
You can also make minor changes and updates to the information about the sheep any time and transfer them to new owners. The Grassroots phone app allows you to add photos of your sheep.
- extended pedigrees for your sheep including information about Gaucher status, wool colour, spots and stripes and colour coded to show where ancestors appear more than once
- printable registration certificates for your registered sheep including registration status, % and extended pedigree
- CheckMate which shows the pedigree for lambs bred from a potential combination of ram and ewe, colour coded to show where ancestors appear more than once (handy for planning your breeding program)
- Kinship which gives you a table showing the Coefficient of Inbreeding for many combinations of rams and ewes (handy for managing inbreeding when planning your breeding program and for checking how closely a ram is to your ewes before buying)
Once your sheep have been added to your stud in Grassroots, you will be able to register the lambs that you breed from those sheep quickly and efficiently.
You can also make minor changes and updates to the information about the sheep any time and transfer them to new owners. The Grassroots phone app allows you to add photos of your sheep.
Stud prefix
Your stud prefix is used when naming sheep that you breed. Generally the stud prefix is best kept short (less than 10 letters).
The stud prefix is like a surname and used at the start of the official name of the sheep. For example Downs 5/2021 Woolly would be sheep number 5 bred in 2021 by Downs stud and the sheep goes by the name 'Woolly'. In this example the stud prefix is Downs.
Stud prefixes are subject to approval and must be clearly different from stud prefixes registered by other Babydoll breeders.
Ovine Brucellosis
Ovine Brucellosis is a sexually transmitted disease spread quickly between rams. There is no treatment for infected rams. The effects can be devastating for a flock, with the infected rams needing to be culled. Best practice is to only buy rams from Brucellosis Accredited flocks. Alternatively, new rams can be tested (twice) by a vet for Brucellosis before they are allowed in with your flock.
Ovine Brucellosis accreditation is expected for BSBA studs selling rams. More information about accreditation is available from the Ovine Brucellosis Accreditation Scheme in your state. If you don't want to be accredited, you have the option of castrating all the ram lambs that you breed and not reselling your adult rams.
Your stud prefix is used when naming sheep that you breed. Generally the stud prefix is best kept short (less than 10 letters).
The stud prefix is like a surname and used at the start of the official name of the sheep. For example Downs 5/2021 Woolly would be sheep number 5 bred in 2021 by Downs stud and the sheep goes by the name 'Woolly'. In this example the stud prefix is Downs.
Stud prefixes are subject to approval and must be clearly different from stud prefixes registered by other Babydoll breeders.
Ovine Brucellosis
Ovine Brucellosis is a sexually transmitted disease spread quickly between rams. There is no treatment for infected rams. The effects can be devastating for a flock, with the infected rams needing to be culled. Best practice is to only buy rams from Brucellosis Accredited flocks. Alternatively, new rams can be tested (twice) by a vet for Brucellosis before they are allowed in with your flock.
Ovine Brucellosis accreditation is expected for BSBA studs selling rams. More information about accreditation is available from the Ovine Brucellosis Accreditation Scheme in your state. If you don't want to be accredited, you have the option of castrating all the ram lambs that you breed and not reselling your adult rams.