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The following is a guide for prospective breeders to the Association's registration system. The subjects covered are (click on the link to go to the relevant section):
Registering
a new flock
Annual flock returns
Ram and ewe registrations
Registration fees
Earmarking
NEW FLOCKS
On
establishing a registered flock and applying to join the Association, prospective
members must complete an Application Form with details of the stock purchased.
At the same time, the Annual Subscription, an Entrance Fee and a Prefix Registration
Fee are payable together with a Transfer Fee for each registered female purchased.
There is no transfer fee for rams. Prospective members are strongly advised to
ensure that their foundation females have been or, in the case of lambs, will
be registered with the Association and are correctly ear marked.
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Every
October the Association sends the necessary forms for the registration of the
year's crop of ewe lambs, the registration of any new stock rams added during
the year, and the transfer of any registered ewes purchased during the year. An
Annual Return Form is also sent at this time, which covers the subscription, registration
and transfer fees, and census of stock numbers. For inclusion in the year's Flock
Book, returns must be received by the Secretary by 30th November. Returns received
after this date are subject to a surcharge and the registrations may be deferred
to the following Flock Book.
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Only the progeny of fully registered parents may be registered as pedigree. Ewe lambs which are being retained or sold for pedigree breeding must be registered by the breeder (the owner of the dam at the date of birth) in November. To encourage the registration of ewe lambs in the year of birth, a higher registration fee is payable on shearlings and older ewes not previously registered. Rams are registered by the owner using a signed Ram Registration Form from the breeder. Breeders must not sign a Ram Registration Form for a sheep known to be a rig.
When registering a ewe lamb, the Association allocates a six-digit Registered Number and issues a Pedigree Certificate. Ewes are not given registered names in the Flock Book and names should not be used in show and sale entry descriptions. Rams, however, are named, the name preceded by the Registered Prefix of the breeder (i.e. the owner of the dam at the date of birth). On registration, the Association gives the ram a five-digit Registered Number that is shown in brackets after the name e.g. Saxon Valiant (18081) and issues a Pedigree Certificate.
Entrance
Fee ................................................................... £5.00
Registration
of Prefix .................................................... £5.00
Annual
Subscription ..................................................... £20.00
Eire
and other Countries ............................................. £22.00
Flock
Book ...................................................................... £7.00
Registration
of Rams ................................................... each £10.00
Registration
of Ewe Lambs ........................................ each £3.00
Registration
of Ewes, Shearling & Older ................ each £5.00
(not
already registered)
Transfer of Registered Females ................................
each £1.00
OFFICIAL
UK ID
Lambs intended for breeding must be identified with two official UK ear
tags bearing the same number. The tags must be applied within 9 months of birth
or when the lambs first move from the holding on which they were born, whichever
is first. Tags must not be coloured red. The information that appears on the two
official UK tags must be identical, unique to the animal and will consist of:
UK
+ flock mark of birth + unique individual number
(e.g. UK123456-789 in England
& Wales or UK123456-000789 in Scotland)
OXFORD
DOWN SBA EAR MARK
The Association requires that all lambs born in registered
Oxford Down flocks must be ear marked as soon as practicable after birth with
the ODSBA ear mark. This must not interfere with the official UK ID and will consist
of:
ODSBA
Flock Number + Index Letter + Individual Lamb Number
(written in pedigrees
in format 1234-K1 for first lamb born in 2008 in Flock No. 1234)
EAR
MARKING METHODS
Triple tagging
If small metal or plastic loop tags
tags are used, two tags can be inserted for the official UK ID and a third tag
used for the ODSBA ear mark.
Double tagging
If two-piece plastic
button or flag tags are used, the official UK ID can be printed on one side of
the tag and the ODSBA ear mark on the other.
Tattooing and notching
This
can be used for the ODSBA ear mark (see Flock Book for details) along with two
tags for the official UK ID.
RECORD
KEEPING
The
details of both the UK and ODSBA ear marks must be recorded for each lamb alongside
the sire and dam information in the breeder's lambing book.
A contact list for ear tag manufacturers in the UK can be found by clicking here: Ear tag manufacturers