Birth Notification and Registration

All animals should ideally be Birth Notified by the time they are 30 days old and must be Birth Notified prior to sending hair samples for registration. All females should be registered by the time they are 1 year old otherwise they will incur a late registration fee.

Birth notifications can be completed online – if the sire is not in your herd for any reason (sold or AI) you may be able to ‘search’ the animals name – be sure to spell correctly and please ensure full names are used i.e Shamrock Daisy 2 and Shamrock Daisy 22 are completely different animals.

Birth Notification Forms are still printable from the website (see opposite) and can be emailed or posted to the Breed Secretary if you are not confident online.

Discrepancies will delay the process and may incur extra charges! Any questions – please just ask!

Registration/DNA labels and hair sample bags are available free of charge by contacting the Breed Secretary.  Alternatively download them opposite. Please ensure labels and bags are kept CLEAN and CLEARLY COMPLETED.

For more information on the registration process, fees etc please check out the society rules and DNA Protocol section

Birth Notification form – As of November 2017 a new birth notification form is in use. The form not only records ‘calving ease’ and ‘colour’ but also ‘weight’. Please enter this in kilos. The new form also has an option to tick ‘Birth Cert Required’. As a Society we aim to reduce unnecessary resources and from November 2017 we will refrain from posting birth certificates out unless requested.

If you have any queries please email the Breed Secretary.