[Jacob-list] Registration

[fourhornfarm]

I certainly agree with the pedigree thing Robin. All Jacobs are related 
somewhere down the line so we need to know who our sheep's ancestors were. I 
also like the 5 generation pedigree on the registrations.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Lynde" <rlynde at onramp113.org>
To: "jacob-list" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Registration



> When I first got my Jacob sheep I asked this same question and as I 

> remember it opened a can of worms. At this point I think that JSBA is the 

> only active registry. Someone can correct me, but I don't think that JSC 

> has issued registrations in at least a few years.

>

> By the way, this made me think about my own flock. I got the first 20 or 

> so sheep from a women in CA who had kept careful pedigrees but had not 

> registered her sheep. I submitted them for registration and have kept up 

> with it ever since. Now that the JSBA issues pedigree information on the 

> certificates  it's interesting (and a little worrisome) to see how many 

> common ancestors there are when you go back only 3 generations or so. I 

> think it's useful to register so that you know what you're doing when you 

> breed sheep. Now that sheep are being sold across the country you might be 

> surprised to get a sheep from the opposite coast and find out that the 

> grandparents grew up just down the road from you.

> Robin Lynde

> Meridian Jacobs

> Vacaville, CA

> www.meridianjacobs.com

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "ARTHUR PARTRIDGE" <aztreaz at earthlink.net>

> To: "jacob-list" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:38 AM

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Registration

>

>

>> --Previous message:

>>>For someone new to this list and relatively new to Jacobs (to sheep

>>>of any breed actually!), can someone summarize how the two Jacob

>>>registries are similar and different, addressing the question 'why'

>>>would one register with one, the other, or both?

>> =======

>> Many years ago, someone locally told me that one Jacob registry was 

>> "easier

>> to get into" than the other one and that I should try for the easy one to

>> make sure the sheep got registered.  I didn't pursue it.  I don't know if

>> this is true today.  Really doesn't make much sense; except, I suppose 

>> that

>> the "easy" one will have more sheep registered in it.  Wouldn't the sheep

>> have a higher value if they are in the registry with the higher standards

>> (i.e. harder to get into)?

>>

>> Cathy

>> Moscow, Idaho

>>

>>

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