How To Register Pygmy Goats

American goat society international dairy goat association accepted breeds include french alpine lamancha nigerian dwarf nubian oberhasli pygmy saanen sable and toggenburg.

How to register pygmy goats. 425 334 6506 name of pygmy w herdname max 35 spaces. You must register land where you keep sheep or goats with the rural payments agency rpa within 1 month of starting to keep the animals on the land. Goats with random markings should have a photo of each side that clearly shows the markings. There are additional costs that may need to be covered to make sure your house farm is ready to take on this new animal. Nigerian dwarf goats have the build of a dairy breed at a smaller scale and have shorter coats.

Wow it is spring and your barn is full of beautiful kids. From disease prevention to identifying a goat s breed and purpose registration records are vital. Membership is not required for goat registration but it lowers the registration fee and provides many other benefits. Pygmy goats are more. One must be an ear tag but the second may be either a tag or a tattoo.

Application for registration national pygmy goat association 1932 149th ave se snohomish wa 98290 phone. Most common registration mistakes 1 all items are not completed. Nigerian dwarf goats and african pygmy goats. Nigerian dwarf nd goats can be purchased from either registered purebred or unregistered lines so when getting started with goats another decision concerns registration. If you are only interested in a couple of wethers as pets then registration doesn t make much difference but if you intend to keep goats for milk show or breeding.

Goats can range anywhere from 50 to 300 depending on various factors including sex weight size age and temper. Conquering the registration application. All goat keepers are required by law to register a holding number and a herd number. Now your thoughts turn toward shows and future breeding plans. Medium grey agouti goats.

There are two types of pygmy goats that are sold in the us.