NABSSAR
MEMBERSHIP
Click
here
to become a
member of the NABSSAR.
Once you become a
member, you can register
or transfer your sheep,
and participate in other
activities of our
Association and Registry.
Are you new to sheep and the MANDATORY National Scrapie Eradication Program (NSEP)? Click here to get started and request a premises ID # for your farm & flock ID # for your sheep. These are needed to order Scrapie ear tags for your BABYDOLLS.
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❗2027
Membership Dues. ❗
Height photo requirement effective January 1, 2026.
It's not too early to take care
of your membership dues. Any paid after Janaury 31st, 2027,
will incur a $25.00 late fee, per person. The online form is
available in the menu to the left. ⬅ Paper reminders will NOT be being mailed out this year. Thank you.
Height photo requirement effective January 1, 2026.
Sheep born in 2025, or later,
NOT currently registered with us - any age between 1 and 4 years old, a
height photo is required.
Sheep born in 2025, or later, already registered with us - any age between 1 and 4 years old, a height photo is required for all transfers.
Do note, we are not requiring our members to send us height photos of your sheep unless paperwork is being submitted for a registration or for a transfer. However, if a sheep grows to be over 24" tall, the member should let us know this as it no longer meets our breed standard.
Sheep born in 2024, or earlier - NOT currently registered with us, a height photo is required to be registered. It must meet our current breed standard of 18 to 24" tall to be registered with us.
Sheep born in 2024, or earlier - already registered with us, it is grandfathered to our former breed standard. IF they are over 26", they no longer meet our former standard and the member should let us know this.
The height photos is in addition to the ear tag photo. Both can be combined in a single photo if you can meet the requirements for the height photo and the requirements for the head shot / ear tag photo in a single photo. We must be able to clearly see the entire sheep and your measuring setup. In the photo we need to see the sheep standing on level ground with the horizontal and vertical yardsticks or your measuring tools in place. If necessary, more than one photo can be submitted but it must be clear it is the same sheep in all the photos. The sheep's official height measurement is taken at the withers with the horizontal measuring tool at skin level. Push it down if the sheep is not sheared. (Withers is the highest ridge of the spine between the shoulder blades.)
We need to be able to see the sheep is over 18" and under 24" on your actual measuring tool, mark the measuring tool at these heights if necessary.
Sheep born in 2025, or later, already registered with us - any age between 1 and 4 years old, a height photo is required for all transfers.
Do note, we are not requiring our members to send us height photos of your sheep unless paperwork is being submitted for a registration or for a transfer. However, if a sheep grows to be over 24" tall, the member should let us know this as it no longer meets our breed standard.
Sheep born in 2024, or earlier - NOT currently registered with us, a height photo is required to be registered. It must meet our current breed standard of 18 to 24" tall to be registered with us.
Sheep born in 2024, or earlier - already registered with us, it is grandfathered to our former breed standard. IF they are over 26", they no longer meet our former standard and the member should let us know this.
The height photos is in addition to the ear tag photo. Both can be combined in a single photo if you can meet the requirements for the height photo and the requirements for the head shot / ear tag photo in a single photo. We must be able to clearly see the entire sheep and your measuring setup. In the photo we need to see the sheep standing on level ground with the horizontal and vertical yardsticks or your measuring tools in place. If necessary, more than one photo can be submitted but it must be clear it is the same sheep in all the photos. The sheep's official height measurement is taken at the withers with the horizontal measuring tool at skin level. Push it down if the sheep is not sheared. (Withers is the highest ridge of the spine between the shoulder blades.)
We need to be able to see the sheep is over 18" and under 24" on your actual measuring tool, mark the measuring tool at these heights if necessary.
Transfer
requirement goes into effect on January 1, 2027
*owner = a sheep's Certificate of Registry (CoR) lists the owner of the sheep. It is either the owner listed on the front; OR, the last person the sheep was transferred to, listed on the back of the CoR the NABSSAR registrar has signed off on. A transfer of a sheep making a person an owner is only valid if the Approved by and the Approved date lines have been filled in by our registrar and the NABSSAR's official records reflect the transfer.
NABSSAR members will have until
the end of 2026 to ensure all of their Babydolls in their possession
are transferred
into their name(s) making themselves the *owners at
the current transfer price of $5.50.
Effective January 1, 2027, sheep not transferred within 90 days of the date of sale, the cost of the transfer will be $25.00, per transfer, per sheep.
Effective January 1, 2027, sheep not transferred within 90 days of the date of sale, the cost of the transfer will be $25.00, per transfer, per sheep.
Transfers
made within the 90 days are still $5.50, per transfer, per sheep.
*owner = a sheep's Certificate of Registry (CoR) lists the owner of the sheep. It is either the owner listed on the front; OR, the last person the sheep was transferred to, listed on the back of the CoR the NABSSAR registrar has signed off on. A transfer of a sheep making a person an owner is only valid if the Approved by and the Approved date lines have been filled in by our registrar and the NABSSAR's official records reflect the transfer.
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Welcome
to the North
American BABYDOLL Southdown Sheep Association and Registry.
This year, 2026, we celebrate 23 years of serving the Babydoll Southdown community as a non-profit corporation.
This year, 2026, we celebrate 23 years of serving the Babydoll Southdown community as a non-profit corporation.
