Registering and Tattooing

I am sure you have read all my other questions....here's one more.

I am new to registered goats and am acquiring a small registered herd. I would like to (if it is a benefit, and in accommodating buyers) be triple registered. What are the pros and cons, is it just not necessary and overkill, how can I register goats that are not registered with other registries?

When picking a herd name is the herd name supposed to be in the goats registered name? Example: If my herd name was Keiser Farms (which is my family farm name) and my goats full name is Kermit the Frog on the papers is his name supposed to be "KEISER FARMS KERMIT THE FROG"? The reason I ask is I want their names to look cute (how shallow does that sound) but I want my herd name to be associated with our farm's identity and not necessarily something random that just sounds cute. I hope this question makes sense.

Also, can someone (in lamemens terms) explain tattooing. When I get my bucks and does I do NOT add tattoos to them correct? But their offspring will not have matching tattoos because I will have my own tattoo "code".

I really appreciate you all and I look forward to getting to know you all better and be able to seep up all the information you have to share!

Krystal

I only have my does and bucks registered with ADGA. It is possible to register ADGA registered goats with any other registration site, but I don't know that the reverse is true. I don't think it is. AGS goats CAN be registered with ADGA. I do know that.

When you choose your herd name, you will be choosing one that will be applied to all the goats BORN ON YOUR FARM. When registering already registered goats, you would (I think) be registering their previously registered name. Keep in mind, that you have a limited number of character spaces in registration names, so you want your registered herd name to be as short as possible, and if you're going to register across three sites, you will want to make sure that the name is available on all three sites. Your example name is 28 spaces long... which is pretty tight. You are limited to 30 characters with ADGA. That includes spaces. My farm name is Mig Mog Acres, but my herd name is only Mig Mog. (I didn't add an 's', because I wanted to save space, and people kind of add that when they read it once they get used to reading registration names.) So my first goat born on my farm has the registered name "Mig Mog MiniMe" Now, I also add the first two initials of their sire's names into my registered names. Makes it easier to remember who had which daddy without looking back on breeding records. So if I had been doing that with Mini, her name would have been Mig Mog AF MiniMe instead. It's a common practice, at least for ADGA registrations. I think it is with other registries as well.

Tattoos should already be in place before your goats leave their current home. It's a requirement of registration, and you are correct. They will not match tattoos of those kids born on your farm. They represent a herd tattoo in one ear, and then there is a code letter for the year they were born, and what order they came on that year in the other.

For example:

my herd tattoo is WHT5 which I put in the right ear. That signifies that this registered goat was born on my farm, under my herd name.

her left ear has D3 in it. This means she was born in 2013, and was the third goat born here that year.

I hope that helps!

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Winding River Farm (Bev) November 22, 2014 at 3:34am

If you join ADGA - they will send you a little book that tells all the rules - and I think it is also on their website.

Most people seem to use ADGA - I wouldn't personally see any reason to register in multiple places even you can.

If you are buying reg. animals they are already tattooed.
Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres November 20, 2014 at 10:00pm

Yes! Thank you for that, Julia!!
Julia @Woody Glen Farm November 20, 2014 at 7:04pm

One thing to add to Rachel's extremely informative post! If you bought a pregnant doe, then the kid's names would have the breeder's name (where the doe got pregnant), not your farm name even though they were born on your farm.
Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres November 20, 2014 at 2:27pm

I believe you can call each registry and talk to someone.

I don't tattoo unregistered kids. :) Not sure about age, but ears are softer when they are young. However, I would wait until they are ready to leave (that would make mine three to four months old) so that you have the biggest amount of space possible for your tattoo. :)
Krystal Keiser November 20, 2014 at 2:09pm

You're awesome.

How do I check if herd names are available? Also, if I sell a kid unregistered will I still tattoo him? Is there are better age to tattoo?

Thanks! Again!
Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres November 20, 2014 at 12:36pm

I only have my does and bucks registered with ADGA. It is possible to register ADGA registered goats with any other registration site, but I don't know that the reverse is true. I don't think it is. AGS goats CAN be registered with ADGA. I do know that.

When you choose your herd name, you will be choosing one that will be applied to all the goats BORN ON YOUR FARM. When registering already registered goats, you would (I think) be registering their previously registered name. Keep in mind, that you have a limited number of character spaces in registration names, so you want your registered herd name to be as short as possible, and if you're going to register across three sites, you will want to make sure that the name is available on all three sites. Your example name is 28 spaces long... which is pretty tight. You are limited to 30 characters with ADGA. That includes spaces. My farm name is Mig Mog Acres, but my herd name is only Mig Mog. (I didn't add an 's', because I wanted to save space, and people kind of add that when they read it once they get used to reading registration names.) So my first goat born on my farm has the registered name "Mig Mog MiniMe" Now, I also add the first two initials of their sire's names into my registered names. Makes it easier to remember who had which daddy without looking back on breeding records. So if I had been doing that with Mini, her name would have been Mig Mog AF MiniMe instead. It's a common practice, at least for ADGA registrations. I think it is with other registries as well.

Tattoos should already be in place before your goats leave their current home. It's a requirement of registration, and you are correct. They will not match tattoos of those kids born on your farm. They represent a herd tattoo in one ear, and then there is a code letter for the year they were born, and what order they came on that year in the other.

For example:

my herd tattoo is WHT5 which I put in the right ear. That signifies that this registered goat was born on my farm, under my herd name.

her left ear has D3 in it. This means she was born in 2013, and was the third goat born here that year.

I hope that helps!

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