I bought two doelings this spring (from Deborah) both are registered ADGA. I recently bought a buckling with the paperwork to register him with AGS, but I want to register him ADGA. Since he's not registered with AGS yet (I just have the application), it's not a matter of transferring him from AGS to ADGA. Do I need to register him with AGS first? Should I also register the girls with AGS? Is there an advantage for me to have my goats registered with both AGS and ADGA? If I do both, then there is the whole issue of making sure my ADGA tattoo and herd name are also available with AGS, right? All of this registration stuff makes my head spin.
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Thanks, Deborah. That's kind of what I thought as far as registering my buckling. I am surprised that people don't go ahead and register goats that can be registered. It seems to me that regardless of what ones current goat plans are it allows for more options in the future. And, it's not really that costly.
AGS and ADGA have reciprocal registration, so if a goat is registered in one, it can be registered in the other. In your case, the buck needs to be registered in AGS before you can register him in ADGA. To sell registered kids you need to have both sire and dam registered with the same registry, and then kids can be registered in that registry.
If you want to do both, then you need to make sure that the tattoo is the same with both registries. It isn't mandatory that the herd name be the same with both registries, but it makes sense that the herd name be the same, because otherwise your goats will have different registered names with the different registries.
Some would say that if your goats are registered in both registries, they're more appealing to people who buy them, but I would disagree with that. The vast majority of people who buy goats don't ever bother registering them. I know that because ADGA has a list of "ever owned" goats online, and all of my kids should be in there, but it's only a very small percentage that have ever been registered. Most people never show or go on milk test, and that's the only time that you actually NEED to have registration papers. This year I've been asking people for their ADGA ID so I can register the kids online and transfer them, and only two people have given it to me (including you). So, most people don't even care if the goats are registered in one registry. Forget two or three. That's why I quit automatically giving people registration applications for both, and I ask now which registry they want.