How To Register Pygmy Goats
Application for registration national pygmy goat association 1932 149th ave se snohomish wa 98290 phone.
How to register pygmy goats. Membership is not required for goat registration but it lowers the registration fee and provides many other benefits. There are two types of pygmy goats that are sold in the us. Goats can range anywhere from 50 to 300 depending on various factors including sex weight size age and temper. Medium grey agouti goats. From disease prevention to identifying a goat s breed and purpose registration records are vital.
All goat keepers are required by law to register a holding number and a herd number. Pygmy goats are more. There are additional costs that may need to be covered to make sure your house farm is ready to take on this new animal. Conquering the registration application. This applies even if only 2 goats are kept in the back garden.
Wow it is spring and your barn is full of beautiful kids. Most common registration mistakes 1 all items are not completed. To register contact your local defra office department for environment food rural affairs all goats must now be identified by two forms of identification. Now your thoughts turn toward shows and future breeding plans. Nigerian dwarf goats and african pygmy goats.
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. Ask a breeder for registration records before purchasing a goat. One must be an ear tag but the second may be either a tag or a tattoo. 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. American goat society international dairy goat association accepted breeds include french alpine lamancha nigerian dwarf nubian oberhasli pygmy saanen sable and toggenburg.
Nigerian dwarf goats have the build of a dairy breed at a smaller scale and have shorter coats.