Does anyone know what the process is to "register" sheep? I have a pretty good idea that what it means is that if you have an offspring of two registered animals, you can register the offspring...what if you don't know who the parents are? My guess in this case is, you can't register them? So then, if you have animals that are not registered, but you breed them, can you then register the offspring since both parents are known? If you do this, i.e. register the offspring of two unregistered aniamls, are they "just as registered" as another set of animals where the parents, grandparents, great-grandparents etc are all known? How important is that?
Does all this really matter? We are looking to branch out to a starter flock of sheep...the exact breed to be determined, but a small flock of sheep that I know of is available, and they "seem" like decent animals. A few ewes, a yearling, and two breeding bucks with different blood lines....
When we set out on this plan, we planned on getting registered animals, under the assumption that thye would cost more, but would also cause the eventual offspring to be worth more as well to potential buyers...
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