AABMGS Mini Sheep Branch Babydoll Breed Standard
https://www.aabmgs.org.au/babydoll-sheep.html
Babydoll Southdown Ewe photo used for AABMGS Registration
Babydoll Southdown Ewe photo used for AABMGS Registration
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Babydoll Southdown Ram photo used for AABMGS Registration
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AABMGS Babydoll Section
The Babydoll breed is based on the Southdown with a focus on a short, well-muscled body that makes it suitable for use in vineyards and orchards, as a dual purpose meat and wool sheep and as a terminal sire for maiden ewes. The breed is known for its easy-going temperament, attractive appearance including the Babydoll smile, efficient use of feed and good eating with smaller cuts suited to home butchering. The goals of this breed are to produce a short, stocky, easy care, easy to handle sheep with good fertility, easy lambing, good mothering, good lamb survival and good resistance to worms that is a dual purpose meat and wool sheep. A good Babydoll should catch the eye with its alertness and balanced appearance, displaying the following characteristics. Babydoll Southdowns www.aabmgs.org.au/babydoll-sheep.html Examples of photo requirements for Babydoll Registrations 
Ear Tag Photo showing Tag colour and number
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Babydoll Southdown Ewe photo used for AABMGS Registration
Rear View
Babydoll Southdown Ewe photo used for AABMGS Registration
Babydoll Southdown Ewe photo used for AABMGS Registration
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HEAD AND FACE
- Wide, with no sign of a horn.
- Not too long from eyes to nose.
- Strong, wide lower jaw. Teeth fitting well up on the pad.
- Nostrils, full and wide with dark skin preferred.
- Eyes large and bright.
- Ears of medium size and thickness with soft hair or short wool of similar colour to face and level with poll.
- Fleece on cheeks, forehead and around the eyes not so long as to obstruct vision.
- NECK AND SHOULDERS
- Neck wide at base, strong, short and well set on the shoulder with as few wrinkles as possible.
- Shoulders well set, level with the back, well covered, not too heavy and allowing free movement, no depression behind the blades.
- CHEST AND RIBS
- Ample width and sufficient depth
- Ribs well sprung.
- Fore and hind flanks fully developed
- BACK
- Back long, level and firm with a deep, wide and firm well muscled loin.
- HIND QUARTERS (THIGHS AND TWIST)
- Full, well let down, well-muscled hind saddle.
- Deep, wide muscling through the twist giving strength to the back legs and freedom of movement.
- TAIL
- Broad, almost level with the spine.
- LEGS AND FEET
- Short length legs, thick with strong bone.
- Pasterns well sprung but not sagging.
- Knees square with the body when viewed from the front.
- Forearms strong and thick with meat.
- Hind legs with a slightly forward setting from the vertical line of the pin bone.
- SCROTUM
- Good size, well hung, carrying two normal, well developed testicles.
- One or two testicles not descended or split testicles are a breed disqualification.
- UDDER
- Wide and well attached with two functioning teats.
- Extra functioning teats are discriminated against. Supernumerary (extra non-functioning) teats are not discriminated against.
- SKIN
- Delicate grey to bright pink on off-white sheep.
- Dark tones on black sheep.
- Should not have wrinkles over the body.
- FLESH
- Even and firm handling all over.
- FLEECE
- Wool short, dense and fine texture.
- Covering the whole of the body down to the hocks and knees.
- CARRIAGE
- Free and active, head well carried.
- HEIGHT AT SHOULDER
- Height below 61cm is preferred.
- Not above 61cm at one year old (breed disqualification).
- Not above 62cm in older sheep (breed disqualification).
- COLOURS AND MARKINGS
- Acceptable fleece colours: off-white, black, greys and Moorits.
- Black preferred for nose leather and hooves.
- Colour of the hair or wool on the muzzle should be:
- light tan to brown to cinnamon to mousy grey with even colours preferred for an off-white fleeced sheep
- Black for black, grey or chocolate fleeced sheep (greying with age is acceptable).
- Not lacking pigmentation (breed disqualification)
- Not black faced on off-white fleeced sheep (breed disqualification).
- Lower leg colour similar to muzzle colour.
- Sheep should be registered with their birth colour.
- Colour loss is acceptable.
- Patches and spotted are acceptable except as listed below.
- Unacceptable fleece colours and markings (breed disqualifications):
- Off-white fleeced sheep with a black muzzle and/or legs.
- Off-white sheep where both the muzzle and the legs are bright white (lacking pigmentation).
- Black-fleeced sheep with an off-white muzzle and/or legs.
- Predominately bright white (lacking pigmentation) on body.
- DISQUALIFICATIONS
- Height at shoulder above 61cm at one year old
- Height at shoulder above 62cm at two or more years old
- Solid 2.5cm or larger scurs or horns
- Roman nose
- Severe under or overbite, with distinct space between teeth and edge of dental pad
- Solid white hooves
- One or both testicles not descended
- Split testicles
- Udder with more than two functioning teats
- Off-white fleeced sheep with a black muzzle and/or legs
- Off-white fleeced sheep with muzzle and legs both bright white
- Black-fleeced sheep with an off-white muzzle and/or legs
Tanjar Katumbie in his sheep halter. Our halters are smaller in size, so perfect to suit the Babydoll.