Photo – Tanjar
To be registered as a coloured Grade A, Babydoll Southdown the sheep must have one registered coloured parent per generation back to and including the great-great-grandparents.
Information to be provided for registration is the same as for Grade A.
Purebred Coloured sheep Registered with AABMGS will need to provide DNA testing results and have their DNA results published on Premium Breed.
Ewes or rams that are born white from one coloured parent and one white parent will have APCX placed on their paperwork.
To be registered as an off-white Purebred Babydoll Southdown, the Grade A or AA Babydoll Southdown must have a pedigree back to and including the great-great-grandparents that consist entirely of off-white sheep
Colours and Markings that are currently in the Babydoll appendix showing shade and degrees of black
- Moorit
- Grey/silver/light black
- Rapid colour loss
- Facial markings
- Spots/patches
* Breeders do not know what shades of black a lamb may go or wether it has retaining facial marks /spots or rapid colour loss *
Moorit Colour
Tanjar Rusty Grade C 75 % Babydoll Registered AABMGS
Showing progression of colour to adult shade
Transverse Stripes
Only visible upon shearing lambs in their first year.
This pattern will fade and the adult sheep will usually have a lighter coloured coat but keeping its dark points eg legs ,face and ears.
Progression of transverse stripes from lamb to adult shade
Tanjar Buckeye AABMGS Purebred Ram
Black Babydoll
Black babydolls often faded from black to sunbleached brown these come in a vary of shades but when shorn will return to a shade of black colour
Tanjar ewe before and after shearing showing the faded sunleached coat and the black skin underneath Grade D 50 %
Silver /grey colour
Tanjar YT28 GRADE D
This ewe has a silver /grey tone to her wool and after shearing shows a lighter shade of black
Rapid colour loss
These sheep are carrying a gene that causes rapid colour loss where by the colour changes from black to a light brown in a rapid succession .
Nose marks
Nose spots tend to come in when the sheep are older it may not be visible on lambs but visible as adults
Tanjar Billy as a lamb and as an adult
Up side down Y
Genetics are fascinating and some babydolls Appendix and Purebred have a distinct Facial mark
Often the mark is visible after shearing as an example below other times it doesn’t return as in Tanjar Domino
Spots and Patches
Spots/patches are quite common and all are acceptable on Coloured Babydolls
