COLOURED BABYDOLL SOUTHDOWNS
Photo with permission from Deb Royans
Tanjar Buckeye
measuring 52cm @18 months old
First Coloured Ram registered Purebred
with AAMBGS and in Australia
Photo with permission from Deb Royans
Tanjar Buckeye
measuring 52cm @18 months old
First Coloured Ram registered Purebred
with AAMBGS and in Australia
Coloured Babydoll Southdown
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
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
* 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
- 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 *
Tanjar Rusty Grade C 75 % Babydoll Registered AABMGS Showing progression of colour to adult shade |
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 Wether Photo by permission
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. |
Ram lamb showing Transverse stripe under solid coloured lamb
(This lamb was crutched revealing this pattern )
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Progression of transverse stripes from lamb to adult shade
Tanjar Buckeye AABMGS Purebred Ram
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
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Camare Smocky Grade C 75%
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Tanjar ewe before and after shearing showing the faded sunleached coat and the black skin underneath
Grade D 50 %
Grade D 50 %
Silver /grey colour
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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 . |
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Nose marks
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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 
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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
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
