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    • (JOIN AABMGS) Membership
    • About AABMGS
    • AABMGS Committee 2022-2023
    • Contact
    • Premium Breed
    • Policies, Objectives & Code of conduct
    • Neogen DNA
    • AFFILIATED CLUBS
  • STARTING OUT
    • New Buyers Guide- Goats
    • CAE & JOHNE'S DISEASE
    • BUYING YOUR NEW BUCK
    • New Buyers Guide- SHEEP
  • Find Breeders
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • ACT
    • Victoria
    • Western Australia
    • International
  • Goats
    • Australian Miniature Goat
    • Pygmy Goat
    • Miniature Anglo Nubian
    • Nigerian Dwarf
    • Elf Goat
    • Miniature Boer
    • Miniature Saanen
    • Australian Miniature Silky Goat
    • Colonial Percy Island goats
  • Sheep
    • Harlequin Mini Meat Sheep
    • Persian Sheep
    • Babydoll Southdown
    • Coloured Babydoll Southdown Sheep
  • Forms
    • Goat registration
    • Sheep registration
    • Transfer ownership
    • Update registration
    • Buck/ram service certificate
  • Shows
    • show results
    • Australian Champions, A,Ch
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PictureColoured Babydoll


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MINIATURE AND SMALL SHEEP BREEDS

AABMGS recognises and registers breeds that are traditionally small or have been more recently bred to be small:
  • Babydoll Sheep (a small dual purpose sheep breed based on the Southdown)
  • Persian Sheep (an ancient small domestic breed rare in Australia)
  • Harlequin Mini Meat Sheep (developed for ease of handling and management on smaller properties).
  • Coloured Babydoll Southdown Sheep (a small dual purpose sheep breed based on the Southdown)
Babydoll sheep
Babydoll lamb (Tanjar stud)
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Tanjar Cheddar and Tanjar Little Meg taken by Deborah Royans

CARING FOR SHEEP

Even though they are smaller, miniature sheep are relatively hardy and require the usual care. Depending on the breed and individual sheep, this can include providing.
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  • pasture to graze
  • supplementary feeding in dry times or when pasture is inadequate
  • a supply of clean drinking water
  • mineral supplements (most often licks) to compensate for any mineral deficiencies
  • protection from predators such as dogs and foxes
  • company of other sheep
  • vaccinations
  • management of parasitic worms
  • management for flystrike
  • shearing and crutching if sheep has wool
  • hoof trimming
  • management of reproduction and lambing


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Coloured Babydolls
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