Birth Notification
All animals should ideally be ‘Birth Notified’ by the time they are 27 days old and must be ‘Birth Notified’ prior to sending hair samples for registration. All females should be ‘registered’ by the time they are 9 months old otherwise they will incur a late registration fee.
Birth notifications can be completed online via the Grassroots Online Registry – if the sire is not in your herd for any reason (sold or AI) you may be able to ‘search’ the animals name – be sure to spell correctly and please ensure full names are used i.e Shamrock Daisy 2 and Shamrock Daisy 22 are completely different animals.
Births must mirror that of ICBF/Agri Depts. The two systems do not work in tandem. Therefore if you birth notify an animal with the Dept of Agri you must also notify with the Society.
Please remember that ‘birth notification’ and ‘registration’ are two different processes.
- Birth notification is birth details only – adding animal to the system.
- Registration is the process in which to register the animal as pedigree.
Please detail the colour, calving ease and weight
Colour Guide
Irish Moiled’s come in a wide range of colour markings. This guide is an aid to choose the one which best represents the animal being Birth Notified.
Colour Guide
Mainly White
A predominantly white animal with red ears with or without a red band around the nose, some in this category may also have a small amount of red on the rib and or neck region.
50/50
Around 50% red and 50% white. Some in this category may have a large proportion of white with a fair amount of red over ribs and usually will have some red on the neck.
Typically Marked
As close to the preferred colour as possible, predominantly red (70-80%) with a broad white stripe the full length of back (no broken lines), white underparts and ideally a white patch on thigh. Red ears, nose and a mottled or flecked face, which may be fairly dark or light in colour.
Mainly Red
Predominantly red animals, this would include animals with a broken, very thin or no white stripe down the back at all and with or without a little white around the head often with just a white star. Under parts are usually white in particular the udder and inside of legs.