Registering Your Sheep

ISBONA is the breed association which certifies registrations for 100% purebred Icelandic sheep born in the US. For Icelandics born in Canada, the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association (CSBA) is recognized by ISBONA as the breed association for registration. This allows ISBONA to represent North American breeders most effectively by registering sheep in the country of their birth.

Both CSBA and ISBONA use the services of the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC) as their offical registrar.

CLRC is a separate government-enabled organization, located in Canada, which is responsible for handling member enrollments, registrations and transfers and other transactions of purebred, registered Icelandic sheep. All registered Icelandics have been registered through CLRC since their arrival in North America and all pedigrees are maintained in CLRC databases based on the sheep's country of birth.

For members to register their lambs, they must first join the correct breed association (ISBONA or CSBA) based on their location or may choose to pay non member rates to the correct breed association. You must possess documentation of ownership of your purebred, registered stock. All of the forms needed are located on the website pages specified below. An electronic entry is also available after you are enrolled in your breed association. 

CLRC then will handle all registration related duties including transfers, certificates, etc. Forms and instructions for all of these details are covered on the CLRC website on the respective breed association page:

For ISBONA: https://www.clrc.ca/associations/isbona.  Or select "Icelandic Sheep USA" as Breed Association in the drop down menu on the CLRC website at https://www.clrc.ca. This is for US Icelandic breeders.

For CSBA: https://www.clrc.ca/associations/sheep. OR select "SHEEP" as the Breed Association in the drop down menu; then select ICELANDIC as the Breed on the CLRC website at https://www.clrc.ca. This is for Canadian Icelandic breeders.

To register/transfer sheep, you will need a CLRC-issued Flock Code (or CLRC membership number in Canada). You can apply for your Flock Code on your Membership Application; you may also apply for a Flock Name to identify your sheep. You will also need a CLRC-issued Membership number for your breed association. 

Please see respective breed association fee schedules and other documents found on the CLRC website page for each breed association.

Note that US members must identify sheep by tattooing the Flock Code and a number in their sheep's ears or by tagging with similar identification; US members are also required to follow the Sheep Naming Convention set out by ISBONA. Canadian members should follow the similar Canadian identification requirements, and we encourage them to use the Naming Convention as well.

Color, Genetics and Coding

ISBONA Sheep Naming Convention Chart.

 

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