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What is Source, and which to use

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The animal's Source answers the question, “How did this animal come to be in my herd?”, and determines the animal’s initial status setting. The Source is a major driver for reporting information such as kids produced by your herd, animals you've purchased, and boarding and leasing periods. You set the animal's Source when adding the animal to your herd.

There are really just four ways an animal can enter your herd. Most of the time, determining the animal's source is generally straight forward: 
  • The animal was born into your herd. You own its dam and the animal carries your herd name.
  • You purchased, won, found, were given, or traded for.
  • You are leasing the animal. It is in your herd and you are acting as its agent/owner, but you don't legally own it.
  • You are boarding the animal. You have possession of someone else's animal for care, breeding, etc.

More Complex Cases

If you are involved with leasing or boarding activities, purchase or sell pregnant does with "kid back" clauses, or register animals you've purchased under your herd/ranch name, determining the correct Source can be more complex. To speak to those cases, here are a couple of basic premises we used for our examples: 

1. The owner of a doe at the time of conception is the official breeder of the offspring.

2. When an animal is leased, the agreement between the owner and the agent assigns "ownership" of the animal to the agent for the purpose of breeder assignment of the offspring.

Note: Most registries operate under these policies, but we have found at least one exception to premise #1. If you have registered animals we recommend you verify what your registry's policies are and mirror them in your records.

Born in my Herd


Use this source for the offspring when adding an animal that carries your herd/ranch name, such as:

1. You owned the dam at the time of conception, and...
  • the dam was in your herd when the offspring was born; or,
  • the dam was boarding out when the offspring was born; or,
  • you sold the dam while she was pregnant, and the offspring is returned to your herd.
2. You were leasing the dam at the time of conception, and...
  • the dam was in your herd when the offspring was born; or,
  • you returned the dam to her owner while she was pregnant, and the offspring is returned to your herd.

Purchased


Use this source when:

1. You did not own, and were not leasing, the dam at the time of conception, and...
  • you purchased, traded something for, were given, found, or won the animal; or,
  • you are registering the animal under your herd/ranch name. (this excludes the animal from your herd's kid production reports)
2. You owned the dam, but she was leased out at the time of conception, and you are adding her offspring who carry the leaser's herd/ranch name.

3. A doe you are boarding kids on your premises, and you purchased or were given the kids.

Leasing


Use this source for animals that you are leasing into your herd.

Boarding


Use this source when:
  • You are boarding an animal into your herd.
  • A doe you are boarding kids on your premises and you are adding her offspring.

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