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British Bleu du Maine Sheep Society
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Membership terms
Photo of Bleu du Maine sheep and showerAnnual subscription of £17.63 (including VAT).
Payment by Bankers Order only - due 1st January each year. Application forms for membership with a Banker's Order are available from the Secretary.

Charges & Categories of Registration for 2004

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  There are two categories for all animals - Notified status and Full Pedigree Registration.
    

Members may register lambs using the forms provided by the Society. The fee for 2004 is £10+VAT (£11.75)

The latest that the Society can receive your birth notifications without penalty is as follows:-

- January born lambs by 30th April
- February lambs by 31st May
- March lambs by 30th June
- April lambs by 31st July

- Late registration fees will be double the normal fee if these dates are not adhered to.

OR

     A member of the Society may elect to purchase a minimum of 10 registrations on a block booking system. The member must purchase prior to 30th April a minimum of 10 registration places, and has until the 1st November in that year, to nominate the animals he/she wishes to register. Any credit which may be remaining, will be held by the Society for use by the member in the following year. Lambs must be registered in their year of birth.

Lamb Registration period:

     1st period - forms to be returned by 30th April. This period is for lambs that you wish to exhibit at official shows and enter at official society sales. All sheep must have been registered prior to entry into an official sale. Any animal found entered for a sale but not registered will be charged double registration fee.
     2nd Period - forms to be returned by 30th November. This period of registration is for all other lambs that you wish to register.

All lambs must be registered in the year of their birth and therefore the second period of registration is the final opportunity for breeders to register sheep. Lambs may only be registered with the Society by the owner of the ewe at the time of birth.

     For members of Blue Sires. All lambs recorded at the 8 week weigh date must be birth notified to the Society, within two weeks, and a B/N fee paid with the application. Notified animals are not entered into the flock book, nor are pedigree certificates issued for them, but their details are retained on the Society's computerised record system. If at any time owners of Notified animals wish to obtain full pedigree status, they should apply to the office for the correct form. On payment of a further fee the animal will be issued with a pedigree and entered into the flock book. The fee for 2004 will be £2 per lamb at B/N and a further £8 for full pedigree status.

     Breeders must apply for full pedigree status for:
- Rams that are used in pedigree flocks as flock sires ;
- Rams for which the owner requires a three generation pedigree certificate;
- Rams from which semen has been collected.


Any animal that is to be shown at an agricultural show or offered for sale at a Society sale must be fully registered at the time of entry. Any animal found entered incorrectly will be charged double registration fees.

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