Is your flock inventory up to date?
Clean up the inventory and remove all animals that are no longer in the flock before going into the new lambing season. This will also help to increase your Data…
Use the Inbreeding Checker when mating
Inbreeding occurs when closely related animals are mated. The inbreeding checker will allow you to control the levels of inbreeding within your flock. How to Select a Ram? You can…
New scrapie cert ordering screen!
Sheep Ireland have built a new screen which will allow breeder to request their national genotyping programme (NGP) or scrapie certs. These certs are required for export sales and exporting…
How to score lambing difficulty
Accurately recording lambing difficulty is essential when documenting a lambing event. It is vital that difficult lambing events are recorded accurately to prevent farmers making incorrect breeding choices in the future, which…
Lambing Report Help
Welcome to the updated lambing report. This report provides valuable insights into your flock's lambing performance. For ewes, it details lambing status, litter size, lambing difficulty scores, milk production, mothering…
Recording Embryo Transfer Lambing
When recording Embryo Transfers (ET) lambs breeders must avoid to record the ET as 'naturally born' lambs under the Genetic (Donor) ewe. ET lambs must be recorded against their Surrogate/Recipient…
The Data Quality Index (DQI)
The Data Quality Index (DQI) rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the flock data recorded in LambPlus programme over the previous year. This index can be used to help LambPlus breeders identify…
How to record Mating?
Recording Mating? (watch this video): Where a ewe has been Single Sire Mated, there are 4 options available, Laproscopic AI Cervical AI Natural Serve Natural Serve with the use of…
Ram Report
If you want to see this tutorial, just click the Help button again and select Tutorial. It will give you a tour through the report screen, by clicking "next" in…
Pedigree Management Help
You can then filter your flock by the following options if necessary: Pedigree, Birth Notified / Pending, Rejected, Ineligible, or All. To search for a particular animal to manage the…
Your personal Sheep Ireland account homepage
Your Current DQI The Data Quality Index (DQI) is a new index that rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data recorded on the flock over the…
The timeline for getting Genomic Evaluations
Any breeder that has not ordered their genotype tags yet should do so as soon as possible to ensure they have results for their rams for the main ram sale…