LambPlus is the performance recording service provided by Sheep Ireland to all pedigree and commercial sheep farmers in Ireland.

Signups are now open and will close on the 16th of December

How to sign up?

Existing LambPlus breeders can now renew their LambPlus membership for 2025. 

Go to www.sheep.ie and log into your current account. You will find a “Join LambPlus for 2025” yellow banner.

Complete the required criteria, ensure to agree to the Terms & Conditions, and then click “save” to proceed.

If you are a member of the breed societies of which Sheep Ireland hosts their flockbooks (see below list ‘Pedigree Breeds we host’), you can also sign up through your account by using the online application in the same way.

Remember that if you are a pedigree breeder of the breed societies that we host and plan to join LambPlus, you must have a membership with the society first, and they will set your account as a member of the relevant breed on the Sheep Ireland database.

For new members, who are commercial or hill farmers/breeders, and for breeders of the societies we don’t host, and want to do performance recording of the flock using LambPlus, you can contact us for creating an account (see contact details below).

The option of joining LambPlus is open to pedigree (€50 to €100) and commercial or hill farmers/breeders (Free).

Important: For Hill breeders wanting to genotype and sell SIS eligible rams, you DON’T need to join LambPlus. We can set a commercial account for the genotyping, with no need to join our performance recording programme.

 

Pedigree Breeds we host Pedigree Breeds we do not host
BR Belclare BL Bluefaced Leicester
BT Blue Texel BN Bleu du Maine
BX Beltex BO Border Leicester
CL Charollais CV Cheviot
CD Cladoir DK Dassenkop
DC Donegal Cheviot DT Dorset Horn and Poll
DS Dutch Spotted EC Easy Care
GL Galway IF Ile de France
HD Hampshire Down LY LLeyn
IS Irish Suffolk MF Milford
MC Mayo Connemara OD Oxford Down
RL Rouge de l’Ouest SH Shropshire
RY Ryeland (*) Other breeds
SU Suffolk (**) If your breed is not listed, contact SI
TX Texel
VB Valais Blacknose
VN Vendeen
ZB Zwartbles

 

As part of LambPlus, farmers are expected to record a variety of key events such as; mating, pregnancy scanning, lambing information and weights.

Genetic evaluations are generated once key performance information is entered and €urostar Index’s are then produced for all animals involved in the programme.

To view a detailed timeline of what is exactly involved and what you need to record as a member of LambPlus, please click here: LambPlus – Sheep Ireland

 

For more information call 023 882 0451, send a WhatsApp to 083 2063734, or email [email protected].