Pedigrees for your birds, without the paperwork

Why keep pedigrees

Pedigrees let you follow how colours and mutations are passed on, avoid pairing close relatives and show buyers what they are getting. When a bird goes to a show, a club or a new owner, its ring number and parentage are usually the first things people ask about, and a pedigree answers both.

What belongs on a pedigree

For every bird: its ring number, sex, species, colour and mutation, date of birth, and its father and mother. The same details for every ancestor. Notes about the breeder, show results or split factors are useful extras.

The ring number is the key. It identifies the bird at a show, on a sales record and in another breeder's stud book, so record it exactly as it is on the ring.

From notebook to digital stud book

A digital stud book stores each bird once and links it to its parents. Because the links are shared, correcting a bird corrects every pedigree it appears in, and a new chick inherits the whole family tree of its parents the moment you enter them.

In Newbred, a bird's pedigree shows three generations on the free Starter plan and up to ten on paid plans, each ancestor with ring number and colour. From the pedigree you export a PDF for buyers, shows or club records: three generations on Starter and Hobby Breeder, five on Pro Breeder and Business.

Bringing your existing pedigrees in

If your birds are in a spreadsheet, import it. You choose which column holds the ring number, sex, colour, father and mother, and Newbred links each bird to its parents by ring number, as long as the parent is in the same file or already in your account.