Pedigree Question...

[Chin_Pig]

so i have an animal who's mother is from a breeder who is an ancestor to some of my other animals.

i was looking at her pedigree and a pedigree of another animal i have with the same ancestors.

am i reading the pedigree right? the sire on top line and dam on bottom line? or do some pedigrees show dam on top line and sire on bottom line?

my chins mom is M144 and if i read it as sire on top line and dam on bottom then her grandmother, F85, is a female. i have on another pedigree that F85 is a male...

im so confused...:confused2:

 

[AZChins]

I always put the dam on the top line, but other people may do it differently. I'm not sure if there is any type of set way of writing up a pedigree so every breeder or rancher may do it differently.

When I write up numbers I always put a M or and F in it so that I don't get confused about the sex of the chin. People have to be really careful or they can get the dam and sire confused in pedigrees that go back many generation.

 

[Becky]

They are done both ways. Somewhere on the pedigree it should tell you which is which.

 

[aznmexaggie]

All my chin peds have dam on top and sire on bottom.

Some pedigree software will do it the other way around though.

 

[KissThis]

All of my chin pedigrees are also dam on top, sire on the bottom. Though for dogs and horses it is the opposite, sire on top, dam on the bottom.

Also check the ranch brands, since you can have F85 from breeder A and another unrelated animal with the same number from breeder B.

 

[mishalaa]

Most pedigrees I have received have dam on top and sire on bottom, and some weren't marked M/F so I had to ask which was where. The pedigree program I use, however, puts sire on top and I don't have the option to flip it. But it also says SIRE and DAM in each box.

I prefer having sires on top, but it's of little importance as long as I know who is who.

 

[Riven]

I don't have the option to flip my peds in my program either and it drives some people insane....

 

[chin-nw]

My software program lets you choose whether you want the Sire on top or the dam. My pedigrees have the dam on top. I print my out in color, pink for females, males are blue. Just so the buyer can easily tell. It can get confusing when you get a pedigree and you dont know how the breeder does theirs.

 

[aznmexaggie]

Those who can choose whether dam or sire are on top, which ped program do you use?

 

[saphire]

I have the male on top, either way, I indicate it on my peds which is which. This avoids any confusion.

 

[Chin_Pig]

Also check the ranch brands, since you can have F85 from breeder A and another unrelated animal with the same number from breeder B.

well looking at this animal he/she produced two 'J' animals from two different partners.

i will contact the people i got the one from and ask about their ped.

my program says 'sire' and 'dam'

 

[Mt. Zion Chins]

I always put the sire on top/the dam on the bottom. I also state that on my peds. I am used to doing that way since I many years ago I bred pedigree show cats. I can't figure why chins are opposite since dogs,cats and horses do it my way