A Nubian's file is the file of a serious dairy animal. Those long bell ears and the breed's rich milk mean her records usually include registry papers, a season-by-season milk history, breeding and kidding notes, and the herd paperwork of the farm where she stands — all of it addressed, all of it wrong the morning after a move. Nubians are also famously vocal, and the doe announcing herself at a new fence line deserves paperwork as well organized as she is loud. Update it from identity through production to permission.
Registry, tattoo, and herd identification
Identity paperwork comes first. Read her tattoo and compare it with her registration papers in the new barn, and notify the registry of the change of address so her record, her show history, and the paperwork of any registered kids point at the new farm. Update tag, microchip, and premises identification records to match, including any herd identification used in official movement or disease-control systems. Write her description freshly for the file — ear length and set, colour pattern, any markings — because Nubian breed type is distinctive but individual does in a herd blur together, and a vet or relief milker working from the file should be able to walk into the pen and pick out the right doe without a guessing game.
Milk records, breeding history, and the kidding calendar
Production records are the heart of a Nubian file. Carry her milk history into a new page headed with the new address: lactation stage, recent yields, butterfat-rich reputation aside, the actual numbers from the old farm, and her drying-off or milking status on moving day — because Nubians are seasonal breeders with pronounced heats, note where she is in her cycle and any breeding already done, with the buck's details and expected kidding dates, so the new farm's calendar is built on facts. Update the herd book and any milk recording scheme or dairy paperwork that lists her, and if milk leaves the farm under any licence, label, or customer arrangement carrying an address, refresh those records with the new one before the next collection or sale.
Veterinary handover for a dairy doe
The veterinary handover needs dairy specifics, not just a change of address form. Send her new goat vet the whole picture before the first visit: kidding history including any difficult deliveries, udder health and past mastitis scares described in general terms, vaccination and parasite control records, hoof care, and her condition trend — Nubians carry weight differently from finer dairy breeds, and her file should show what normal looks like for her. Register the practice's number in the herd file with the after-hours route, because dairy emergencies keep dairy hours: a doe in trouble kidding at dawn cannot wait for an address update. Note the new property's pasture and housing in the handover too, since a change of grazing and bedding is context for almost every goat health question that follows a move.
Rules, deliveries, and one herd file at the new gate
Close with place and people. Confirm the new property's livestock rules, permits, and any premises registration the move triggers, and file the written answer with her papers. Update feed, hay, and bedding deliveries with access notes for the new farm, and refresh the contacts who matter to a milking herd: relief milker, breeding partner or buck owner, transporter, and the neighbour who can open a gate and catch a doe. Then bind the whole set together — registry papers, milk pages, breeding calendar, vet history, permissions, contacts — with the old address preserved on a cover note until confirmations land. Kept as her KinsLe Pet Passport, a Nubian's records form one portable packet, so her identity and dairy history speak as clearly as she does at the new farm.