Pedigree Registration

Kunekune pigs can only be pedigree registered by the breeder who must be a member of the BKKPS. Registration should be done at the point of sale.

Pigs must have been birth notified within 40 days of birth by the breeder to be eligible for registration.

If you are buying Kunekune pigs, ask that they be registered and do not leave it until your pigs are ready to breed. Contact the breeder if you have not received a pedigree certificate within a month.

All pigs must be registered before they breed or reach the age of 18 months - whichever is the sooner.

Breeders cannot register breeding boars in their first litters. Registrations for breeding boars are only allowed over a year after the herd's first litter notification.

All boars and gilts will be sent eartags which will link them to their pedigree certificates. Castrated boars are not sent society eartags but will still receive a pedigree certificate showing their breeding.

Pedigree Kunekune pigs can be identified by their pedigree eartag printed with 'Kunekune' followed by a four digit number. The writing on this ear tag will correspond to the details shown on the Pedigree Certificate.

NB Pigs will often have other ear tags to identify them, but these are not necessarily BKKPS pedigree tags. Only a society tag, accompanied by a Pedigree Certificate identifies a Pedigree Kunekune Pig.

You can read more detail about the registration rules and procedures here.