The Overall Direction Of HRW Is To Protect Red Wattles As A Heritage
Breed As Nature Alone Created. In Doing So HRW Members And Breeders
Are Also Protected. It Takes Teamwork, Creativity, Compassion And
Understanding By All Parties.
HRW members only can register hogs. Anyone can own a registered hog.
Registration will follow the hog with or without HRW membership. Non
HRW members can also transfer ownership of a registered hog when in
possession of and by submitting the official original registration
document listing him or her as the owner. Registration follows the
hog not the owner although ownership information is necessary to
track the hog in keeping the registration and pedigree correct and
to eliminate possibilities of fraud.
Minimum age for registration is 12 weeks or 3 months. Maximum age is
18 months of age. Hogs over 18 months of age may be registered by
submitting DNA confirmation of both sire and dam proving parentage.
No hog will be registered if sale date is prior to 12 weeks or three
months of age.
Registered hogs must have HRW acceptable form of identification. Ear
notch, ear tag, or microchip. Microchip only acceptable with
confirming veterinary certificate submitted.
Breeder or seller of any registered or to be registered hog must
provide buyer with copies of either the completed official
registration form, or the completed application to be registered.
Breeder or seller of any registered or to be registered hog must
submit completed original registration or registration application
to HRW within 2 weeks of sale or purchase.
All hogs to be registered must meet or exceed HRW breed standards.
Anyone selling a bred hog that is registered to them at time of
breeding, will be listed as breeder regardless of sire or location.
Persons must own or be in the process of obtaining a Red Wattle to
become a HPRW member.
DNA of registered hogs at this time is not required with the
exception of requesting duplicate registrations. Subject to change
when DNA can track particular swine breed traits that better serve
the breed.
Membership to HRW must be valid at time of farrowing or litter will
not be registered. No exceptions.
Recovery or R to R registrations are allowed to complete full
registration. No registrations will be issued if breeding is sibling
to sibling, sire to daughter or dam to son. 4 color pictures must be
submitted with registration application consisting of both complete
left and right sides, rear end and head or face. No new beginning
registrations will be issued for R 1 or Recovery 1 to begin the
recovery process. HRW is allowing all hogs currently in the recovery
program to complete that process.
Primary farm or home for Red Wattles must be Red Wattle hog breed
only.
No hog shall be named after buyers name or buyers farm name or
initials.
Additional Information And Or Requirements
Official HRW registration documents should be kept in a safe place. In the event a duplicate registration is needed the following procedure is required. This procedure helps to keep both buyer and seller safer from fraud and encourages all members to keep registration documents safe where they can be easily located.
6 clear color pictures of the hog must be provided to the HRW consisting of: one picture of each ear showing notches. One picture of the rear of the hog. One picture each of both the left and right side of the hog and capturing head, tail, feet and back. One picture of the face or head on. These may be mailed or emailed. There will be no exceptions. Duplicate registration documents will be marked and recorded as duplicate while still being legal. The original first registration will be recorded as invalid. There is a $50.00 charge for all duplicate registration document requests. $60.00 for our Canadian members.
All charges of selling or purchasing are considered a personal transaction between seller and buyer. HRW has no input or liability.
As a HRW member, you must have” some skin in the game” by having ownership of at least one Red Wattle hog. Non-ownership is grounds for immediate removal from HRW.
No genetics past or present from any previous or current flagged or otherwise identified hog will be accepted or registered with Heritage Red Wattles unless or until a minimum of 6 generations has passed from initial flag or identification. No exceptions. Flag or identified as not meeting purebred Red Wattle and/or the breed standards.
No other swine breed or crossed swine breed will be residing on the same property (farm(s) or area(s)) as Red Wattles. Other swine breeds or crossed swine breeds may be owned but must be kept separately on property other than where Red Wattles reside. This helps to avoid accidental or intentional cross breedings.
Naming or identifying a hog with breeder name, farm name or initials is not required. Doing so sets the hog apart as part of the breeder genetics and farm. It may be desired and is permissible. Naming a hog after a buyer or buyer farm is not permissible. They are not the breeder and it can be confusing to anyone researching or contemplating purchase.
In the event a breeding hog is borrowed or loaned, the owner of the female is always considered the owner of the entire litter. Private arrangements may be made in writing by the involved parties. HRW will not become involved in those private arrangements. Copies of that private arrangement must be submitted to HRW upon any registration request in order to keep pedigrees correct on breeder, owner, sire and dam.
HRW does not condone, desire, or approve of leasing, loaning or borrowing of specific hogs to form a breeding business. Multiple uses of specific hogs creates genetic bottlenecks and a higher likelihood of accidental or intentional in-breeding resulting in genetic problems. Hogs going from multiple farm to farm also increases the likelihood of disease transfer. Multiple uses of specific hogs will be monitored and swiftly halted with membership and registrations promptly removed. Monitoring overuse of specific hogs is also the responsibility of the HRW member who is encouraged to investigate the breeder and hog and not become involved if the breeding hog is used multiple times as a service to customers or breeders, ie: a breeding business.
With membership to HRW comes the responsibility to assure any registered or to be registered hog is done properly and timely regardless if the purchaser wants or will use the registration in the future.This method assures no registered hog is lost regardless of ownership. Population is important to the success of this breed and it’s counted by the amount of registered hogs. As a member you have the official registration or access to the application for registration. You know the history of the sires and dams and you know litter information. A buyer usually doesn’t. You should assure the buyer has copies of all documentation before that buyer leaves with a hog(s). You already have the original document out to make copies, so put it in an envelope addressed to HRW and you’re done. There is no valid excuse to linger.
All buyers of registered or to be registered Red Wattles are encouraged never to leave with a hog(s) without copies of the documentation.Without proof of the transaction, a buyer has no grounds for complaint. In the event a HRW member does not follow thru with this requirement, the buyer can submit their copies as proof the sale or transfer occurred. The HRW member stands to harm his or her reputation as not reliable or trustworthy. Consistent such infractions can result in member removal from HRW.
HRW stands alone as a registry with their own rules, standards and requirements and should never be subjected or compared to other registries or their operations. HRW membership is always voluntary and by submitting membership all members agree to abide by HRW rules, standards and requirements.
Dual registration is allowed only if the hog to be registered with HRW meets all HRW breed standards and rules for registration regardless of other registries. All registration numbers with HRW will always begin with a letter followed by 4 numbers. Example: A0010.
HRW reserves the right and obligation to remove a member who violates HRW rules for registration and or breed standards or whose Red Wattle, HRW business practices violates or harms others. HRW assumes the obligation to defend the breed and membership as a whole by removing a member who violates HRW listed practices or whose actions harm the breed or others.
