Locations
Movement of livestock
Pedigree explorer
Comparing pedigrees
Herd inventory
 
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Herd Management I
Managing your Herd

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The following set of screen shots taken from HerdLogic™ will give you an idea of the type of information you can track in HerdLogic™. To expand each screen to full size, in a New Window, simply click on any screen below.

Locations

HerdLogic™ uses the concept of "Locations". A location can be a real or imaginary place, where any group of your herd can reside. Examples of real locations are names for pastures, paddocks, barns, etc. Examples for imaginary locations are, 'sold', 'sire not owned', 'deceased', 'culled', etc. Individual Animal
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Since there is no limit on the number of animals you can track in HerdLogic™, you can store pedigrees, or other information on animals you do not own, but are interested in. For example, a potential acquisition of a new sire for your herd. You can assign these animals to a separate location, and flag them as not being part of your herd inventory. Records for any animals not assigned to a location are hidden from view ("<unassigned>").

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Movement of Livestock

Move animals between locations
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Animals can be moved between real or imaginary locations, either in groups, or as individuals. All moves between locations are recorded in a log. You can print this log at any time.
Any offspring not yet weaned will be listed with the mother, until weaned.
All records for an animal that is moved to <unassigned>, a 'blank' location, will remain hidden, until moved to a named location. Animals in <unassigned>, however, will always show in the pedigree as ancestors and as offspring in the Pedigree Explorer.

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Pedigree Explorer

The Pedigree Tree will display 5 generations, starting with the selected animal. The pedigree Form also shows all offspring produced by the animal selected. Right clicking on any ancestor shown in the pedigree, or any offspring shown below, will immediately show the pedigree for the newly selected animal. Pedigree with Ancestors and Progeny
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HerdLogic™ will automatically place the name and sex for the last 10 animals viewed in the Pedigree Tree on the menu of the explorer. This allows you to return quickly for another look or selection of a different ancestor, or offspring. For Alpacas, Llamas, Goats and Sheep options, the Pedigree Tree can display fiber, or wool related information.

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Comparing Pedigrees

Compare pedigrees
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One of the most tedious parts for any livestock breeder is comparing pedigrees of females and males in the herd, to check if there are any common ancestors. HerdLogic™ makes this task easy. You can compare the pedigree of any 10 male animals with any 10 female animals at one time.
Any common ancestor will be flagged in the pedigree of the male and the female. The pedigrees are dynamic, which means you can drag any ancestor from the same sex into the position of the animal for which you wanted to compare the pedigree originally. A comparison will now be made for this ancestor and its ancestors. Any comparison can be printed. If you find a "matching" pair, you can print the pedigree for the offspring (not yet born) that will result from their mating.
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in Adobe® Acrobat format.

HerdLogic™ will list additional information for the selected dam and sire. This information consists of: Microchip ID, Registration(s), Tag Number, Current Owner, Date of Birth, Age on date this report was printed with date printed, last recorded weight and date, Number of Offspring produced of each sex, and Breeding Status (for females only).

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Herd Inventory

HerdLogic™ provides some very powerful reporting features for your herd. Some examples of reports you can produce in HerdLogic™ are listed in the reporting section. More sample reports will be added over time.

The herd inventory report allows you to display the animals by owner, or by location. You can also select the order in which you want the animals to be listed. You can specify three sort keys in ascending, or descending, order for:
Species, Registered name, Sex, Breed (or fleece type), Date of birth, Price, Primary color.

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There are two different formats for the herd inventory report. One a compact report used only two lines per animal, and is especially designed to provide you with a means for a quick head count of the animals in each location. For this reason, the report will group the animals by location and will also report the number of animals in each location.
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