Herd Books
For Windows XP and Vista
Features
Herd Books has several features to cover most aspects of herd management (click on any image for a larger view):
The Cow Page displays 22 preset information items plus a photo. Type in a cow name and use the pop-up lists to enter her record. Click on Enter New Calf to record a birth. Click on Photo to enlarge it or to add a new digital photo. Click on Show Tree to display a maternal family tree.
The
Calf Page will display up to 14 of the
cow's calves. New calves can often be entered with no typing,
by selecting from lists that pop-up beside text boxes. You can
easily edit the lists to suit your operation. Heifers are
added to the herd by displaying a calf's record and clicking
Make Calf a Cow.
Each cow has a Maternal Family Tree that
shows the cow's dam, her sisters and her daughters. This can
help you spot genetic trends in cow lines. One a cow is
entered in the herd, her tree will automatically update as her heifers are
added to the herd. You can navigate up and down the trees,
moving from one cow's record to the next.
There are several Tagging System Options
for both calf tags and CCIA tags to select from to allow easier
entry of calves. These options allow the auto-fill of numbers
for new calves; so the proper tag numbers will be entered for you
when you enter a new calf.
The Tool Menu
To
use a Pop-up List - click on an
entry box - then click on a word from the list to pass it
into the entry box. 
You can customize the Lists that pop-up
when you click on an entry box. Lists allow for fast mouse click entry of record boxes.
CCIA numbers can either be auto-entered on the New Calf Entry or batch entered later. Batch entry allows you to save your work anytime. Batch entry is fast and simple to use; once a CCIA tag number has been entered you won't have to type in another until you begin a new set of tags. The program will send the numbers to the Herd files and then create a csv. file with actual birthdates to upload to the CLIA website - no more spreadsheet (link to CLIA website is provided on the forms). Similar CCIA forms for Cross Referencing tags, Verifying Cows, Retiring tags, Moving-In and Moving-Out cattle are also included. In & Out will handle non-herd feeder cattle also. Gallagher tag reader session files are now uploaded to Move-In form - when sold load your Move-In file to Move-Out form to created upload file.
← The CCIA Tag Entry Form (for those of you who don't apply CCIA tags until fall). The form is setup for the fastest entry possible. Entering your CCIA tags is at most a point and click operation. If your tagging system reflects order of birth and the CCIA tags match that order - tags can be auto filled with this form.
This page shows creating a file for CLIA Website. You select a year - enter your Account Number - load calves - create file and save it to Your Documents for upload to the website.
Herd Books to batch enter Weaning Weights (no yearling
weights).
The 200 day weights and AVDGs are sent back to the Herd files and are also saved in a Year file.
Cows are Sent to Pasture with a bull/bull type or culled.
This sets the sire for the next years calf and records where and with whom the cow/calf pair spent the season. There are ten Breeding Pastures and room to save 50 bull names or types. All entries here are point and click.
Mass
Treatments provides a record of treatments
given to your cattle.Cattle are selected from you records- Cows, Calves, or cattle that you have Moved-In.
There are four types of treatments, antibiotics, vaccines, parasitics and hormones.
Select the type of treatment used, select the product from the list and apply it to the cattle
you have selected to treat. You may apply up to three treatments per animal at a time.
Withdrawal times are shown and days remaining are displayed when the file is viewed.
Cattle treated may receive different or additional treatments.
The
Move-In form has 3 functions. (1) Moving
in bought cattle, (2) Adding bought heifers or cows to
your herd and (3) applying CCIA#s to your own cattle
from a RFID tag readers .csv file. (it will also save
weights from a RFID scale session to your calf
records). If your tag reader is capable of entering a
farm tag# it can auto match CCIA# and weights to your
cattle. It is also possible to save a spreadsheet as a
.csv file, access the file and transfer data to
the Move-In form and then on to your Herd Book files.
Here is a Yearly Notes page to type anything you want (like a notepad).
Click on a list of past years to bring up your notes for that year.
There is a Search and Print section where you can assemble a group of cattle by almost any criteria and then print any or all of the record items. This is where you would, for example, print a list of red/polled/heifer calves born in 2007 between March 16th and April 20th; that shows the calf tag, dam, sire, granddam, dam's color and disposition.
Set Search parameters...
Calves found...
Selecting what to print...
Printed sheet - your name will show in front of_____'s Herd Books. If there is room on the paper multiple columns will be printed. Printing supports font sizes 8 to 16.
You can enter your current herd and the current years' calves to start - then enter past records later. If you have good paper records you can enter Cows from as far back as you wish and progress through the years to current time; giving you a more useful Herd Book. For Producers who have separate herds for cross-breeding they may add up to three additional herds and save heifers from one herd to another. Family Trees are still linked for navigation between herds. Switching between herds is done at any time by clicking the "Herds" button and selecting the herd you want from a popup list.
is available to try at no charge for 90 days - please visit our Order page for more information.
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