Herd

Add Animal

Add

Move Cattle

Record Treatment

Record Weight

Record Breeding

Sets up a cow's rebreeding tracking for this cycle. Previous Calving Date fills in automatically from her calf record when known — this is what Expected First Cycle, Days Open, and Cycling Status are calculated from.

Range

Record Rainfall

Range Observation

Score each 1 (very poor) to 5 (excellent) — see guidance above for what each level looks like for the selected land type.

Record Range Work

Add Map Data

Edit Legend

Edit Record

Merge Duplicates

For when the same thing got entered twice. Pick which record to keep and which one is the duplicate — every reference to the duplicate elsewhere (Health, Weights, Calving, Breeding, etc.) gets repointed to the kept record first, then the duplicate is removed. This cannot be undone.

Link Calf to Cow

Tap a cow on the left, then a calf on the right, then Link Selected. Both lists only show animals that actually need linking, so there's no scrolling through the whole herd to find who's missing a match.

Select one cow and one calf above.

Advanced: Link or Re-link Any Animal

For correcting an existing link, or an animal not listed above.

Bulk Link by Tag Number

Already know which calf goes with which cow? List them here, one pair per line, calf tag first: calf tag, cow tag. Works with either ear tag numbers or internal IDs, mixed freely.

Culling Report

Only cows you've checked "Mark for Culling" on the Cow list. If a cow is also past her average productive age or past her rebreed-by target, that's noted under Reason(s) below, but it doesn't add her to this report on its own — only the checkbox does.

Predicted First Estrus Report

Every active cow's Expected First Cycle date, soonest first.

Help

Reference guides — not data entry, just background info to help with judgment calls elsewhere in the app.

Body Condition Scoring Guide

The standard beef-industry 9-point scale (the same scale used on the Body Condition Score field on every cow and calf record). 1 is emaciated, 9 is extremely fat — most healthy breeding cows should sit around 5-6. Score by feel over the ribs, backbone, hooks, pins, and tail head, not by eye alone; hair coat and gut fill can make a thin cow look heavier than she is.

Real reference photo — this cow represents a Body Condition Score of 6. Source: American Angus Association (AHIR) / Kansas State University Beef Systems Extension, "Body Condition Scoring" guideline (2021), adapted from Herd & Sprott, 1986.

The silhouettes below are original schematic diagrams (not photos) — they exaggerate rib/hip-bone visibility and fat coverage to show the shape of the difference between scores at a glance. For real animal photos, see the reference photo above and the links at the bottom of this page.

Official scorecard reference

Source: American Angus Association (AHIR) / Dr. Justin Waggoner, Kansas State University Beef Systems Extension, "Body Condition Scoring" guideline (2021), adapted from Herd & Sprott, 1986.

Why this matters elsewhere in the app: the Predicted First Estrus and Culling reports' "population-average" projection (calving date + a fixed number of days) assumes a cow in adequate condition — roughly BCS 5 or better. A thinner cow (BCS 3-4) typically takes noticeably longer to resume cycling than that projection assumes, so treat her predicted date as optimistic until you've confirmed her cycling status directly.

For real animal reference photos and video:

• Video: How-To: Body Condition Scoring Cattle
• Texas A&M Department of Animal Science — Body Condition Scoring of Cows
• Nebraska Extension — Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows
• Nebraska Extension — Visual Guide for Body Condition Scoring Bos Taurus Cattle

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