Change minimum breeding age

In Stockbook you are able to change the minimal breeding age of an animal to suit your system.

To do this you must change the setup of your livestock type.

Step 1. Go to Setup > Livestock types menu

Step 2. Select which livestock type you are working with.
E.g. Cattle, Sheep etc.

Then select Edit

Step 3. In this new screen you can edit the general setup of your livestock type

Here you can change the minimal breeding age of both the male and female livestock types.

If you wish to lower it then lower the number of days required before they can mate.

After you have made these changes click the OK button

This will allow you to breed with these animals age an earlier or later stage of there lifecycle. 

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