How to use Stockbook Live Entry for Mothering Up

      

For the 'Mothering Up' function to appear, the lambs/calves cannot already exist in Stockbook

      Step 1. Open Live Entry

      Step 2. Selecting an Activity

• Click on down arrow  to select an Activity from the drop down list
  
• You are provided with three default activities for Induction, Preg Test and Weighing.
  

  

  These default activities have data entry and quick add templates pre-set for the particular activities
• Click on the START LIVE ENTRY button
  

      Step 3. Setting up the Layout

1. Setup the Layout to show the information that you want to see about the Dam when mothering up. These might include things like Progeny, Joinings, Preg Tests etc
   
2. Go to View > Data Windows.
   
3. Tick the appropriate windows.
   

• You don't need to add anything to the Data Entry Template section when mothering up

      Step 4. Data Entry Template

• Click on the Setup
  
• Data Entry Template
  
• Deselect all  Fields in the Selected Options column
• The Selected Options column should be empty
• Click on the OK button
  
• Click yes to the warning
  

• Click Save Layout  and save this Layout as Mothering Up (You can't overwrite the default templates, you must choose a new name) 
• Click OK button 
  

       Step 5. Adding Animal Template

1. Click on Setup
   
2. Add Animal Template 
   

       Step 6. Selecting Items

Some useful hints:

• A lot of these fields will 'hold' for each new calf / lamb. Put fields that you don't want to change each time down the bottom
• Don't choose Electronic Id if you don't use EID tags
• If you want Stockbook to generate a 16 digit 'SG ID' you will need to select Breed and Flock/Herd
• If you are recording Number Reared it is found under Traits
• You can record sire, but shouldn't need to if you have correctly entered joinings and preg tests for your females. Stockbook will calculate the sire if it has been done correctly. Test this before making a decision here
  

         Click on the OK button

• You will be asked if you want to overwrite the existing activity (Mothering Up). This means that it will save the changes you have just made to this template
• Click Yes

      

1. Close Live Entry
   

     Step 7: Mother Up

       Step 8  Session Defaults

• Go to Setup then Session Defaults
• Under the General tab, select Mother Up
  

Some useful hints:

• If using EID tags, choose the setting On new EID - Add as new animal
• If you want tag number of calves/lambs to increase by '1' each time then select Auto-increment visual ID's for new animals.
• If you are assigning a sire of the calf/lamb, you can go to the Restricted Lists tab and select the relevant sires (this means you won't have to scroll through all the males you have in Stockbook).

      Step 9. Start the Process

      If using Electronic Tags:

1. Scan the EID of the Dam. She will appear on the screen and you can view information about her
2. Scan the EID of the lamb/calf. The Quick Add screen will appear and you will be able to add data in for the lamb/calf
   

The dam that was just scanned will appear in the 'Dam' field. Please check this. If the lamb/calf EID's have been imported onto the Unallocated Tag List, then you can leave the Primary ID field blank and it will be filled out from the Unallocated Tag List.

      If using Manual Tag Entry:

1. Type in the ID of the Dam and the press 'Enter'. She will appear on the screen and you can view information about her
   
2. Click on the Quick Add button. The Quick Add screen will appear and you will be able to add data in for the lamb/calf