Process for entering natural increase into MaiaGrazing at time of weaning where mothers have been carrying the feed demand for both animals.
This article covers the steps required to:
Step 1: Enter a birth event
- Click on 'Operations'
- Click on 'Livestock'
- Scroll down the mob/herd list until you locate the herd/mob that the mother animals are part of.
- Hover over the 3 dots
to the right of the mob/herd - Click on 'Birth'
A new screen will open.
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Enter the date that the animals will be introduced into the program. (1)
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Click on the 'Add' drop down box (2) .
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Click on the stock group name of the progeny.
This will create a line in the birth event.
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Type over the words 'Stock Item 1'. (3) [This is the label that will show up in your herd/mob management and treatments screens.]
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Click on the dropdown box under 'Mother'
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Select the mothers of these animals (4)
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Enter the number of animals that are being born in (5)
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Complete the weight, rating, and price per kg boxes (6) [Remember the weaned animal will need a feed demand rating from now on as you are about to reduce the rating of the mother animal to account for weaning her progeny]
Ensure that all the data entry boxes contain a value. They must not be blank. If you do not wish to enter a values please insert a zero.
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Enter more animals to the birth event if required by click on the “Add” drop down box and following steps 3 - 6 again.
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Click on 'Save' when you are finished entering all of the animals for this birth event.
These birthed animals will now be visible in your herd/mob list when you expand the mob.
Step 2: Split the birthed animals out of the parent mob into their own mob.
- Click on 'Operations'
- Click on 'Livestock'
- Scroll down the mob/herd list until you locate the herd/mob with the birthed animals.
- Hover over the 3 dots to the right of the mob/herd
- Click on 'Split'
- Enter the date that the birthed animals were drafted out of the parent herd/mob.
- Click on the dropdown box that says 'Add to New or Existing Herd/Mob' and select 'Add to New Herd/Mob' (1)
- Type a name of the new mob in the 'New Mob Name ' (2)
- Enter the number of each type of animals to be drafted from the first mob into the second mob. (3)
- Click on Save (4).
Your new herd/mob of weaned animals will now show in your Mob List and can be treated like any other mob.
Step 3: Change the rating of the mothers to reflect that they are no longer feeding the weaners.
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Click on 'Operations'
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Click on 'Livestock'
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Scroll down the mob/herd list until you locate the herd/mob that the mother animals are part of.
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Click on the herd/mob name.
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Click on the 3 dots
and click on Edit (see arrow)
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Enter the date that the ratings will change for the mother animals. (1)
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Enter the new ratings for that date onwards. (2)
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Click "Save" when you are done. (3)
Step 4: Transfer the mothers from being wet to being dry.
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Click on 'Operations'
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Click on 'Livestock'
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Scroll down the mob/herd list until you locate the herd/mob that the mother animals are part of.
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Hover over the 3 dots
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Click on “Transfer”
The transfer screen will open
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Enter the date that is the day AFTER you entered the change in rating. (1)
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Select the wet cows from the 'Stock group from' drop-down (2)
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Select the dry cows from the 'Stock group to' drop-down (3)
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Enter the number of cows to be transferred from wet to dry (4)
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Click on 'Save' when you are finished
You have now successfully:
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introduced your weaned stock into the program
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separated them into a separate herd/mob
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given the weaned stock and the mothers of the weaned stock their own feed demand rating.