The best way to create and allocate new lambs or calves for Mob Management is through the Marking record.
While on the ground, marking is the process of tagging, castrating and docking, in AgriWebb, the Marking record is used to infer this event has occurred and create the lambs or calves in the system.
Marking will link maternal livestock to their offspring and the offspring can easily be split based on their sex. A marking percentage automatically populates in the Fertility Report, to give you a comprehensive look into your natural increase.
New lambs and calves can then be managed in the same way as other livestock within AgriWebb.
If you are using the individual management platform and need to record birth records, please review this article instead.
Creating a Marking Record
Currently you can only create a marking record on the app. This record is not available on the web.
Because the offspring are not created in AgriWebb yet, the Marking record is found as an available record on the maternal mob. Therefore, we refer to 'Marking' them. Only the following age classes will have the Marking record available in AgriWebb:
Cattle
Cows
Heifers
Heifer Weaners
Sheep
Ewes
Ewe Weaners
Ewe Hoggets
To change livestock's Age Class, check out this article on how to Edit Livestock Details. If these animals are lambs or calves you can apply a weaning record to them instead. For more information on this see our Weaning article.
*note we do not use the term 'yearling' for age classes in Mob Management.
Create a Marking record on the Mobile App by selecting the Map and pressing on the Livestock option.
Tap on the livestock group you would like to create the marking record for and navigate to the Mob tab > select Mob and click into a specific Mob.
From here, press More at the bottom-right of the screen and then hit Mark.
If you have multiple livestock groups in this paddock, then you will be asked if you would like to mark all maternal livestock, or just the selected livestock. If you choose to mark all maternal livestock, then a list of these groups will display underneath.
Split Lambs and Calves Based on Sex
If you sex your lambs or calves at marking you are given the option to split them when creating the record. If you don’t do this until weaning, you can group them as a single livestock group. You will have another opportunity to split them within the weaning record later in the season.
Continue reading to learn how to split and move these livestock.
Ensure that Create a single group is not selected.
Set the size of each livestock group and press Next. On the 'Marking' Tab you will fill in the mob details. Once you are finished, you can Draft & Split your new livestock to move them into other paddocks.
Once you complete a marking record, you will be prompted to also complete an animal treatment record for the offspring you've created.
If you complete this treatment record and include a labour cost, this cost will appear in the Marking Report on the Web App under the 'Labour Cost' column.
Reporting
Marking Report
To access the marking report head to Web > Reports > Marking records.
This report collates all marking record history on your farm. You'll be able to select from the following data points to report on.
Fertility Report
To access the marking report head to Web > Reports > Fertility.
Your fertility report lets you assess your productivity and natural increase across the season. For the marking percentage to be visible in your Fertility report, you must have created marking records previously.
The fertility report organises your joining, scanning, marking and weaning records by maternal breed, age-class and tag colour.
For accurate reporting, select a period which spans from joining to weaning. To learn more about customising your reports, check out our article on Reporting.
Now that you know how to create a Marking Record in AgriWebb, learn how to smash through your Weaning.