Herd Tag / Flock Tag
A physical plain coloured tag used for group identification. e.g year of birth or lot.

A herd tag is used for cattle and a flock tag is used for sheep. Mobs need the same tag(s) to be merged.

Management tag
A non-physical grouping tag for reporting and day to day management. Mobs need the same management tag(s) to be merged.

On the Mobile App press on the Map icon and Select the Livestock tab.

Tap the livestock that you wish to tag, this will bring up the Paddock Overview.To treat livestock mobs individually, select Mobs and Mobs and click the livestock you wish to treat.

Select More > Tag from the list of records.

In the Mobs section, you will be able to adjust the date picker and select one or multiple mobs to tag.

In the Tag section you will be able to choose whether you would like to add a Management Tag and/or a Herd/ Flock Tag.

If adding a management tag, you can set up pre-set management tags to ensure a faster process. To learn how to do this, see below:

If you are creating a Herd Tag, you will be able to select the tag colour and optionally add a tag description.

Note - Multiple Herd and Management Tags can be assigned to mobs in a single record

Head to the Livestock tab > Add records

Select Tag

Fill in the details and Save

Replacing tags allows for mob tags to change in line with how they are altered on farm through different lifecycle or production stages. This can be useful for merging mobs, where the prerequisite for any mobs to be merged together is for them to have the same tag/s.

On the Mobile App press on the Map icon and Select the Livestock tab.

Tap the livestock that you wish to tag, this will bring up the Paddock Overview.To treat livestock mobs individually, select Mobs and Mobs and click the livestock you wish to treat.

Select More > Replace Tag from the list of records.

You can adjust the date picker, and select just one or multiple mobs to apply the replace tag record to. You can also give a reason for the change and add new tagging information for the mob.

Head to the Livestock tab > Add records

Select Replace Tag

Fill in the details and Save

Note - Multiple Herd and Management Tags can be replaced to mobs in a single record

Removing tags allows for old tags to be removed from mobs to improve their management. Similar to the replace tag record, this will remove the old tag from the animal, but will not allow for the creation of a new tag.

On the Mobile App press on the Map icon and Select the Livestock tab.

Tap the livestock that you wish to tag, this will bring up the Paddock Overview.To treat livestock mobs individually, select Mobs and Mobs and click the livestock you wish to treat.

Select More > Remove Tag from the list of records.

You can adjust the date picker, and select just one or multiple mobs to apply the remove tag record to.

Head to the Livestock tab > Add records

Select Remove Tag

Fill in the details and Save

Note - The remove tag record can also be used for multiple mobs at a time.

Management Tags (Mob)

Merge Livestock