Step-by-step HerdMobile guides

Choose the job you need to do and follow the steps to finish in a few minutes.

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An animal card with its ear tag and history

Feed stock alongside recorded farm expenses

Explore herd records, feed calculations and backups in the app.

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Add an animal, set a vaccination reminder, plan a ration or make a backup. Each guide takes you through one task, from the first step to the last.

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Task guides

Start using HerdMobile in the barn or pasture
Keep your herd records close at hand on your Android phone, even without an internet connection.
1. Download HerdMobile from its official Google Play page.
2. Choose your language and read the short note about keeping records on your phone.
3. Add your first herds or animals, then check the home screen so you are ready to use the app in the barn.
Set up your herds and animal records
Keep your cattle, sheep or goats organised on your phone, with each ear tag and group easy to find.
1. Create a herd or group with the barn, pasture or lot name you already use.
2. Add an animal with its ear tag number, birth date and any notes you need for daily care.
3. Check the animal’s details after saving, and correct duplicate ear tag numbers or missing information straight away.
Track feed stocks and plan daily rations
Keep feed stocks and ration calculations together, so you can see what is left in the shed and what each animal needs daily.
1. Record new feed deliveries or update stock weights after checking your bins or bales.
2. Select your feeds in the ration calculator, then enter their quantities and dry matter values.
3. Calculate the ration to see the kilograms of each feed needed and the daily cost per animal.
Track animal health and set reminders
See each animal’s treatments, vaccinations and follow-up checks on your phone whenever you need its health history.
1. Note what you saw or did while you are with the animal, such as a limp, a calving observation or a vaccination date.
2. Set a reminder for the next booster, dry-off check or vet visit, so you can plan the work ahead.
3. Share dated notes with your veterinarian so the animal’s history is clear during diagnosis and treatment planning.
Back up and restore your herd records
Save a backup in a folder or drive you choose, ready to restore your herd records on your next phone.
1. Create a backup on your phone, then save a copy in a safe folder or on an external drive.
2. Keep a protected backup and the PIN used to create it. That file still needs its original PIN if you later reset the app PIN using your phone’s screen lock.
3. Back up the receiving phone first: restoring replaces all its current records. Check the backup preview before confirming the restore, then check your herd list once it finishes.
Manage privacy, ads, usage statistics and data reset
Your herd records stay on your phone, separate from crash reports and optional app usage statistics.
1. Open Privacy settings to learn about the app’s ads and crash reports.
2. Turn on optional usage statistics if you want to share basic counts of screen and feature use. These use a random app ID and exclude your herd records.
3. Use deletion or reset to clear the relevant records from the app. To remove eligible usage statistics already sent to HerdMobile, make a separate deletion request.