Using the Stock Diary

It is best to work with Mobs & use the Individuals for Rams or Studs 

Opening the Stock Diary

You can open the Stock Diary one of two ways.

Either click on the Stock Diary button on the main Dashboard Page

Or select Stock in the Diary menu.

Adding Stock to the diary

Before you can add activites to the stock diary, you need to first add stock to the diary.

To do this:
 

1. Click the Add new record button.
   
2. Fill in details as required.
   
   
   Mob Details - Name of the Mob or Individual
   Visual ID - 
   Electronic ID -
   Stock Type - Type of Animal , ie: Sheep, Cow
   Stock Description - A short description of the stock
   Individual - False = Mob , True = Individual (if individual some extra fields will appear).
   Sex - Male or female
   Dam - 
   Sire - 
   Fate - 
   Originated - 
   Location - 
   Breed - What the breed is
   Comments - some comments to go with the animal/s
   User 1 - 
   User 2 - 
   User 3 - 
   User 4 -
   User 5 -
   User Memo - 
    
3. Select the Save button.
   

Updating the seasonal info

If you are working with mobs instead of individuals:

1. Select the Edit Season Info button beside the mob you want to record for.
    
2. Select the season you are entering the amount of animals for.
    
3. Enter the Details as below.
   
   Opening Balance - the amount in the mob at the start of the season
   Opening Stock Class - the class/age of the mob at start of the year
   Opening Stock Value (per head) - the value of the animals at start of the season per head
   Closing Stock Class - the class/age of the mob at end of year
   Closing Stock Value (per head) - the value of the animals at start of the season per head

1. Select the Save button.
   

Add an activity to an animal/s

1. Select the Stock Activities tab.
   
2. Select the Add new record button.
   
3. Select the season and activity you want to add into.
   
4. Fill in the details of the activity on the animal/s.
5. Select the Save button.