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Short guides for everything FlexFarm does — on the web and on WhatsApp. Can’t find it? Tell us and we will answer.
RecordingRegistering animals
Every animal needs an ear tag (or a name you use as its tag). There are four ways to add them:
- Web: Animals → Add animal, or the Animals step of the setup wizard (many at once).
- WhatsApp: tell Shamba, e.g. "Register a heifer, tag 45, Friesian, born March 2024".
- During WhatsApp setup: one animal per line — tag, sex (F/M), breed, name.
- A spreadsheet: Imports & Integrations takes Excel/CSV and files from parlour, scale and collar systems.
RecordingRecording milk
Send each cow’s litres and the milking (morning, midday, evening). A whole-day total works too. Shamba warns you if a cow is on milk withdrawal so her milk stays out of the tank.
On the web, the Parlour Sheet lets you type a whole milking at once; Bulk Tank records what the buyer collected.
Example on WhatsAppRecordingRecording a calving (birth)
Say which cow calved, the calf’s sex and the tag you gave it. The calf is registered with its mother, a new lactation starts for a dairy cow, and the calving appears in the herd’s history.
- Add the birth weight and how easy it was if you know them.
- Twins: give both tags in the same message.
- A dead calf is recorded too, so fertility figures stay honest.
RecordingTreatments, vaccinations and withdrawal
Record what was given, to which animals and how much. The withdrawal period comes from the medicine, and Shamba reminds you until when milk and meat must not be sold.
Shamba gives practical husbandry advice but never a drug dose — that is your vet’s job.
Example on WhatsAppRecordingWeighing cattle
Send weights in kg, one animal or many. FlexFarm works out daily gain since the last weighing and when each animal will reach its target weight.
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