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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 643420" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I use Cattlemax for small commercial herds. It seems to me that the sooner you get started the more valuable the records will be, even with 6 head. It does have places to store pictures of each animal but I am more interested in the data than pictures. You can enter vet visits. It is real easy to lose track of a calf's pedigree after a couple years/generations/bulls. The main reason I started using the program was to keep track of weights. You just enter an animals wt whenever you take it and the program computes average daily gain, corrects weaning weights to 205 days, etc.</p><p></p><p>It is also easy to lose track of the fact that one calf may be 20, 30 or 40 days older or younger than the one standing next to him. This can lead to misleading choices as to which is the "better" calf and cow.</p><p></p><p>Another thing the program lets you do is compute the 205 day weaning weight percent of the cows weight. This is very important to me....</p><p></p><p>The program and scales ( you can buy just the basic readout) are not cheap but the information they provide can be very useful and valuable. It really depends on your goals for your operation. If you just want some summer lawn mowers and fill your freezer with beef probably neither are that important. jmho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 643420, member: 7509"] I use Cattlemax for small commercial herds. It seems to me that the sooner you get started the more valuable the records will be, even with 6 head. It does have places to store pictures of each animal but I am more interested in the data than pictures. You can enter vet visits. It is real easy to lose track of a calf's pedigree after a couple years/generations/bulls. The main reason I started using the program was to keep track of weights. You just enter an animals wt whenever you take it and the program computes average daily gain, corrects weaning weights to 205 days, etc. It is also easy to lose track of the fact that one calf may be 20, 30 or 40 days older or younger than the one standing next to him. This can lead to misleading choices as to which is the "better" calf and cow. Another thing the program lets you do is compute the 205 day weaning weight percent of the cows weight. This is very important to me.... The program and scales ( you can buy just the basic readout) are not cheap but the information they provide can be very useful and valuable. It really depends on your goals for your operation. If you just want some summer lawn mowers and fill your freezer with beef probably neither are that important. jmho. [/QUOTE]
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