Step 1: First select the Animals option on the lower menu

Next tap the Action button (iLivestock logo) in the lower right corner and select Add Animal

Step 2: From the Add Animal menu select Cattle from the list

Step 3: The animal details page will be generated for you to complete and save.

Step 4: When adding cattle, you can scan the physical cattle passport to add the Official Animal ID, which is the cattle Passport number also known as the Visual ID

Tap the long blue button that says 'Scan Cattle Passport' and this will open your camera on your device

Scan the bottom left barcode of the passport to bring across the following animal data:

Complete the rest of the information as above and select the Holding the animals are situated on from the Holding picker wheel that will appear when you tap this field and then tap 'Record' to save the animal or tap Next Animal to another.

Note! : If you don't see the breed of cattle you need in the breed drop down, you can add a breed of your choice in the Admin section found in the lower menu of the app.

When your animals have been allocated to a group, its easy to update the group animal details using the 'Settings on ALL group animals' feature.

This action can be done on any group, Auto groups, Sheep groups, Cattle groups or even your Permanent groups if updating all your cattle for the first time.

Step 1: Find and open the group and then tap the Action button to open the Group Action menu

Step 2: Select Settings on all group animals

Step 3: Now select Set group ON Holding to allocate the group to the relevant holding.

Note!: If you want to record a Move On, its best to set them on the Third Party holding that you purchased them from. If just adding animals that are already on farm, simply select the relevant Your Holding

Step 4: If adding directly to your own holding, select the relevant holding under My Holdings

Step 5: Your animals will now be allocated to the holding you have selected. You can open each animal and verify the location by checking the holding details at the bottom of each animal summary.

Step 4: If adding to a third party holding, select the relevant holding under Third Party

Step 5: Your animals will now be allocated to the holding you have selected. Note as this is a Third Party, your animals will be greyed out (meaning they are OFF farm)You can open each animal and verify the location by checking the holding details at the bottom of each animal summary.

To update the rest of your animal details, repeat the steps 1 & 2 and then choose from the relevant Group Settings to add the - Breed, Gender, DOB, Management Tag and so on from the list of options below:

Online: Use the chat icon in Admin on the app or lower right on the web dashboard