Alpaca Herd Management Made Easy
Herd WORKS software lets you easily create and manage an extensive database of valuable alpaca information. The application focuses on specific areas related to Alpaca herd management practices. Herd management, health management and reproduction management highlight the main functions of the application. Additional features provide producers with the ability to add alpaca photos, link to documents, maintain show records, record fiber histogram data and keep fincancial records and much more.
Herd WORKS was created by an alpaca breeder and used extensively to manage the Heritage Farm Suri herd before being offered to other like-minded alpaca breeders. Read on to see how Alpaca Herd WORKS stands apart from other herd management software.
A trial version 1.3 of Herd WORKS is now available for instant download. Just click on Pricing/Free Trial in the column to the left. Registered users can download and install v1.3 at no charge. Just follow the upgrade instructions in your user guide.
Version 1.3 introduces a new herd and breeding management tool called myHERDSM (Herd Evaluation Records Database). The tool is based on the assumption that the major decision in a breeding program is to select which animals should be retained within a herd for breeding and to which sire or dam they should be mated. Historically such selection has been based on the visual assessment of the animal, its pedigree and/or by its performance in a show ring.
Today, elite breeders record and analyze production data from their herds to help them make informed breeding decisions. myHERDSM is a tool to help you evaluate each alpaca in your breeding program on characteristics such as fiber, conformation, maternal and herd sire traits. Reports can then be generated that score and rank each alpaca on the compilation of points assigned to these traits. Careful analysis of this data is used to help make the best breeding decisions based on your herd production goals.
Check out this exciting new management tool by requesting your free trial today!
While there are several other excellent herd management software programs available, Herd WORKS offers features that set it apart from the rest:
- Initial download of all your alpacas and ARI data from the Alpaca Registry website - no need to type each alpaca into the database!
- Pleasing Graphical Interface - easy to navigate and screens look great!
- Unlimited Document and Photo storage
- Group Procedures - a function that allows you to easily record procedures on multiple alpacas with a few clicks
- Weight Graphs - lets you monitor weight gains (or losses) at a glance. Plus, reports that summarize birth, weaning and 1-year weights of crias produce by your dams.
- Breeding Planner - lets you create a breeding plan and study "what if" scenarios.
- Feature-packed Contact database including an integrated web browser that allow you to instantly look at a Google map of the contact and the local weather at the contact's address.
- Extensive Calendar Module - schedule events, create to-do lists, manage projects and maintain a farm journal.
- Ancestry and Predigree features that allow you to veiw and extract data from online databases such as ARI and ALPACANATION
Our mission is to support and promote the long term viability of the alpaca industry by providing a product that will make it easy for alpaca owners to maintain excellent records of their alpacas and herd related activities.