The vet comes, examines fifteen cows or eighty ewes — and afterwards the results have to reach the app. Clicking through them one at a time is tedious. On this page you record the whole visit: one examination date at the top, one row per animal, one save at the end.
Opening the page
Breeding → Matings → Record preg. check. At the top you enter once what applies to the whole visit: Checked on, the Method (ultrasound, palpation, blood test, visual check or other) and Vet.
No signal in the barn
Everything the page needs is loaded when you open it. After that you can record at your own pace, even without reception — saving happens at the end, with a single tap.
Tip: open the page while you still have signal. It keeps working in the barn afterwards.
Who is on the list?
Herdy shows exactly the animals that are currently due for a check — the same assessment as the heat control list, so the two can never say different things:
- animals whose pregnancy should be confirmed
- animals with an unclear earlier result, due for a re-check
- animals on the alp, to be checked after the return
Under each animal's name it says where the date comes from — for example "Confirm pregnancy — mating period until 01.06.2026 (+40 days)". So you never have to guess why an animal is on the list.
Overdue animals come first.
Recording the result
Three buttons per animal:
- Pregnant
- Not pregnant
- Unclear — when the finding was not conclusive
One tap is enough. Mis-tapped? Tap the same button again and the row clears.
Number of foetuses (sheep and goats)
For sheep and goats a 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+ choice appears after a positive result. On scanning day that is often more valuable than "pregnant yes/no": the feeding groups follow from it — a single needs different feed from triplets.
The field is optional. If the vet does not call out a number, leave it empty and carry on.
Several matings for the same animal
If an animal has more than one running mating, Herdy asks which one was examined — with the date and the day of gestation for orientation. Herdy never guesses here. Only you know which service the vet assessed.
Note
Under Note you can add a remark per animal, such as "finding uncertain, check again in two weeks".
Scanning an ear tag
With a reader, scanning jumps the list to the matching row and highlights it. So you walk the pen, not the list. Scan an animal that is not on the list and Herdy says so — rather than silently doing nothing.
A running summary sits at the bottom, for example "12 recorded · 3 open · 9 pregnant / 2 empty / 1 inconclusive". Only Save examination writes everything at once.
What the result triggers
This is the real benefit — the result carries on:
| Result | What happens next |
|---|---|
| Pregnant | The pregnancy is confirmed, the due date is set, every heat projection for this animal falls silent |
| Not pregnant | The mating is filed as failed. The animal reappears in the heat control list — so Herdy stops asking for a confirmation the vet has already ruled out |
| Unclear | The mating stays, and Herdy schedules a re-check — by default 14 days after the examination |
The 14 days can be adjusted per species between 7 and 30 days under Breeding → Heats, using the gear icon at the top right. See Heat monitoring.
If an entry arrives late: when you record an older examination afterwards, the finding with the most recent examination date still wins — not the one you typed in last.
Undoing an examination
After saving, an Undo button appears. It removes the whole examination, and Herdy resets each affected mating to the state implied by the remaining findings. A cow therefore does not stay marked pregnant because of a record that no longer exists.