Cattle Herd Record
Hold the herd's detail in one legible place, so tags, parentage and movements can be read off a page instead of assembled from memory and text messages.
LK-02 1 page
Livestock and smallholding · LK-50
Cattle Heat and AI Service Record
A free printable heat and AI record for cattle: heats seen, up to three serves with sire codes or the stock bull, pregnancy check and due date, cow by cow.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep every heat, serve and scan for each cow on one line, so returns and due dates are clear. Serves written on the day can then be entered on the herd database accurately.
Who it is for
Dairy and suckler farmers running AI, a stock bull or both, and the AI technicians who work with them.
How to use it
- List the cows due to be bred, with each one's last calving date.
- Write every heat you see with the sign, then each serve with the date, time, sire code or bull tag and who served her.
- Work out the date to watch for her return from your own cycle figure and write it in.
- Add the pregnancy check result and the due date worked out from your own gestation figure.
- Enter the serves on your herd database and note the date at the foot.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: One line per cow through the breeding season: when she calved, the heats seen, up to three serves with the sire used, the pregnancy check and the date she is due.
Work out your own dates. No cycle length, waiting period or gestation length is printed. Work out each cow's watch date and due date from the figures your vet, breed society or herd software use. Record a stock bull's serve by his tag, as you would an AI sire code, so every calf's sire is known.
Write-on lines: Herd or holding · Season · Stock bull and tag · AI technician or service
Cows — By: technician's initials, or DIY · heat seen by standing, mounting, tail paint or an aid
Also printed: Serve 1 · Serve 2 · Serve 3 · Cow · Calved · Heats seen · Date · Sire · Watch · Due · tag · last date · dates and sign · and time · code or tag · for return · date, result · to calve
Page 2
Also printed: Serve 1 · Serve 2 · Serve 3 · Cow · Calved · Heats seen · Date · Sire · Watch · Due · tag · last date · dates and sign · and time · code or tag · for return · date, result · to calve
Write-on lines: Breeding started · AI ended · Bull in · Bull out · Serves entered on the herd database
Questions
Why is no cycle or gestation length printed?
Because they vary with breed and with the cow, and herds and herd software use their own figures. Writing your own watch and due dates keeps the sheet right for your herd rather than right on average.
Can I record stock bull serves here too?
Yes. Write the bull's tag in the sire column in place of an AI code. A serve recorded by bull tag means the calf's sire is known later, which matters for breeding records and evaluations.
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