Animal Medicine Record
Keep a medicines book that answers the two questions that actually get asked: what went into which animals, and when they are clear.
LK-04 1 page
Livestock and smallholding · LK-01
Sheep Flock Record
A free printable sheep record book page — one line per ewe covering tag, breeding, condition, lambing and treatments, with nothing prescribed.
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One page. 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 the flock on paper, so that a ewe's history is something you can read at the handling pens rather than something you half remember.
Who it is for
Smallholders, hill and lowland flocks, pedigree breeders and anybody keeping more sheep than they can hold in their head.
How to use it
- Keep one sheet per group and write the group at the top.
- Record the tag exactly as it reads, flock number included.
- Say at the top which condition scale you are using, then use only that one.
- Record treatments in the medicine record too — the column here is a pointer to it.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One line per ewe — tag, age, breeding, condition and what she has been through — so the flock is a record rather than a recollection.
A record of your flock, not advice about it. Nothing here tells you what to do. No condition scores, tupping dates, treatments or intervals are printed, because they depend on your breed, ground, system and vet. Write down what you decided and what you did.
How to use this sheet
- Keep one sheet per group and write the group on it — mixing groups on one page is what makes a record useless at scanning time.
- Record the tag exactly as it reads, including the flock number.
- Score condition in whatever scale you use, and say at the top what that scale is.
- Note treatments in the medicine record as well; this column is only a pointer to it.
Write-on lines: Flock or holding · Group · Year · Condition scale used
Table, 8 rows: Tag · Breed · Born · Dam · Sire or ram · Condition · Tupped · Lambed · Lambs · Treatments given · Notes and outcome
Write-on lines: Sheet started · Kept by · Reviewed
Questions
Why are there no condition scores or tupping dates printed?
Because they depend on your breed, your ground and your system, and a printed date on a free sheet would be followed by somebody it is wrong for. What to do and when is a conversation with your vet and your own experience of the place.
Does this satisfy a flock register requirement?
Not by itself, and it does not claim to. Many countries require a specific register, in a specific form, kept for a specified number of years. Check what applies where you are and keep this alongside it.
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