Coming soon · Android & iPhone

Every animal’s whole story, in your pocket.

HerdHand keeps the records for your alpacas, cattle, sheep and goats in one app: health, breeding, shearing, pedigree and paperwork. It works out in the paddock with no signal, and syncs when you’re back in range.

See what it does
Farm calendar for October with coloured dots for matings, care and tasks

One app for the whole farm. It speaks each animal’s language.

  • Alpacasdam · cria
  • Llamasdam · cria
  • Cattlecow · calf
  • Sheepewe · lamb
  • Goatsdoe · kid
  • Horsesmare · foal
  • Pigssow · piglet
  • Poultryhen · chick
  • Your owndeer, emus, donkeys…

Gestation, breeds and terms are set per species, and you can change any of them. A cria is a cria, a calf is a calf.

Animal profile

One record for each animal, for life.

Open any animal and everything is there: who it is, where it is, what’s happened and what’s coming up. Records link to the animal rather than copying it, so nothing drifts out of date.

  • Tag, brass number, microchip and registration, all searchable
  • Pregnancy progress, lineage and upcoming actions at a glance
  • Timeline, health, breeding, care, fleece, offspring, documents, photos and ownership
Animal profile with identity, status, gestation progress and upcoming actions

Today & due soon

Know what needs doing before you pull on your boots.

Drenches, vaccinations, pregnancy checks and tasks come together on the home screen, grouped so a whole mob that’s due shows up as one job.

  • “Log for all 8” records a mob treatment in one tap
  • Reminders fire as phone notifications, even without signal
  • Snooze, repeat and set your own reminder rules for each species

Breeding

From mating to birth, and the family tree builds itself.

Record a mating and HerdHand counts down to the due date using that species’ gestation, which you can override. Record the birth and the newborn gets its own profile, linked to dam and sire.

  • Pregnancy checks and milestones along the way
  • Four generations of pedigree, including outside ancestors
  • Offspring history for every dam and sire

Batch actions

Treat the whole mob in one go.

Pick a group, a paddock or a filtered list, then drench, vaccinate, move, shear or weigh them all at once. Each animal still gets its own record, so its history stays complete.

  • Your product list fills in dose, route and withholding period
  • Withholding end dates worked out for you
  • Every animal in the batch shares a batch ID you can trace later

Farm assistant

Just ask. Your herd’s records answer.

HerdHand’s built-in assistant knows your farm: every animal, treatment, pregnancy and reminder. Ask in plain English.

  • Ask about any animal“When was Misty last drenched?” “Which ewes are due to lamb this month?” Answers come straight from your own records.
  • Record as you goTell it a weight, a treatment or a move, and it fills in the record for you.
  • Reminders and tasks in a sentenceAsk it to remind you or assign a job, and it sets up the reminder or task with the right animal and date.

Like the rest of HerdHand, the assistant looks things up and keeps records. It doesn’t diagnose or recommend treatments.

Works offline

No signal in the back paddock? Keep working.

Your whole herd is stored on your phone, so you can look things up and record treatments anywhere. Changes wait on the phone and sync on their own once you’re back in range.

  • Search, view and record with no connection
  • Syncs automatically: on reconnect, in the background, every minute
  • If two people change the same thing, you choose which to keep

And the rest of the farm

Everything a working farm keeps track of.

Farm calendar month view with coloured dots for due items
Calendar Matings, birth windows, care, tests and tasks in one month or agenda view.
Reports screen with active head, births and a breakdown by species
Reports Herd, breeding, health, fleece and financial, with each formula shown.
Audit log listing who created or changed each record and when
History Every change shows who made it, when and what changed.

  • Find any animal fast

    Search by name, tag, brass, microchip or registration. Filter by species, sex, age, paddock, pregnancy or care status.

  • Health & care

    Sick-animal care plans, vaccinations, vitamins and drenches, plus FEC and coccidia records with a trend chart.

  • Shearing & fleece

    Fleece weight, micron, staple length and grade, with each animal’s fleece history year by year.

  • Pedigree

    Four-generation family trees from linked profiles, plus outside ancestors you add yourself.

  • Documents & photos

    Certificates, vet reports and lab results, filed by category. Attach photos while you record.

  • QR tags

    Print QR label sheets, then scan an animal in the yards to open its profile.

  • Tasks

    Assign jobs with due dates, priority and linked animals. The person assigned gets a notification.

  • PDF records

    Share an animal’s full record for a sale, the vet, insurance or registration. You pick the sections.

  • Ownership & value

    Purchases, sales, transfers and valuations, shown only to people you give financial access.

Your team

Bring in staff and your vet, and each sees only what they need.

Invite people with a short code. Each gets a role, and the server enforces it, so a staff member can’t open the financials even by following a link. Financial access is a separate switch you can give to anyone.

  • OwnerEverything, including the team, settings, full data export and deleting the farm.
  • ManagerAll records and settings. Can invite anyone except owners.
  • StaffRecords animals, breeding, care and their own tasks. No settings or financials.
  • VetSees every animal. Records health, treatments and lab results.
  • Read-onlyCan look but not change anything. Good for agents, buyers or family.

Built to be trusted

Your records, your call.

  • Records, not advice

    HerdHand records what you and your vet decide. It never diagnoses or recommends a treatment, and any thresholds are yours to set.

  • Nothing quietly disappears

    Every change is logged. Archived records can be restored, and nothing is ever hard-deleted.

  • Your data is yours

    Owners can export the whole farm at any time as spreadsheets (CSV) and JSON in a single ZIP.

  • Private to your farm

    Each farm’s records are walled off from every other farm’s, and every connection is encrypted.

Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

Does it really work without phone reception?

Yes. Your herd’s records are stored on the phone, so you can search, look things up and record treatments, weights, births and more with no connection. Reminders are phone notifications, so they still go off. Signing up, inviting people and making PDFs need a connection.

Which animals does it handle?

Alpacas, llamas, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs and poultry are built in, each with its own terms and gestation period. You can also add your own species, like deer or emus. A single farm can run as many species and groups as you like.

Is it on iPhone and Android?

HerdHand is being built for both from one codebase. Android comes first, with iPhone to follow.

What will it cost?

We’ll announce pricing before the public launch.

Can my staff and vet use it?

Yes. Invite them with a code and give each person a role: Owner, Manager, Staff, Vet or Read-only. Financial details are only shown to people you give financial access.

Will it tell me what to treat?

No, deliberately. HerdHand is a record-keeping tool. It records what you and your vet decide, and works out withholding end dates from the product label. It doesn’t diagnose, recommend treatments or suggest doses.

Can I get my data out?

Any time. An owner can export the whole farm as a ZIP of spreadsheets (CSV) and JSON. You can also share any single animal’s record as a PDF.

Coming soon

HerdHand is coming to Android and iPhone.

One app for every animal on the farm: its records, its family, its health and what’s due next. It works wherever you are, signal or not.