Expanding my original concept of LambTracker® to cover other species now means it needs a new name. It’s not just for sheep anymore. The whole system is now AnimalTrakker®, and it will be trademarked.

My Python education is proceeding, but oh so slowly! I am still really having problems wrapping my head around position and text formatting being an important part of the actual code, rather than just space.

We’ve received a number of requests to expand LambTracker® into species other than sheep. I am slowly working through the tablet code to allow for use with cattle, goats, pigs, and horses in addition to sheep.

LambTracker® has always been focused on providing inexpensive options for shepherds. Specifically, we provide detailed individual records using automated systems, plus the ability to use EID tags.

I’ve been working behind the scenes to prepare for a major update to LambTracker® that will introduce many new features. The biggest changes include full tracking of feeds, ownership, and locations.

It’s been a long time since I posted. For the last couple of years, we’ve been using LambTracker® for all of our sheep data tracking. Lots of things need improvement, and my list of enhancements I want to implement gets longer every day, but overall, it works well.

We got a few minor bug fixes done. We corrected calculations for the age of the sheep when putting in the carcass weight.

Our annual flock inspection went well. We discussed a bunch of potential user interface and use case options with our veterinarian. I still did all the queries to produce the reports by hand, but I also developed some new query code that provides more information in a better format.

We used LambTracker® during shearing to print labels for wool samples and fleeces that I saved for sale. We found a few bugs in the system and worked on them. Now we’re trying to clean up stuff for the Federal Scrapie Flock Inspection.