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  • Remembering Desert Weyr Boba Fett

    Desert Weyr Boba Fett went to the freezer on the 26th of June, 2025. He was born on May 2nd, 2019, and was the son of Desert Weyr Wibbly and Desert Weyr Yolanda. He was born unassisted and weighed 9.79 pounds at birth. He grew to reach 145.74 pounds. His NSIP USA Maternal EBV Index…

  • The Importance of Being Open Source

    Merry Christmas from the folks at AnimalTrakker®! We hope you’ve been having a festive and happy holiday season! Recently, we’ve been thinking about the importance of being open source, and what it means for our world now and in the future.

  • AnimalTrakker® Bull Test Demo

    We just completed our first field test of the AnimalTrakker® Bull Test Mobile application. To do this, we worked with several veterinarians, where we provided sample tube labels and collected breeding soundness data on 124 bulls over the course of two days.

  • Welcome, AnimalTrakker®!

    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.

  • Python Education Proceeding

    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.

  • More Species and Desktop Version in Work

    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.

  • Hardware History and Future Changes

    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.

  • Major Database Changes

    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.

  • Back Working

    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.

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