Livestock Weight Tracker

How to track a goat's weight gain

When a goat, sheep, cow or buffalo comes to your farm for feeding, type the owner's name, then the weight on the day it arrived. Every month, weigh the animal and add the new weight. The page works out how much weight was gained or lost in each month, and the average gain per month, as you type.

When you are done, press Print or save as PDF. You get a clean one page report with the owner's name, the animal, a weight chart, the gain in every month and a place for signatures. Give it to the owner or keep it in your file.

What the report shows

• Starting and latest weight: for example 45 kg on arrival and 87 kg after 7 months.
• Total gain and average per month: 42 kg in 7 months is 6 kg every month, or about 200 grams every day.
• Weight chart: a line that shows how the animal grew month after month, across as many months and years as you enter.
• Gain or loss in each month: green bars for gain and red bars for loss, so the owner can see at a glance which month was good and which month was slow.
• A table of every weighing: date, weight, days between weighings and grams gained each day.

Why a written weight record helps

Owners who give an animal for feeding want to know it is being looked after. A printed record with real weights and dates answers that question without an argument. It also shows you which animals grow well on your feed, and which ones need a change in feed or a check by the doctor. A month with a loss in weight is an early sign that something is wrong.

How much weight should a goat gain?

It depends on the breed, the age of the animal and the feed. As a rough guide, a well fed young goat often gains about 80 to 150 grams a day, while many local breeds gain less. Cattle and buffalo gain far more each day than goats. Compare an animal with others of the same breed and age on the same feed, rather than with a fixed number.

Tips for fair weighing

• Weigh at the same time of the day, ideally in the morning before feeding.
• Use the same scale every month so the numbers can be compared.
• Weigh on the same date each month, such as the 1st, so the months line up.
• Write the weight down at once, so it is not forgotten.

Your records

Every record is saved on your own phone or computer as you type, and you can keep many animals and switch between them from the list at the top. Records are not sent anywhere. If you clear your browser data they are removed, so print the report for each animal as well.