Bison records
Bison Records for Cow-Calf and Meat Herds
Bison are worked a few times a year, which makes the notes you take at the working matter, and the ones you scribble in between. Ranch.Bot turns those notes into structured records (calving, weaning weights, treatments, and movements) so the herd’s history is there when you need it, not buried in a calving book or a glove-box notebook.
What you can record
- Calving records: cow, calf, and pasture notes
- Breeding and bull assignments for the rut
- Weaning weights and calf crops
- Working-day notes: vaccinations, deworming, and tagging
- Treatments and withdrawals, by product and dose
- Movements between pastures and groups
- Weights and body condition scores
- EID and visual tag IDs
- Feed and ration records
Say it how it happened
After a short web setup, text from your registered phone or type what happened. Ranch.Bot prepares a generic record for you to review before it saves.
Synthetic examples. They are not customer records.
Cow 142 calved a heifer calf on the north pasture, left her alone.
Put the herd bull back with the cows for the rut.
Worked the yearlings: 38 head, vaccinated and tagged.
Pulled the calves at weaning; 24 averaging 425 lbs.
Read more
- Chute-Side Record Keeping on Working Day
What to capture on every animal at the chute (ID, product, dose, route, withdrawal, weight) on a worksheet for paper, spreadsheet, or app.
- The Records Behind Your Cost to Keep a Cow
Most operations can’t name their cost to keep a cow. The records behind that number, with US and Canadian figures and a usable template.
- Record-Keeping for Registered & Seedstock
Seedstock record keeping for registered cattle and sheep: what to track per animal, and why documented animals earn buyer trust at sale time.
- Pre-Breeding Records That Pay Off
What to record at the pre-breeding herd-health visit (male soundness, vaccinations, body condition) so calving and lambing questions have answers next spring.
- Why You Need to Keep Records on Your Farm
The honest case for farm record keeping: compliance, keep/cull decisions, accounting, and where paper and spreadsheets fall short.
Common questions
Does Ranch.Bot handle bison herds?
Yes. Bison is a supported species. Record calving, weaning weights, working-day notes, treatments, and movements in plain language, and Ranch.Bot keeps a searchable history on every animal in the herd.
Bison are only worked a couple times a year. Does that fit?
Yes. Capture the chute work on working day, then jot the in-between notes (a calving on pasture, a bull moved for the rut) whenever they happen. Ranch.Bot keeps them in one place instead of a calving book and a glove-box notebook.
Can I track calving and weaning weights?
Yes. Log a calving with the cow and calf, and enter weights at weaning. The numbers land as structured records you can pull back up at sale time or breeding.
I run bison and cattle together. Do I need two apps?
No. Ranch.Bot keeps mixed operations (cattle, sheep, goats, and bison) under one set of records, with each species recorded in its own vocabulary.
Run more than one species?
Ranch.Bot keeps mixed operations under one set of records. Each species is recorded in its own language:
See bison records by text
See the short web setup, Text-in reply, and review step during a walkthrough. The 30-day trial requires a card and charges nothing until day 31.