BASIC MANUAL:

• SETUP & INTRODUCTION

• FLOCK REGISTER
• BACKUP
Notes:

This “BASIC”manual is not intended to be a fully comprehensive instruction guide for all
possible options within the program, but it should cover the vast majority of options required by
the vast majority of users. It does not cover pedigree breeding or electronic ID tagging –where
required, a separate supplementary “Pedigree” manuals will be provided.

Also, the ‘Larry the lamb’software assistant is included in the program and is designed to
provide more detailed instructions where no help is provided in this manual.

This manual is divided into two sections:

• Section I is intended to help a new user get the program installed, to set up their own flock,
and to explain how to do the more important flock register entries –adding animals,
purchasing animals, etc.

— Of all the instructions in this booklet, none is more important than the backup and
restore instructions on page 18! Please take time to read these instructions as it is
essential that backups are taken frequently.

• Section II is intended for the more advanced user. It includes instructions on breeding,
health/feeding and management.

(Acknowledgements: Photo on front cover is from www.texel.co.uk and is used with

permission.)

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 Contents
Section I

1. Program Installation … … … … .… … … … … … ...… … … ..… … … … … … ..… … … … … . 5

1.1 Computer System Settings … … … … … … … … … .… ..… … … … … … … … ............. 5

2. Starting Kingswood Sheep … … … .… … … … ..… … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … ...... 5

2.1 Starting the Program … … … .… … … … … ..… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ... 5
2.2 Initial Setup… … … … ..… … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ... 7

3. Setting Up … … … … ...… … … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … ... 8

3.1 Setting up your Flocks … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ... 8
3.2 Default Settings … .......… … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … ... 8
3.3 Preferences … … .......… … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … .… … … … … ... 9
3.4 Changing the Predefined Lists … … … .… … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … ...... 9

4. Introduction to using Kingswood Sheep … … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … ... 10

4.1 Help! –Using Larry the Lamb .… … … .… … … … ..… … … … … … … … … ..… … ... 10
4.2 Using the Main Screen … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … ..… … .. 10
4.3 Using Filters … … … … .… … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … ............ 12

5. Adding Animals … ...… … … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … ..… … … ............. 13

5.1 Adding Animals when Setting Up the Program for the First Time … … … … .… 13
5.2 Initial Tagging/Retag Individual … … … … … … … … … … … ...… … ...................... 13
5.3 Initial Tagging/Retag Group … … ..… … … … … … … … … … ...… … ...................... 14
5.4 Entering Details for a Group of Animals - All Individually Tagged … … .......... 16
5.5 Adding Animals Born on the Farm … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 16
5.6 Adding Purchased Animals … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .... 17
5.6a Adding Purchased Animals Individually … … … … … … … … … … … … ............ 17
5.6b Adding Purchased Animals as a Group … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 17
5.7 Adding Lambs which are being Tagged Immediately Before Being Sold … ...... 19
5.8 Retagging Animals … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 19

6. Sheep Reports … … … … ....… … … … … .… … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … ...… 20

6.1 Flock Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 21
6.2 Ewe Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..... 21
6.3 Animal Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… ... 21
6.4 Performance & Analysis … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … . 21
6.5 Veterinary Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 22
6.6 Feed Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...… . 22
6.7 Quality Assurance … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 22

7. Taking a Backup … … .… … … … ....… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … ... 23

8. Using Undo … … .… … … … ....… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … ....… 23

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 Section II

9. Breeding … … … … ....… … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… ...… 25

9.1 Add/Amend AI Rams … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 25
9.2 Service … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 25
9.3 Weaning … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… … … … … … ... 26
9.4 Fostering … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... 26
9.5 Scanning … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .... 26
9.6 Change Type … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … . 27

10. Health/Feeding … … … ...… … ...… … … … … … … … … … ..… … .… … … … … … … … . 28

10.1 Drugs Purchased … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 28
10.2Health Treatment … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...… … … … … 28
10.3 Feed Purchases … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… … … . 29
10.4 Feed Alocation … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 29

11. Management … … … … ..… ...… … ...… … … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … … … … 30

11.1 Weighing … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … . 30
11.2 Shearing … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .................. 30
11.3 Group Transfers … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .... 30

12. Guide to using TGM Remote Control … … … ...… … … … … … … … … … … … . 31

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 SECTION I

1. Program Installation
• Insert the Select Sheepware installation CD into your CD drive.
• The installation program should start automatically, but if it doesn’t, click on 'Start' (bottom
left of the main MS Windows screen) followed by 'Run'
• In the box given, type D:\SheepTrial.exe (where D: is the drive letter –change if necessary.
To check which letter should be used, double-click on 'My Computer')
• Click OK

Once the installation program has started, the following screen will be shown:

Click on Unzip and allow installation to continue without changing where the program will be
installed to (c:\ksheep).

Soon you will see the following screen

Click on Next to continue. When finished, you will have a new Select Sheepware option in
your Start Menu program list.

If you have already purchased the program, you have 30 days in which to ring for a registration
code which will remove the 30 day time restriction.

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 2. Starting Select Sheepware
2.1 Starting the program

To start the sheep program ‘double click’the shortcut icon on the windows desktop.

If you do not have a shortcut icon on your desktop then the sheep program may also be started
in the following way:
• Click on 'Start' (on the bottom left of the MS Windows screen), then 'Programs', then
'Select Sheepware', then 'Select Sheepware'. The program will start for you.

The startup screen will be shown as right:

You must login as a user. When you run the program for the
first time there is one user already in the system –‘Owner’.

• Click on Change/Add Users to change the user name from

‘Owner’to your own name

When the Change / Add Users screen comes up as below:

• Click Change and change Initials and Name to the initials and name of the main program
user.

You may enter a password if you wish to

prevent children or others from using the
program. However, having to key in a
password every time you start the program
can be inconvenient so you may leave the
password blank if you wish.

• Click Save (it will be available when

new details have been entered)
The Change/Add User screen will
close

• To begin the program, click Start Program > >

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The Select Sheepware option is also available from within the Kingswood Herd program, if you
have Kingswood Herd installed on your computer. To access the Sheep data:

• Click on the Sheep icon in the Herd

program.

2.2 Initial Setup

The Initial Setup screen will appear as below:

Information about the flock can now be added

The two most

important items to
get correct are Flock
Number and
Country.

The name and

address shown are
those of the flock
owner, as registered
with the Department
of Agriculture.

The user can choose

here if the flock is
pedigree or not.

The option exists to

select if all animals
are uniquely tagged.
The user can select
whether or not to
enter individual tags for all animals.

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 3. Setting Up
3.1 Setting up your Flocks

(If part 2.2 was not completed then follow this step to set up the flock)

• Click on System
• Click on Flock Names
• Click on Change

The two most important items to

get correct are Flock Number
and Country.

The name and address shown are

those of the flock owner, as
registered with the Department of
Agriculture.

The user can choose here if the

flock is pedigree or not.

The option exists to select if all animals are uniquely tagged. The user can select whether or not
to enter individual tags for all animals.
* Note: This option is not available in Ireland *

3.2 Default Settings

• Click on System
• Click on Default Settings

Please ensure you agree with

the default settings of the
system. If you wish to change
any of the numbers then just
click in the box and change the
value.
Then click on ‘Save & Exit’

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3.3 Preferences

• Click on System
• Click on Default Settings
• Click on Preferences:

If you want Larry’s tips to

show every time the
program starts, this box
should be ticked.

If you want the program to

prompt you automatically to
transfer lambs over a specified
age to become hoggets, and
hoggets to become ewes, tick
the appropriate boxes.

You can also choose how If you want to use your own, non-
frequently you want the Department tags, tick this box
program to check for animals to
be transferred To use Electronic Identification
tags, tick this box

3.4 Changing the Predefined Lists

• Click on System
• Click on the list you want
to change, e.g. Breeds.
This allows the user to
add breeds etc. to their
personalised lists.

You can add to any of the drop down lists in the program in this system section.

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 4. Introduction to using Select SheepWare
4.1 Help! –Using Larry the Lamb

Larry the lamb is available to help at any

stage. To call Larry, just:
• Press the F1 key
(The F1 key is on the top left of your
keyboard.)
• Or click on Help

He will automatically appear when a system

is started for the first time and will guide
you through the more important setup
processes. Clicking Hide Larry hides Larry
and lets the program start.

When running the program for the first time,

when Larry suggests you click Yes it is
usually better to do so.

Follow Larry’s instructions. He will guide

you through setting up your own name and
address, the flock owner’s name and address,
the flock number and country.

It is particularly important that the country

is set correctly before you begin to use the
program.

4.2 Using the Main Screen

From the Sheep program’s main screen, animals can be viewed. The animal list can be ordered
by Ear Tag, Type, Sex, etc. (the column headings along the bar immediately above the animal
list). Clicking on any of these column headings lists the animals by that heading, such as by
date of birth. The animals can then be sorted by ascending or descending order by clicking the
Sort Order button (far right, just above the column heading bar).

If you want to have the data presented in a different layout, you can move columns around. To
do so, press and hold the left mouse button over the column heading and drag it where you want
it and release the mouse button.

The main screen can be used to enter group events such as group sales, group health treatments,
etc. For this, the animals for grouping must be ticked in the left hand tick column.

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 Click on a Click to preview or print
Column
Heading
to sort the
animals in
order

Click
once on
the Tick
Column
to tick or
un-tick
an animal

Choose
the
animal Choose Filter option based on Choose Filter option Change the columns
Type in flock status based on ticking shown by clicking on
Change Columns

Tick Column: The column with a tick at the top is used for quick entry of the same data for a
batch of animals. To place a tick beside an animal, click in the tick box beside it. When you
click an event button you are given the choice of individual event or group event, e.g. group
sale or group health. If you choose the group event, e.g. group health, you can enter a health
event for all the ticked animals.

Foster Column: All ewes with * showing in the Foster column are fostering another ewe’s
lamb.

FootRot Column: All animals with * showing in the Footrot Column are prone to foot rot.
Change by clicking once in this column.

Worms Column: All animals with * showing in the Worms column are prone to worms.
Change by clicking once in this column.

Reset table: Restores the order of the listing to the standard layout.

Preview: Shows how the report will look when printed.

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4.3 Using Filters

• Click on More Filters to use filters

By entering values in the appropriate boxes, the program will filter or select the required
animals. For example, filter out all animals of a specific breed.

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 5. Adding Animals
There are 4 situations in which you will want to add animals –when:
1. Setting up the program for the first time
2. Adding lambs born on the farm
3. Adding purchased animals
4. Adding lambs which are being tagged immediately before being sold

5.1 Adding Animals when Setting Up the Program for the First Time

• Click Tagging/Retag

You can then choose either to enter the animals one at a time (Initial Tagging / Retag
Individual), or to enter them as a group (Initial Tagging/Retag Group).

• Click Initial Tagging/Retag Individual if you want to enter

the animals one at a time.

• Click Initial Tagging/Retag Group if you want to add a batch

of animals quickly –this is the preferred option, however the
batch being entered must be numbered sequentially.

5.2 Initial Tagging/Retag Individual

When you choose this option, you must select the reason the animal is being tagged –animal
tagged for the first time, animal retagged etc. When you’ve clicked on the reason, click
Continue.

The program will have entered your own Flock Number for you. You must enter the
Department Tag. In Ireland, there are input boxes for left tag, right tag and farm tag. For other
countries there may be only two input boxes –Department Tag and Farm Tag.

In Ireland the only tag colour allowed is white. For other countries, you may select the tag
colour from the drop down list.

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(Note, the
<< Less << button at
the top right reduces
the amount of
information shown.
If clicked, it toggles
to a
<< More >> button
and the bottom two
rows of information
disappear.)

Notes:
The Animal Type must be entered –lamb, hogget, ewe or ram. The breed is not compulsory
but the date of birth is. An estimated date of birth will suffice if the actual date of birth is not
known –the program uses this to automatically transfer lambs to hoggets and hoggets to ewes
at predefined ages.

If entering a breeding ram, it may be useful to enter an animal code in the Farm Tag/Code
box, even if you’re not using farm tags, e.g. you may want to add TEX as the code for the Texel
ram.

This method of entering animals individually is slow. It is much faster to enter the animals as a
batch or group (see Section 4.3).

5.3 Initial Tagging/Retag Group

For large numbers of animals, this method

of adding animals as a batch is much quicker
than adding animals individually.

• Click Initial Tagging/Retag Group. The

tagging reason screen will be shown as
below.

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For Ireland:
Choose from the list the reason the animals are being tagged. The program will automatically
enter the tags to the correct ear with the correct tag colour. For example, if you choose
'Animals Tagged for 1st time' the program will enter the left ear tags with tag colour white.

For other Countries:

For countries other than Ireland, the
program allows you to record movements
into or out of the flock without individually
tagging the animals. This keeps the flock
register totals correct. If at some later stage
you decide to tag some of these animals, you
will want to record the fact that they’ve been
tagged but not to adjust the register totals as
the animals are already counted in the
register. This is why the option 'Animals
Tagged for 1st time –already counted in
register' is in the list of options.

To update the flock register:

• Click on Purchase
• Click on Purchase –animals not tagged

The flock register total will be updated with the number of lambs
purchased, but the individual animals will not be created on the
main screen.

Later on, you may decide to keep some of these lambs as

replacements and wish to tag them:
• Choose the option Animals Tagged for 1st time –already counted in register (see above)

This will create individual animal records, enter the individual tag number to the flock register
but not change the total numbers in the flock register.
The same principle applies to births and sales –you have a choice as to whether or not you
want the animals to be individually tagged or not.

If you’re not getting these choices, check the flock settings in the system area:
• Click System in top left corner of main screen
• Click Flock Names

If you have the tick box All Animals Uniquely Tagged ticked then you won’t have the option
to record untagged animals.

NOTE: This option does not apply if you have set the country to be Ireland, as all sheep in
Ireland are individually tagged.

If entering a group, all animals of that group must all be of the one type, i.e. lambs, hoggets,
ewes or rams.
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5.4 Entering Details for a Group of Animals –All Individually Tagged

If you select to tag animals as a group, you will see this screen:

• Enter the tagging date

• Enter approximate
birth date

• Choose the animal type

from the drop down
• In Ireland the tag
colour will be white.
For other countries,
choose the tag colour
from the list.
• Enter the starting tag
number
• Enter either the number of animals, or the ending tag number
• Click on Save & Exit to create these animals
Note: if you don’t tag your lambs until you’re about to sell them, you can click on Save &
Goto Sales Screen. This creates the animals and then takes you straight to the sales screen
where you can sell them.

5.5 Adding Animals Born on the Farm

If you want to record births:

• Click on Flock Register

• Click on Births

Just as for tagging, you can either record births one at a time, or you can record a batch of
lambs born.

If you want to keep management information on the mother ewe, you must choose individual
lambing. This option will be covered later in this manual. If you want to create a group of
lambs, recording their birth dates but not linking them to the mother ewes, click on Group
Lambing. The screen for group lambing is virtually identical to the one used for group tagging
as described above. The main difference is that the program will automatically put the animal
type in as a lamb and the entry in the flock register will show Birth rather than Tagging.

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5.6 Adding Purchased Animals

On the main screen:

• Click on Flock Register
• Click Purchases

• Click either Individual Purchase or Group Purchase

(Individual Purchase is a slower process. If you have tagged the animals purchased with
sequential tag numbers, it is recommended that you choose Group Purchase)

* Note: in Ireland, animals purchased must be tagged with the farmer’s own tags at the time of
purchase. For other countries, this may not be the case –please contact us if the purchase screen
needs to be amended to suit the requirements of a country other than Ireland.

5.6a Adding Purchased Animals Individually

Enter:
• Purchase Date
• Approx Birth Date
• Supplier
• Animal type

Optional:
• Sex and Breed
• Price and Purchase Weight
• Comment

Notes:
In Ireland, if the animal is tagged only in the left ear tag when purchased, you must enter your
own tag in its right ear –New Right Ear Tag. You do not have to record the individual tag
numbers from the tag of origin, just the flock number of the tag of origin.
If the animal is already tagged in its right ear you must retag it, entering both the Right Ear
Tag When Purchased and your replacement tag number.
Left Ear Tag is not compulsory to record in Ireland.

5.6b Adding Purchased Animals as a Group

As before, enter:
• Purchase Date
• Approx Birth Date
• Animal Supplier
• Animal type

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In addition, and unlike
for individual
purchasing, enter:
• Start Tag Number
• Number Of Animals

Optional:
• Sex and Breed
• Total Price
• Av Price
• Total Weight
• Av Weight
• Comment

• Click on Create
Animals to create
the animals

The program will create the animals and then you will see the screen below:

• Enter the left or

right ear tags when
purchased

(The screen on the

right may not be
the same for
countries other than
Ireland)

If Ireland:
• If the animal was
tagged in both ears
when purchased,
you must record the
right ear tag in the
column headed
Right Tag When
Purchased

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5.7 Adding Lambs which are being Tagged Immediately Before Being Sold

• Follow the instructions for Tagging/Retagging to create the animals.

When you are ready to save:

• Click on
Save & Goto Sales Screen

The following screen will be shown:

Enter the details for:

• Date of Sale
• Customer

Prices and weights are

optional.

In Ireland the program

prints the dispatch
document:
• Click the
Print Dispatch
Document button

Note that not all countries use a combination of right ear and left ear tags. If you have set the
flock country to one other than Ireland, your only choices are Department Tag and Farm Tag.

5.8 Retagging Animals

If you are retagging an animal and you know the tag number it had before it lost its tag, just
double-click on the animal on the front screen and change the tag number –the program will
detect the tag number change and will record the retag.

If you are retagging animals and you don’t know the original tag numbers before they lost their
tags, just follow the previous instructions for Tagging/Retagging. Choose the option Animal
Retags when prompted for the reason for tagging.

The program will create the animals with the new tags, but will leave the flock numbers
unchanged in the flock register.

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 6. Sheep Reports
To access the reports:
• Click on the Reports button

• Click on the desired report

To leave columns off the report altogether, click on Change Columns and select or deselect
columns to be displayed on the report.

Many users will want to use the program purely for Flock Register purposes. If so, it is not
necessary to use the various management reports shown above at all.

However, if you want to retrieve management information from the program as well as keeping
the flock register, there are a large number of reports available as can be seen in the report
screen above.

Note:
Under new European decoupling rules, detailed health records may be required. The KW Sheep
program has very detailed health recording facilities.

The list below is a brief summary of the reports available. Please be aware that, as the program
is developed, new reports may be added and some reports may have their titles changed.

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6.1 Flock Reports

Note, in Ireland (R.O.I.), the three legal reports required are:

1. Flock Register (Section 2)
2. Flock Register (Section 3)
3. Audit of Register Changes (only if requested by Department)

Flock Register:
can be refined by including a Start Date, in the format dd/mm/yy or dd/mm/yyyy.

REPS:
requires just a report year to be entered.

For countries other than Ireland, the Flock Register report buttons may be different to those
shown above.

6.2 Ewe Reports

Ewes Due To Lamb, Due Pre Lambing Feeding and Services/Scanning/PD: These are
management reports which are dependant on the user entering individual services for the ewes.

Ewe Comments: This report shows recorded comments and ewe sales entered against ewes
during lambing for example.

6.3 Animal Reports

Weighing Report: List lambs, from a given date, showing weight, weighing date, weight gain
per day, weight gain since birth etc.

Sale Reports: Sales performance report with details of price, grade, weight etc.

Purchase / Sale Report: A basic margin report giving purchase price, sale price and margin.

Animals Due To Cull: When entering events such as services or lambings, you can tick the
‘cull’box and enter a cull comment. This report lists all animals that have been ticked for
culling, complete with the cull comment.

Animal Death Report: Lists animals which have died, including a reason for death.

6.4 Performance & Analysis

Ewe Past Performance Report: Report giving each ewe’s performance, including number of
lambs alive, prices of previous lambs etc.

Sire Performance Report: Report giving the total number and average performance of lambs
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produced by each ram.

6.5 Veterinary Reports

Health Report (Condensed): A report on group health treatments, including details such as:
• Where a group of animals was treated
• Total number of animals treated
• Drug used
• Reason for treatment etc
• (And more. Note the individual animals treated are not shown.)

Health Report (Detailed): This report is similar to the condensed version except that every
individual animal is listed –it can therefore be quite a long report if there are a lot of sheep in
the flock.

Animals inside withdrawal period: A list of all animals treated with drugs and which are still
within the legal withdrawal period.
* These animals must not be slaughtered for human consumption.

Veterinary Purchases: A report on drugs purchased.

6.6 Feed Reports

Feed Purchases: Details of feeds purchased as is required by some of the quality assurance
schemes.

Feed Summary (Condensed) and Feed Summary (Detailed): Very similar to the equivalent
veterinary reports, only with feed information instead of veterinary information.

6.7 Quality Assurance

All reports in this block are designed to meet the various Farm Quality Assurance requirements
for Fields and Medicines. You can not add of remove columns or apply filters to these reports.

NOTE: Pedigree Reports are discussed in the supplementary Pedigree Guide.

NOTE: This may not be a complete list of the reports available as more reports will be added
as the program develops. The reports available may also be dependant on the version of the
program purchased, for example the pedigree reports are only available if you have purchased
the pedigree option.

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 7. Taking a Backup
It is essential to take regular backups if you wish to ensure that, in the event of a problem with
the data on the main computer, you will be able to restore accurately from a backup.

To backup:
• Click on the Backup button

• Click on Backup • Click on Restore • Click on Undo, if you would like to

Now to copy your to restore data return your data back to an earlier
data to a floppy disk backed up on a point in time, without going right
for safe keeping previous occasion back to your last backup

When you do a group event, which can update a large number of animal records, the program
creates an undo point which you can get back to.

8. Using Undo
• Click on Backup, then on Undo. An Undo a screen like the one below will be displayed.

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From the list of dates and times shown, choose a date and time which you would like to restore
your data to.
• Double-click on this date and time

You will be prompted to enter the word RESTORE to continue:

• Type in “RESTORE”
• Click on OK

The program will restore your data to that point in time.

The program will exit when it has restored the data. You will need to restart the program.

Note: You should not use the same floppy each time you backup! Rather, use at least 3 floppy
disks in rotation –such as Disk A, Disk B and Disk C, Disk A, Disk B and Disk C, repetitively.
This way, should one of the disks fail (as can happen) the previous restore point will not be so
old.

Emergency Backup and Restore

There is an emergency backup and restore program supplied with the sheep program which will
allow you to backup the sheep data or restore from a previous backup. This emergency program
is useful if the sheep data has got corrupted in some way and the sheep program won’t start.

To use this program:

• Click on Start
• Click on Programs
• Click on SelectSheepWare
• Click KSheepBackup

The instructions from then on are the same as for Backing Up, Restoring or using Undo as
described earlier.

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 SECTION II

9. Breeding
• Click Breeding

9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6

9.1 Add AI Rams

• Click on Add AI Rams

This option allows the user to use an AI ram for breeding purposes which may not be part of
their own flock. AI rams can be added and amended.

9.2 Service

• Click on Service

Two options are available:

1. Individual Service –allows an individual animal to be
serviced.
2. Group Service –allows a batch of animals, in a field, for
example, to be entered in the same service

9.2.1 - Individual

The animal selected is shown.

The Date is the when the ram first

goes in with the sheep and the
range is the number of days the
ram was with the sheep.

It is possible to select up to four

rams for any given period.

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9.2.2 - Group

Group service is similar to individual service. Create the group by ticking animals on the main
screen.

9.3 Weaning

• Click on Weaning
• Select the correct animal either by ticking the animal on the main screen before entering
Weaning or by using the animal search tool from within Weaning

• Complete the table as required:

Enter:
• “t”in the box beneath Weaned
• Enter the Wean Date

9.4 Fostering

This option allows for lambs to be

fostered off to foster mothers. Tick the
lambs to be fostered off on the main
screen.

• Click on Fostering
• In the fostering screen, tick the
white boxes under Fostered Off to
confirm for each lamb and then
enter the ear tag numbers of the
foster mother in each case
• Click Save

9.5 Scanning

• Tick the animal to scan on the main

screen
• Click on Scanning
• Tick the box beside Pregnant
• Enter the number of lambs being
carried in the box to the right
• Enter other details as required

• Click Save or Exit without saving

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9.6 Change Type

• Tick the animal to scan on the main

screen
• Click on Change Type

• Select a Date of Transfer

• Enter a value for Average Transfer
Value

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 10. Health/Feeding
• Click Health/Feeding

10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4

10.1 Drugs Purchased

• Click on Drugs Purchased

The Kingswood Sheep program already has a

list of medicines built in. These can be
selected from the Medicine drop-down list.
Whenever medicines are purchased:
• Fill in all the details on this screen
• Click Save

You may need to add medicines.

• Click on the +- button
• Click Add
• Complete the details as like the
existing medicines

The Dose Unit to Use is normally

millilitres (ml) (exactly the same as
cubic centimetres (CC or c.c.)). Be
careful –the program allows the
dose unit to be different from the
purchase unit. For example, if a
medicine is purchased in 100 ml
bottles the dose unit could be set in ml or 100 ml bottles. If the purchase unit is set as litres, a
Quantity in Stock of 10 would mean 10 litres, not 10 ml or 10 x 100 ml bottles.

• Click Save when finished

10.2 Health Treatments

• Click on Health Treatments

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The box, right, will appear. Choose the correct option:
• Individual Health Treatment is straightforward. Complete
each box appropriately
• Group Health Treatment applies the same as above but to
all animals ticked on the main screen
• General Health Treatment allows you to record a treatment
of a batch of sheep without identifying the individual animals.
E.g. suppose you have a group of lambs which have not yet been tagged. You may use the
General Health Treatment option to record health treatment for these lambs.

10.3 Feed Purchases

• Click on Feed Purchases

• Complete the boxes of feeds as
required.
Feed Type, Supplier and
Manufacturer details can be added
by clicking the +- button

Note: the T for Quantity and Cost Per

Unit is for tonne.

10.4 Feed Allocation

• Click on Feed Allocation

Four options are given:

1. Allocate Feed to Animals Selected On Front
Screen –this option allows feed regimes to be
added, deleted and applied to the individual
animal selected on the front screen. Select a
feed regime and a start date.
2. Allocate Feed to Animals in a Feed Group –
this option is the same as above but instead of
selecting an individual animal on the front
screen, a group of animals is selected from
within this option. The feed regime is then
applied to the group.
3. Stop Feed Allocation to Animals Selected On Front Screen –stops option 1.
4. Stop Feed Allocation to Animals in a Feed Group –stops option 2.

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 11. Management
• Click Management

11.1 11.2 11.3

11.1 Weighing

• Click on Weighings

This option allows you to record the weight recording of individual animals on certain dates.

11.2 Shearing

• Click on Shearing

[Available later in the year]

11.3 Group Transfers

This option allows animals to be transferred into or between new or different batches or feed
groups. First tick the animal(s) you wish to move on the main screen.

• Click on Group Transfers

• Select the Batch of Feed Group from the drop-down lists
• Click Save & Exit when finished

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 12. Guide to using TGM Remote Control Support
Many computer problems are easily repaired by adjusting the software settings. This could
sometimes be done over the phone, or it sometimes required an onsite visit by a TGM
technician.

Since 2005, TGM Software Solutions has been able to offer customers an alternative
service! We now have the option of utilising Remote Desktop, a tool which can allow us to
operate our customers’computer systems over the internet from our office.

Please note: this system is secure, we can gain access only when a customer permits us and,
whenever remote control is established, the customer can disconnect us at any time. To allow us
to connect to your PC to resolve technical issues:

• Connect to the internet

• Open Microsoft Internet Explorer, or similar
• Go to the TGM website –www.tgmsoftware.com –by entering it into the Address bar
(Note, if the address bar is not shown, right-click in the grey area and ensure that Address
Bar is ticked)

• On the TGM website, click on Support

• At the bottom of the section Product Support, click on the Click Here link

• This link takes you to a new secure website.

By this stage, we should have supplied you with a 6-
digit PIN code over the phone. Please enter this code in
this box (such as ‘123456’)
• Click Connect to technician
• The Applet Download box should appear
• Click the Download button

• The File Download box should appear

Click on Run as shown

• Click on Run again, as shown

• Click on OK
This will give TGM control of your desktop.

A dialogue box will open (see right). This allows messages

to be typed and sent. For example, we could use it to ask
the customer to insert a CD, or to tell them the problem is
fixed.

If the dialogue box is not shown:

• Along the Task Bar at the bottom of your screen you
will see an item with a red cross with
‘tgm software solution… ’beside it.

Click on this to bring up the dialogue box.

To Disconnect TGM

To break the connection, either:

• Click on Disconnect at the bottom right of the dialogue box, or
Press the End button on the keyboard (found between Delete and Page Down)
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