About FlockFiler Lite
Version 1.6.5 available. (December 18, 2006)
FlockFiler Lite is a computer database for keeping
health, management, and breeding records
of sheep. FlockFiler Lite is suitable for any shepherd and
for flocks of any size. Even though FlockFiler Lite was designed
for sheep records, goat herders are using it for their goat records too.
Try it out before you buy.
Download the fully-enabled demo.
When you are ready, purchase the license for $49.95
and receive your Registration Code online instantly. The FlockFiler Lite
Package shipped to you is $89.95.
Written documentation is provided for free as a PDF document. It is divided into the easy-to-use parts: Getting Started, User Guide, How-To Guide, Reference Guide, and index.
View some example movies in your web browser. These narrated videos illustrate some of the many features.
Check out the Frequently Asked Questions page. It includes answers too.
Browse these screen images of FlockFiler Lite. These are the from the Figures found in the User Guide section of the documentation.
Download a product brochure in PDF (700 kB) for you to share with others. It is designed to be a two-page printout which you print front and back on one piece of paper and then fold over in thirds. The brochure has an order form for the FlockFiler Lite package.
Features
- Everything you type into the database is fully searchable so that you can find it later.
- Track vital statistics. For example:
- tag number(s)
- scrapie tag
- registry ID number(s)
- sex
- name
- birth date
- acquisition date
- removal date
- dam and sire
- breed (including breed composition)
- codons 171, 136, and 154 (scrapie resistance)
- spider gene
- description
- location
- current status
- photo
- Lineage and breed composition are calculated automatically from dam and sire's info.
- Display lists of all siblings and all offspring of a particular sheep.
- Display ancestry of the sheep in a genealogy diagram. Optionally include your choice of field to display next to each sheep on the diagram too (e.g. birth type, wool color, or horn status).
- Score quality of wool (many aspects), and condition of body, feet, udder, teeth, soundness, ease of management, ease of lambing, and mothering ability.
- Track the sheep's weight at birth, weaning, and at six more dates of your choosing. 60-day, 90-day, and 120-day weights are automatically estimated from the weights you provide.
- Keep a datestamped log of everything done with each sheep.
- Log entries may optionally apply to multiple sheep simultaneously such as notations of vaccinations or shearing.
- Includes a handy dosage calculator to help you determine how much of something to administer for your sheep's weight.
- Includes a date planning tool to assist you in planning when to breed, birth, vaccinate, wean, and sell.
- Has six custom fields that you can label yourself to keep track of any additional things you need.
Computer System Requirements
FlockFiler Lite is a FileMaker 5.5 runtime database project. Its requirements are that of this version of FileMaker itself (Windows 95 or later, MacOS 8.1 or later, MacOS X 10.0.4 or later). You do not need to buy FileMaker Pro separately. FlockFiler Lite is a stand-alone, complete solution built with the advanced FileMaker database technology of FileMaker Developer 5.5.
FlockFiler Lite and FlockFiler Pro are products of
Cosmic Consulting.
info@flockfiler.com (540) 888-0008