Software for sheep and goat operations.
Mule builds flock and herd record systems for sheep and goat operations: individual or group tracking depending on how you run, field apps built for lambing and kidding season, and dashboards on weaning weights and health. Sized for operations that run tight margins per head.
What we know about sheep and goat operations.
Sheep and goat operations often run smaller head counts than a cattle or hog operation, but the per-head margin is tighter, which makes a missed record more expensive relative to the animal, not less. Records at lambing or kidding time get written fast, on paper, in the barn, because there's no time to type anything while you're working through a pen of ewes or does.
For a lot of smaller operations, the whole system ends up being one spreadsheet that one person keeps current between seasons, which works until that person is busy, or gone, or the operation grows past what one spreadsheet can hold.
Why a sheep and goat operation picks Mule.
- 01Field apps built for lambing and kidding season, fast entry in the barn, working offline and syncing once you're back in signal range.
- 02Individual or group-level tracking depending on how your operation actually runs, not a rigid structure built for someone else's flock.
- 03Tag capture, visual or electronic, with manual entry when a tag won't read, so records tie to the right animal from day one.
- 04A website if you sell meat, breeding stock or fiber direct, a smaller, separate line from the record system itself.
What sheep and goat operations usually need.
From sheep and goat operations.
Does the app work in the barn during lambing or kidding, no signal?
Yes. It's built to run fully offline, entries save to the device during lambing or kidding and sync automatically once you're back in range.
Can it read our tags?
Yes. We can connect to readers that expose their data over Bluetooth, serial or file export, and animal RFID tags generally follow the ISO 11784/11785 standards, so we build to whatever tag setup your flock already uses, visual or electronic.
We keep everything in one spreadsheet right now. Can you bring that in?
Yes. We import your existing flock records as part of the build, so your lambing, kidding and health history comes with you instead of starting over.
We sell meat and breeding stock direct. Do we need a website too?
It helps if you're selling direct. It's a smaller, separate line from the flock record system, worth talking about, but never the default push.
How do you price something for a smaller operation like ours?
From your actual flock, head count, how you run lambing or kidding, what you're already tracking. There's no set price list sized for a bigger operation; you describe yours and get a real quote.