---
title: "4.9 Breeding and Offspring"
space: "Vuna Livestock"
url: "https://docs.navari.co.ke/livestock-management/farm-operations/49-breeding-and-offspring"
updated: "2026-10-24"
---

Record your breeding services and births so you can follow individual dams, sires, and offspring. Prepare your livestock Items, Serial Nos, batch creation settings, Company, and receiving house before starting.

## **Breeding and pregnancy checks**

1. Create **Breeding Record** with Dam, Service Date, Breeding Method, Sire or semen details, technician, and relevant notes.
2. Review and submit. The controller updates the dam's service count; cancellation reverses that count.
3. Record a structured **Pregnancy Check** using Livestock Event and the dam's Serial No, then mark it Completed when performed.

Submitting your Breeding Record updates the dam's service count. If you consumed stock during the service, record and verify its inventory issue separately; entering consumption details on this form does not create that stock issue.

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*Submitted Breeding Record with dam, sire/service method, and service date.*

## **Record births**

1. Create **Offspring Record**, select Company, Target Warehouse, Date of Birth, Posting Date, dam/sire and Breeding Record where known.
2. Add a child row for each newborn. Configure its Item and any required Batch or requested Serial No.
3. Verify automatic batch/serial creation settings when identifiers should be generated.
4. Submit. The app creates and submits a linked Material Receipt, receiving one animal per offspring row.
5. Review actual received serials/batches, stock quantities, and the dam's children list. Use Hatch/Birth Date on a reporting Batch when biological comparisons are needed; do not assume it is populated automatically.

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*Offspring Record child rows and its linked newborn Material Receipt.*

A linked readable submitted Offspring Record allows the life-cycle report to identify the receipt as Birth. These links do not convert all inferred batch transformations into genetic genealogy.