What Triggers a Rebreeding?

There are some instances in CattleMax where a breeding record is automatically created on a cow after you add her calf in CattleMax.  This typically occurs in situations where the bull is left in the pasture year-round or when the bull is turned into a pasture where cows are calving out.

Requirements for an NS breeding to trigger "rebreeding" of a dam when her calf is added:

• Archived: false
• Breeding Method: NS
• Breeding Date < calf's birth date
• Breeding End Date is null
• If a cow has a new breeding created on the date the calf is born, that indicates the previous breeding had no breeding end date entered. If there is no end date for the natural service breeding, a new breeding will be created on the birth date of the new calf because the software detects the bull is still with the cow, the cow calves, becomes Open breeding status, bull rebreeds.  It is important to always enter an end breeding date to all natural service breedings.

Those NS breedings details will be updated to:

• Archived: true with code C (for Calving)
• Breeding End date: calf's birth date

A new breeding will be created if:

• The female is in a pasture
• The bull from the earlier NS record is in the same pasture

The new breeding details will be:

• Breeding Date: calf's birth date
• Breeding End Date: blank
• Breeding Method: NS
• Bred To: that bull

Note: Once a breeding is created, it can always be edited by going to the individual cow record > Breeding tab > click the breeding date and an Edit screen will appear.