Your whole goat operation, in one free app.
Herd Manager is a free app for dairy, meat, fiber, and pack goat breeders. Track breeding, milk, health, and genetics, sell through a built-in marketplace, and let AI import your existing records in minutes.
Most goat apps only do dairy. This one does it all.
Whether you're milking, raising for meat, harvesting fiber, or hitting the trail, Herd Manager speaks your side of the barn.
Dairy
Every drop, every doe, from test day to the show ring.
- DHIA & daily milk records
- 305-day lactation forecasts
- SCC & butterfat quality lab
- Linear appraisal & shows
Meat
Grow-out data and genetics that pay off at market.
- Weight gain & ADG tracking
- EPDs & performance data
- Withdrawal-period safety
- Buyer & sales records
Fiber
Track coat, clip, and quality across the herd.
- Fiber & shearing records
- Breed-trait recording
- Health & parasite logs
- Full pedigrees
Pack
Condition, milestones, and trail-ready health.
- Conditioning sessions
- Training milestones
- M. ovi & test tracking
- Pack-load planning
Replace the spreadsheets, sticky notes, and guesswork
One app for the whole herd — records that actually help you make decisions, not just store data.
Never lose track of who's bred, due, or open
Log breedings, watch heat cycles, and get due dates and kidding reminders automatically. Every kid links back to dam and sire, building your pedigrees as you go.
- Breeding & heat-cycle tracking — know who's open, bred, and due
- Automatic due dates & kidding reminders
- Kidding records with dam/sire links
- Reproductive efficiency analytics — kidding interval, days open, repeat breeders
More on breeding & kidding records → Try the gestation calculator →
Bred to Oak Hill's Titan · Day 138
In heat — breeding window open
Kidded — twins, doe & buck
From this doe's test-day weights
SCC 210k · Butterfat 6.4% · Protein 3.9%
Logged for the whole string in minutes
See your milk future, not just your past
Record DHIA test days and daily weights, then let Herd Manager fit each doe's lactation curve and project her 305-day total — so you can compare does on where they'll finish, not just today's number.
- DHIA & daily milk logging — fast entry for the whole herd
- 305-day lactation forecasts — a real curve, with a confidence indicator
- Quality Lab for SCC, butterfat & protein
- Per-doe averages, trends & top-producer ranking
Healthier herd, fewer things falling through the cracks
Keep every vaccination, treatment, and test in one place, with reminders so you never miss a booster or hoof trim. Treatment plans track drug withdrawal windows so milk and meat stay safe to sell.
- Health records, vaccinations & protocols
- Withdrawal-period tracking — surfaced right when you need it
- Treatment plans & medicine cabinet
- Disease testing, FAMACHA, BCS & weight logs
Whole herd — due in 6 days
Juniper — clear to sell Apr 2
Logged for 12 goats today
Breed with data, not just a hunch
Full pedigrees with real inbreeding coefficients, EPDs for meat performance, and a linebreeding tool that shows you exactly what a pairing does before you make it. Import ADGA pedigrees and explore genetic matches across your herd.
- Inbreeding coefficient (COI) on every pairing
- EPDs & Expected Progeny Differences for meat lines
- Linebreeding & generational comparison tools
- Family trees, genetic matches & ADGA import
Projected inbreeding coefficient
Built automatically from your kidding records
Bucks that complement this doe's lines
Listed to the marketplace & your farm page
Deposit received · buck kid, spring litter
Generated with pedigree & health records
Titan listed to the directory
The only goat app with a marketplace built in
List animals to a marketplace made for goat people, run a stud-service directory, take reservations with deposits, and hand buyers a professional sales packet with pedigree and records attached. Every buyer stays organized in your CRM.
- Marketplace listings & a stud-service directory
- Reservations, deposits & buyer CRM
- Bill of sale, sales packets & digital transfers
- Your own public farm page — a mini-website buyers can browse
Run it like the business it is
Track income and expenses, generate a Schedule F–ready tax summary, manage goat leases, and export everything to PDF or Excel. Calendar, reminders, and weather keep the day-to-day on track.
- Income & expense tracking with Schedule F tax reports
- Goat lease tracking — full lifecycle, with shareable records
- PDF & Excel exports for every report
- Calendar, reminders, weather & cloud sync across devices
Income vs. expenses (Schedule F ready)
Cedar — out to Maple Ridge · returns Jun 1
Herd report → PDF & Excel
Bring your whole herd in minutes, not evenings
Switching from spreadsheets, another app, or a shoebox of paper? Snap a photo or upload a screenshot, PDF, or spreadsheet and our AI import (H.E.R.D.) reads your goats and their records for you — so you're up and running the same day.
Import your herd free →Photo, screenshot, PDF, or CSV/Excel — whatever you already have.
Names, breeds, dates, and records get pulled out automatically.
Check the results, fix anything, and your herd is in.
From sign-up to tracking, today
No install required, no credit card, no setup call. Just open it and go.
Create your free account
Sign up in seconds right in your browser, or grab the app. Free for up to 10 goats, forever.
Add or import your herd
Enter goats by hand or let AI import pull them from a photo, PDF, or spreadsheet.
Start tracking
Log breedings, milk, and health — and let the reminders, forecasts, and pedigrees build themselves.
More capable, lower price, actually free to start
A quick look at how Herd Manager stacks up against other goat and livestock apps.
| Feature | Herd Manager$0–$12/mo | EasyKeeper$15–$27/mo | HerdBoss$6/mo | Farmbrite$19–$95/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan with every feature | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Built specifically for goats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not offered |
| Dairy, meat, fiber & pack | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Built-in marketplace & listings | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Stud directory & reservations | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| AI record import | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Pedigrees with inbreeding (COI) | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Public farm page for buyers | Yes | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Competitor pricing and features shown as publicly listed and may change — always compare current plans on their sites. "—" means not offered or not publicly documented.
Every feature is free. Pay only when your herd grows.
No feature tiers, no upsells, no locked tools. The only thing the paid plan changes is how many goats you can track.
Free
- Up to 10 goats
- Breeding, kidding & heat cycles
- Milk, DHIA & lactation forecasts
- Health, vaccinations & protocols
- Pedigrees, COI & genetics
- Marketplace, stud directory & CRM
- Finances & Schedule F tax reports
- Public farm page & PDF/Excel exports
- AI import, offline & cloud sync
Unlimited
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited goats — no herd-size cap
- Priority support
- Early access to new features
Same exact features as Free — the only difference is how many goats you can track. Cancel anytime; your data always stays yours.
Not sure yet? Start on Free and upgrade whenever you're ready — nothing to lose.
Made for the barn, by goat people
What breeders say after they switch from spreadsheets and generic apps.
"Finally, software made for goat people! I've tried spreadsheets and other apps, but nothing compares. The breeding tracker alone has saved me so much time."
"The health protocols and reminders are a game changer. I never miss a vaccination or hoof trim anymore. My vet is impressed with my records!"
"I love being able to share my farm page with potential buyers. The pedigree charts look professional and help me sell kids faster."