Once you've connected your cow wearable system with MINDA, you'll start receiving animal information such as heat alerts in both MINDA and the app. For the app, you'll need to make sure you've turned on notifications first (explained in our helpful article Setting up MINDA & Cow Wearables).
Using the Attribute Wearable alerts, you can create and update Groups to show animals that have alerts picked up by the cow wearables you have on farm.
How do I see wearable alerts in MINDA?
The Wearable alerts Attribute works like any other Attribute in MINDA and can be added to any Group. To create a Group which shows animals that have had an alert, you'll need to head into Groups > Add a group then enter:
Group name
Which Group your new Group will be based off
Add the Wearable alerts Attribute, alert type & period
To exclude animals that have been mated, add the Days since last mating Attribute and period
Select Wearable alerts and Days since last mating when setting a filter
Once in the Group, update the filter to show animals with an alert and without a mating
Note: As we continue working with your wearable providers, we'll update the Wearable alerts Attribute to have more alert types.
What can I do with wearable alerts?
Using this Group, you can see which animals have had an alert picked up for them via the cow wearables you have on farm. From here you can:
Draft Groups
Record Events
Drafting
Like any Group in MINDA, you're able to draft this Group using the Actions button. Once you've selected the Draft option, go through the steps shown on screen to schedule a draft.
Note: When creating a draft based on the Wearables alert attribute, animals will be drafted regardless of whether a heat event has been recorded in MINDA.
Recording Events
By creating a Group of animals that have an alert, you can use other attributes and reports to start making plans around mating etc. You can also review animals that have alerts and confidently record Events knowing that you're not recording i.e. false heats etc. To learn more about recording Events in MINDA, check out our handy article Recording Events.
MINDA App
If you're using the MINDA App and have turned on notifications, you can record Heat Events using wearable alerts. Head into Heat > Record Heat and click Add from wearables to automatically add any animals that have a heat alert. Once you're happy with the list of animals, complete the Event and approve it in the Holding Pen.
