I'm making a free flock management system

[TM Chickens]

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I hadn't thought of that! Thanks.

Just popping in to let everyone know I still exist, and am still working on Flock Manager. I was slowed down because we were getting goats, and had to research, build a barn, etc. But now the goats are safely home, so I should have lots more time to program. One nice bit of news! Those of you who tested Alpha 1 might remember a ugly all-black window that opened up right behind behind Flock Manager? I figured out how to make it go away. So it now looks a lot nicer.

I'm currently working on the dialog to record new eggs collected. Will post some screenshots later today.

 

[TM Chickens]

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Thanks! I'll check that out.

 

[heritagebirds]

Do you have band color, also? Perhaps the option for multiple color bands, as the spiral ones could be use to mark generations in addition to the number...like blue for 1st gen, blue and red for second gen, etc... Thank you again, sounds like there is ALOT going on. I am willing to test. I have XP(32 bit) and Windows 7(32 and 64 bit).

 

[jamesrm]

I have the chic chart and do not really like it, to the point I just setup an excel spreadsheet.

I would like something, like the chic chart, but had the options to view the whole flock and track and record whole flocks, as in if I had 30 of species 1, 30 of species 2, track their food consumption rates, male/female, selling/culling/processing stats, and have an option to print reports kind of like a profit/loss statement.

 

[TM Chickens]

@jamesrm:
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Could you tell me what you don't like about the chick chart? Don't want to make the same mistakes.

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Would you like to track statistics like that for each breed separately, or for all your birds as a whole?

@everyone: I'm almost finished with the dialog to record new eggs collected. Will post some screenshots asap (Note to self: never say later today or tomorrow

). Also, I'm doing a lot of cleanup and removal of useless testing code, hope to have Alpha 2 ready for testing soon. I'll let y'all know when it's ready. Also, I made a page here which gives a rough draft of what will be shown on each tab. As you can see, most tabs are still undone. If you see something that is missing from a tab, or you think any tab should be presented in a different way, or if you have suggestions for any of the TODO tabs, please let me know.

 

[TM Chickens]

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It's still going, but very slowly. I've had about everything happen that can to slow me down. The most recent was getting a sore throat that had me in bed for two days. Just got over it, so work is beginning again. I've started a blog here so I won't clutter this thread with status reports and screenshots. Two weeks ago I said that I was going to post screenshots of current progress asap. That still stands, so watch the blog.

@jamesrm: I asked you some questions four posts down. Are you still reading this thread?

 

[TM Chickens]

I'm finished (for now) with the record new eggs window. Been taking some screen shots, hope to get them uploaded and posted today.

 

[nhnanna]

I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work.

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Your doing great......Thank you...

 

[TM Chickens]

After being frustrated with the way the blog shows pictures, I've decided to post them here.

What you see when the program first opens

After opening a file

The egg production tab

The "Record new eggs collected" dialog

That's all for now, folks! Of course nothing is set in stone, so if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve it, just let me know.