Breeding and Foaling

The breeding module in EquiDuty helps you keep track of an entire breeding year for your mares — from the first heat check to a new foal profile. You log events as they happen, the system keeps the season status, due dates, and reminders up to date, and you get automatic summaries when the season closes.

The module is opt-in per subscription tier. Contact support to enable it for your stable.

What’s in version 1

One breeding season per mare per year — a container for planned stallion, attempts, costs, documents, and reports
Structured ultrasound logs — left/right ovary follicles, edema 0-5, fluid, dominant follicle, ovulation, recommendation, next check
Insemination / cover — method (fresh, chilled, frozen, natural), stallion (internal, external, or free-text), batch, dose, motility
Pregnancy checks — day 14-16 and heartbeat at day 25-30 suggested automatically
Stallion register — external stallions with breeding fee, pregnancy fee, contract documents
Semen shipment log — order, delivery, remaining doses (decremented automatically on every insemination)
Foaling watch — round-the-clock observations, automatic escalation at alert level
Auto-create foal profile — logging the foaling creates a new horse record with damId, sireId, and date of birth pre-filled
Cost rollup — veterinary costs, expenses, and invoices rolled up per mare, per season, and per attempt
Notifications — every event flows through EquiDuty’s standard notification system (push, email, in-app) in the user’s selected language

How the workflow works

Breeding work is rarely linear. EquiDuty never forces you to log in a specific order — you can record an insemination first and fill in the ultrasound later, or skip a check entirely. The system recomputes status, anchor date, and reminders automatically based on what’s actually been logged.

The season status is derived from what’s been recorded:

Planned — season created, no events yet
Active — at least one ultrasound recorded
Inseminated — at least one insemination recorded
Pregnant — pregnancy check confirmed positive
Not pregnant — latest attempt failed (season stays open; a new insemination starts attempt 2)
Pre-foaling — estimated foaling watch period started
Foaled — foaling recorded
Closed — you have manually closed the season

You can always manually override the status (with a reason) if reality differs from what’s logged — e.g. if the mare has been confirmed pregnant elsewhere.

Roles and permissions

The breeding module follows EquiDuty’s standard role and permission system.

Role	What this person can do
Stud farm owner / administrator	Everything — create season, log all events, view costs, generate reports
Veterinarian	Log ultrasounds, treatments, abnormalities; read the mare’s journal
Inseminator	Log insemination, read cycle status
Mare owner (member)	Follow their own mare in the app, read costs (if the stable allows it)
Mare owner (external contact)	Receives email and PDF at key events; no in-app access in V1
Groom	Log foaling-watch observations; sees status but not costs

External mare owners

If the mare’s owner is an external contact (not a member of your stable), you can add them as a recipient on the breeding season. They’ll then receive emails in their language at the events you choose — insemination complete, pregnancy confirmed, foaling — and a PDF with the season summary at closing.

What’s not in V1

Customer portal for external mare owners (planned for V3)
Digital contract signing (V3)
Stud-book / FEI register integration (V3)
Embryo transfer-specific workflow (planned later)

We start with what gives day-to-day practical value and expand from there.

Getting started

Activate the breeding module for your stable via the admin tier settings (requires tier Stable+ or higher)
Create a breeding season for a mare via Breeding → Seasons → New season
Log the first ultrasound or insemination — the system suggests the next check automatically
When the foal is born, log Foaling and click Create foal profile — the new horse’s journal is ready before they leave the barn