Importing from Rabbit15, Cavy15, Goat15, and Poultry15 (the winrbro import)

If you keep your herd in Evans Software Solutions software, Creatures has a dedicated import built for it. It lives at /dashboard/import/winrbro, a separate page from the main importer, and it works differently: it reads your export directly, with no AI guessing and no row by row review.

What "winrbro" is

winrbro is the XML export format produced by the Evans Software Solutions (ESS) family of herd management programs:

• Rabbit15 for rabbits
• Cavy15 for guinea pigs (cavies)
• Goat15 for goats and sheep
• Poultry15 for chickens and other poultry

It is not an abbreviation and not an online service. It is simply the file your ESS program saves when you export. Creatures reads that file directly. Because the export is rich, this path brings in far more than the general importer does: not just the animals, but their show wins, litters, weights, and production records (milk, meat, and fiber) in a single pass. The supported species are rabbit, cavy (shown as "guinea pig" in the dropdown), goat, sheep, and chicken or poultry.

How it differs from the main importer

Use this contrast to pick the right door:

• It is file based and exact. A deterministic parser reads your export the same way every time. There is no AI interpretation and no questions about formatting.
• You choose the species up front so Creatures reads the right fields for that animal type.
• There is no editable draft table. Instead of a review grid, you get a preview of what will be imported, then you confirm. If anything needs a correction, you make it on the animals afterward.
• It imports many record types at once: animals, pedigrees, show wins, litters, weights, milk/meat/fiber production, and your contacts list. The general importer does not bring all of those.
• Re-uploading updates instead of duplicating. The import is namespaced by your herd name plus species, so re-exporting from ESS and uploading again updates your animals rather than creating second copies. That is how you keep Creatures in sync with your software.

The steps

1. Upload. On /dashboard/import/winrbro, choose your exported XML file (up to 5 MB), pick the species (Rabbit, Cavy, Goat, Sheep, or Chicken, required so the fields map correctly), and optionally name the herd. The herd name defaults to the filename and acts as a stable label, the same label a later re-upload uses to update instead of duplicate. Then continue to the preview.
2. Preview. Before anything is created, Creatures shows the parsed tally: how many animals, how many ancestor stubs (parents your file references but does not itself contain), shows, litters, weights, milk/meat/fiber records, and contacts, along with any data quality flags and parser warnings. This is your chance to sanity check the counts.
3. Confirm. Creatures creates everything in one step: the animals (with sex, breed, birth and death dates, registration numbers, tattoos and ear tags, and purchase or sale history), the pedigree linking them, and the show, litter, weight, and production records. The screen reports what was created.
4. Undo. As with the main importer, you have a 72-hour window to undo the whole import (the animals, the pedigree, and every imported record), after which it is permanent.

Honest caveats, so nothing surprises you

• Photos are not transferred. ESS exports store only the filenames of your photos, not the images themselves. The preview counts them, but they are not imported. You add photos in Creatures afterward, so expect the imported profiles to start without pictures.
• Ancestor stubs may appear. If your export names a sire or dam that is not itself in the file, Creatures creates a minimal placeholder ancestor so the pedigree still connects. Exporting your full herd keeps these to a minimum. For how that imported lineage then reads and renders on each animal, see Pedigree, family, and lineage.
• It is a file, not a live link. There is no ongoing sync with ESS. When your herd changes in Rabbit15, Cavy15, Goat15, or Poultry15, re-export and upload again to update Creatures. The herd name keeps that re-upload from duplicating your animals.
• Availability: any signed in account can use it, with no verification or paid plan needed, under the same limit of 10 imports per hour as the main importer.

For any other source (a spreadsheet, an export from different software, PDFs, photos, or a website), use the main importer instead: Importing your animals. For how that flow's review and confirm step works, see Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import.

Related information

• Importing your animals (bring your whole herd in)
• Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import

Updated on: 23/06/2026