> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.creatures.com/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Record breedings for several animals at once To record several breedings at once, choose **Record breeding** on your breeding dashboard, set the date and the bull once, then tap a group to pick its cows. Creatures saves a tracked breeding for each animal, with her own due date and reminders, up to 60 at a time. ## Open Record breeding You can start from any of these places: - Your breeding dashboard: **Record breeding** at the top. Choose it beside **Open cows** to tick them all. - **Create** on a phone, or your animals page: **Record breeding**. - A group's page: **Record breeding**. That group is already chosen. - A breeding you described in your own words (**Review breeding**), or another breeding record form: the **Record breedings together** link, such as **Several cows? Record breedings together**. In the **Record breeding** panel, just tick more animals. - After you save that draft: tap the other cows Creatures suggests, then choose **Log 2 more**. They come ticked, with the same date and bull. ## Set what they share 1. **Species** shows only when you keep more than one breeding species. Tapping a group switches it for you. 2. **Date** starts on today. It can't be in the future. 3. **Add a date range**: use **End date** for the last day, if the bull ran with them for a while. 4. **Method** is **Natural service**, **Artificial insemination**, **Embryo transfer**, **Pen exposure**, **Colony exposure** or **Unknown**. 5. In **Bull for all**, pick a male you manage, or search for a reference animal you saved or another member's bull. The label follows the species, such as **Ram for all** or **Buck for all**. It may start with the bull you used last, if that was in the last 120 days. Change him if needed, or choose **Unknown or not recorded** if you don't know the sire. 6. **Record as** starts on **Track due date and reminders**. **Record only** saves plain records with no due dates or reminders. ![Record breeding with Natural service, Dougal of Cedar Hollow as Bull for all, Track due date and reminders, the Cedar Hollow cows and Glen Lyon Highland Cattle chips ticked and 3 already bred](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/03c/9d1/57e/eaac9.png?width=1272) Used artificial insemination with straws you keep on Creatures? Choose **Artificial insemination** under **Method**, then pick them in **Or use stored straws (one per animal)**. Creatures uses one straw for each animal and links the straw's donor as the sire. See [Recording genetic sales and use](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/recording-genetic-sales-and-use-1b68uz3/). ## Choose the animals - Tap a group chip, such as **Cedar Hollow cows ยท 6**. It ticks every animal in that group that has no open breeding. The number counts the breeding females in the group. - Tick the box that says how many are **already bred** to add those animals too. - Use **Find cows** to search by name, or tick animals one at a time. Each row shows **Open**, or when she was bred and when she's due. Each ticked animal follows the date and bull above. Need a different date or bull for one animal? Open **Different date or bull** on her row. ![Rows with Morven of Cedar Hollow bred Sep 30 and due Jul 7, and Shona and Thistle of Cedar Hollow ticked as Open and due about Aug 8](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/54c/861/fc4/9ca92.png?width=1240) ## Animals that are already bred When you tick an animal with an open breeding, her row asks **What happened?** - **Replace it**: she came back into heat. Her earlier breeding ends. - **Same heat**: this service belongs with her earlier breeding. - **Keep both**: both breedings and their reminders stay. Nothing is picked for you here. To give every bred animal you ticked the same answer, use the **Same heat**, **Replace** or **Keep both** button that appears above the list. ![Catriona of Cedar Hollow selected while already bred, asking What happened? with Replace it, Same heat and Keep both](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/7c6/f08/042/41717.png?width=1618) If you choose Replace, Creatures asks you to confirm before it ends the earlier breedings. Their mating records stay in history, and their upcoming reminders are cleared. Choose **Go back** to change your mind. See [When a breeding doesn't take](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/when-a-breeding-doesnt-take-1sgyg5f/). ## Save and what happens next Before you save, **More details** adds **Notes**, **Time**, a **Due date override** and **Files** to every animal's record. The button at the bottom counts the breedings it will record. After you save, Creatures shows how many it recorded and roughly when they're due. Choose **View breedings** to see them on your [breeding dashboard](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/the-breeding-dashboard-1hgc4gz/), each with her own due date, window and reminders. **Make public** works the same as on a single breeding: it starts on unless your privacy settings start records as private or your last **Breeding & Reproduction** record was private. Private animals stay private either way. Save tracked breedings with **Make public** on, and Creatures usually starts a public page for each animal's coming babies. You'll see a note such as "3 pages for calves will show on your profile and in search," with **See page** and **Keep private**. People with a matching saved search may get an alert. See [Recording a breeding](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/recording-a-breeding-h3gp9n/). Picked another member's bull on a tracked breeding? His owner gets one request per animal, and each breeding links once he says OK. With **Record only**, he's kept as a name and no request goes out. ## If something looks wrong - **Nothing saved** and a note on one row: an already-bred animal still needs an answer to **What happened?** - The bull doesn't come up in the search: he must be the same species. If he isn't on Creatures, type his name and choose how to keep it. - More than 60 animals: save them in batches of 60 or fewer. ### Related information - [Recording a breeding](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/recording-a-breeding-h3gp9n/) - [When a breeding doesn't take: end it, rebreed, or fix a duplicate](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/when-a-breeding-doesnt-take-1sgyg5f/) - [The breeding dashboard](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/the-breeding-dashboard-1hgc4gz/) - [Recording genetic sales and use](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/recording-genetic-sales-and-use-1b68uz3/)