Add animals in bulk
Upload the spreadsheet you already keep, check what FlockFinder found, and add all your animals at once.
Updated 4 Nov 2026 · App 2.41.0
Before you start: have your animal list as a CSV, TXT or Excel (.xlsx) file, up to 5 MB and 5,000 animals, with one animal per row and its tag number or ID. Only the owner of the holding can bulk upload. The upload is checked on a computer or tablet; on a phone, FlockFinder helps you send yourself the link.
On your phone
On Home, find the Animals card and tap See how to upload. If your Livestock list is empty, the same guide is at the bottom of it.
Tap Email yourself the link. Your mail app opens a message to your own address with the link in it. Send it.
Open the email on a computer or tablet, log in, and follow the computer steps.
On a computer
Open Livestock and select Upload a spreadsheet. If you already have animals, select Bulk upload in the ... menu on Livestock, or go to Data and select Add animals under Data uploads.
Select Choose file and pick your spreadsheet, or drop it on the page.
Match your columns: check each column in your file goes to the right place, such as Ear tag (EID), Visual ID or name, Breed, Sex or Date of birth. Change any that are wrong, or choose Do not import. Then select Continue (or Confirm and continue if some columns are marked Suggested).
Fix errors: answer any questions, such as whether the animals are sheep or cattle. Use Apply to all to fill in a blank sex, breed or date of birth for every animal. Select Continue. If nothing needs fixing, this step is skipped.
Preview: check the counts and the first few animals. Select Add 24 animals (the button shows your own number).
When the results say your animals are added, select View these animals, or open Livestock to see them in your list.
Undo an upload
Added the wrong file? You can remove the animals an upload added, as long as nothing else has been recorded against them yet.
On a computer
On the results, or under Upload history on the Add animals page, select Undo this upload.
Check the number of animals and select Remove 24 animals (your own number), or Keep them to cancel.
Upload history
Every upload is listed under Upload history on the Add animals page, with how many animals were added, already on your holding or had errors. Select an upload to see more: View these animals, the skipped rows grouped by reason, whether departed animals were included, and Undo this upload.
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