In Ardex Essentials all customers have the ability to record a service against a mare and generate a due date that will eventially lead to a foal.
In order to be able to do this you will need to make sure you have both the Mare and the Stallion in your system.
Adding a Service
Navigate to the Horse profile of the mare that has been served and then go to the Service Details tab
Click Add service
Select the Stallion Name
Select the Season of the service
Select the Service Date
Click Add Service
You will now have successfully created a service record
Generating a Due Date
**Important Note. There are only two procedures that will generate a due date. By default these will be named Pregnancy Test Positive and Final Scan Positive - Last Season. It is important to know the differences between these two procedures as they are not interchangeable. For any mare served in the current season (in this example 2020) you will need to select Pregnancy Test Positive. For any mare served last season (in this example 2019) you will need to select Final Scan Positive - Last Season.
On the same screen go to Procedures
Click on Create procedure
Select the Procedure Date
Select the correct Procedure** (see above)
Click Next
Fill out any comments or other details on the next screen if needed
Click Add procedure
Once done, the procedure screen should look like below
Go to Service Details
You can now see that the service record has been updated to provide an estimated Due Date
You have now successfully generated a Due Date for a Mare
For more detailed record keeping when recording services, you may want to record the first and second scan for the Mare. You can do this by adding in a scan procedure.