Mis Plumas documentation

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Welcome to the Mis Plumas help guide! Here you will find everything you need to get the most out of the app, explained clearly and without jargon.

If this is the first time you use the app, start with Getting started. After that you can use Practical cases to handle common situations and the Glossary to understand breeding and genetics terms.

Help sections

Getting started — Recommended path to set up the app and register your first aviary.
Practical cases — Real examples: adding a bird, the first clutch, transfer, genetic calculation and switching phones.
Glossary — Plain definitions of aviary, breeding and genetics terms.
Home screen — What the main screen shows, how to read alerts and how to export the Aviary summary.
Your birds — How to register, edit, duplicate and organise your birds, including filters, genetics, carriers, hybridisation, health and family tree.
Genetics by species — Canaries, cockatiels, Gouldian finches, Spinus, Agapornis, estrildids, carriers and calculator.
Cages and spaces — How to organise your aviary in spaces and cages, use aliases and keep QRs useful when locations change.
Advanced aviary organisation — Physical layout, natural order, QR, movements, seasons and relocation.
Calendar — Expected hatchings, scheduled ringings, medical treatments, check-ups, custom reminders and optional Google Calendar sync.
Light plan — Natural or Artificial mode, calendar, phases, CSV, PDF and light reminder.
Incubator — Incubators and hatchers, eggs inside machines, alerts, calendar and statistics.
Assisted breeding — Fosters, clutch transfer, incubator, hatcher and hatching recalculation.
Pairs and clutches — How to manage breeding pairs, track the eggs and use foster hens.
Breeding seasons — End breeding, separate pairs, relocate birds and keep history.
Inbreeding and kinship — Review levels, pairing warnings and family-tree limits.
Show Record — Record participations and results in bird shows.
Health — Birds in treatment, health history, health events, attachments and PDF export. And feeding: plans by phase, what is due today and the daily alert.
Tools — Genetic calculator from the side menu and contextual PDF, CSV, HTML, Excel, ZIP and QR-sheet exports.
Expenses and income — Basic aviary accounting: income, expenses and monthly/annual balances.
Inventory — Aviary products and medication: purchases, stock, expiry dates and configurable reminders.
Nests — Numbered nest boxes per cage, assigned to a pair or a hen, with their successive clutches, QR and labels.
Imports and exports — Differences between backups, PDF, HTML and CSV, exporting statistics, exporting birds and importing data with validation.
Settings and backups — How to protect your data, enable Google Calendar, adjust accessibility and customise the app to your liking.
Cloud sync — The same account on several devices, the web version, attachments, trash, changing your email and what to decide after restoring a backup.
Cloud transfers between aviaries — Send, change, cancel, accept or return a bird between two accounts, including attachments, privacy and ring resolution.
Transfer listings — Publishing an available bird on the board: advertiser profile, terms, transfer types, listing states, contact and moderation.
Breeder address book — Your breeder contact book on the device: contact details, private notes, your rating, noted birds and board reputation.
Frequently asked questions — Answers by topic: birds you cannot find, pairs, nests and foster mothers, genetics, backups, sync, transfers, address book, alerts, feeding, PDF and finances.
Common mistakes — Frequent slip-ups when starting out and how to avoid them.
Web and community — News, suggestions, contact and contributors to the project.
Aviary summary — Current population, statuses, yearly breeding results, early mortality, species by sex and exports.

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