Practical cases

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This page brings together common aviary situations and how to handle them inside Mis Plumas.

I have bought or received an adult bird

1. Go to Birds and tap +.
2. Enter the species, ring, sex and approximate date if you know it.
3. If you don't know the parents, leave the family empty.
4. Add the visible mutation if you know it.
5. Add the confirmed carriers. If it is only a suspicion, use Possible when the selector offers it; otherwise, write it down in the notes.
6. Save the bird and assign it a cage.

If the bird is temporarily under observation, you can create a cage or space called Quarantine to keep it located.

A pair has laid the first egg

1. Open the pair from Pairs.
2. Create a New Clutch.
3. Add the first egg with its date.
4. Keep adding eggs as they appear.
5. When incubation starts, tap Incubation start.

After starting incubation, the app calculates indicative dates and reminders. During candling you can mark eggs as fertile, clear, broken or aborted.

A chick has hatched

1. Open the clutch.
2. Open the corresponding egg.
3. Mark it as Hatched and indicate the date.
4. When the time comes, mark the chick as Ringed.
5. Enter the chick's ring.

When you ring it, the app can register the chick as a new bird so it becomes part of the inventory.

I am going to transfer a bird

If the recipient uses the Mis Plumas cloud, open the record and use Transfer through the cloud, with a QR code or by searching for their breeder number. Do not mark the bird as transferred beforehand: when the recipient accepts, the app keeps your record as a Transferred historical record and creates theirs at the destination. Check the requirements in Transfers between aviaries.

If you handle the handover manually, use On loan while the bird is still with you and available, and Transferred when you hand it over. You can also export its record as a ZIP. Setting the status or sharing a file does not create a transfer between accounts or publish a listing automatically.

A bird needs treatment

1. Open Health.
2. Tap the create button and choose Create treatment.
3. Select a bird, a cage or the whole aviary.
4. Write a clear name, for example Respiratory antibiotic.
5. Add one or more schedules, each with its product, dose, duration and notes.
6. If there are several schedules, choose whether they run together or in sequence, set the time and configure recurrence when needed.
7. Save.

The plan appears in Health and in the records of affected birds. Every day of every schedule appears on the Calendar and creates an alert: Start on the first day and Day N of M for the remaining duration. If what you need is an individual clinical period with a start and an end date, create it from the Health block in the bird's record. Finite treatments finish automatically the day after their end date; use Finish only to close one early. Paused treatments and recurring plans with no end date require a manual decision.

Staged treatment with rest days (sequential mode)

Veterinary protocols often alternate medication with rest days or liver protectants/probiotics (e.g. 2 days of medication, 5 rest days, 2 days of medication, 5 rest days and 1 final day).

To set this up:

1. Under Repeat, leave Do not repeat selected if the routine ends after this cycle.
2. Under How to apply the schedules, select One after another.
3. Tap Add schedule to chain the phases in order:
   • Schedule 1: Product: medication name · Duration: 2 days.
   • Schedule 2: Product: Rest (or clean water / probiotic) · Duration: 5 days.
   • Schedule 3: Product: medication name · Duration: 2 days.
   • Schedule 4: Product: Rest · Duration: 5 days.
   • Schedule 5: Product: medication name · Duration: 1 day.
4. Tap Save.

The app calculates successive dates automatically, sends the daily notification for the active phase and finishes the treatment once the last day has elapsed.

If there is no medication, but rather a check-up, vaccination, deworming, weight check or observation, create a health event with Create health event. You will be able to add notes and attachments, and afterwards export the bird's health history as a PDF from Health.

I want to calculate a cross before pairing

1. Open Genetic Calculator from the side menu and select the Genetics tab.
2. Select the male and female if they are already registered.
3. If they don't exist in the app yet, use the manual mode and choose the species.
4. Review visible mutations and carriers.
5. Tap Calculate.

The calculator will show probable outcomes. Remember that accuracy depends on the parents' genetic information being correct.

I want to register a cockatiel

1. In Birds, create or edit the bird.
2. Select the species Cockatiel.
3. In genetics, select one or several visible mutations where appropriate.
4. Use Carrier of for recessives where applicable and only if you have confirmed data.

Useful examples:

• Edged is treated as co-dominant SF/DF and is not registered as a carrier.
• Cream Face and Pastelface are co-dominant and are not registered as hidden carriers.
• Whiteface, Yellowcheek, Emerald, Pied and Fallow can be registered as autosomal recessives where applicable.
• Pearl, Cinnamon and Ino are sex-linked recessive and follow different rules depending on whether the bird is male or female.
• Lutino and Albino (whiteface + lutino) are not stored as separate factors: Lutino is Ino without Whiteface, and the albino is Ino + Whiteface.

I want to split a clutch among foster hens

1. Mark as fosters the birds or pairs that can take in eggs or chicks.
2. Open the clutch.
3. Tap Foster Mother to choose an overall foster if the whole clutch will go with the same one.
4. If you only want to move some eggs or chicks, open the foster action on each egg and pick an individual foster.

The biological lineage is kept: even if a foster raises them, the actual parents of the chicks are still those of the original clutch.

I want to use an incubator

1. Enable Incubators under Settings → Modules.
2. Create your incubator or hatcher with its capacity, temperature, humidity, turning, candling checks and the days before moving eggs to the hatcher.
3. Open the clutch and send the eggs that are going into the machine.
4. Check the calendar to see candling checks, moves to the hatcher and estimated hatchings.
5. Use the incubator's history to record movements, incidents and results.

The incubator handles the physical care of the egg, but does not change the lineage: the biological parents are still those of the original clutch.

I want to track aviary expenses

1. Go to Settings → Modules and enable Income & Expenses.
2. Open the module from the side menu.
3. Add movements such as bird sales, food, rings, medicines, vet visits or prizes.
4. Review the monthly and annual balance.

I want to track product stock and expiry dates

1. Enable Inventory under Settings → Modules and open it from the side menu.
2. Tap Add product and create, for example, Vitamins AD3E or Breeding mix, with its category and, in Container, what each container holds and its unit (for example, 30 and ml). If it is already open, tick Already opened and note how much is left.
3. Every time you buy, open the product and use Log purchase to record the container size, how many containers, the price of each container, the place of purchase and the expiry date.
4. As you use up product, tap Use: the app deducts it from the batch closest to expiry.
5. Check the colour indicator in the list and adjust the expiry alert lead time if you need to.

If you also use Income & Expenses, when logging a purchase you can tick Create expense in Finances so the entry is recorded automatically: one per purchase, even if it has several containers.

A bird is leaving and I want to record what happened

1. Open the bird record and use the status action or edit the record.
2. Choose the real situation: On loan if the bird is still with you but available, Transferred if it was handed over or sold, Donated if it was given away, Lost if it disappeared, or Deceased if it died.
3. Record the event date (the app suggests today; you can change it or leave it empty) and, for a lost or donated bird, add a note if it helps you remember what happened.
4. When you save an exit status —transferred, donated, lost or deceased— the bird frees its cage and is hidden by default; you will see it with the “Out of the aviary (N)” chip. On loan stays in the aviary.
5. If a lost bird returns or a donated bird comes back, use Return to aviary in its record to reactivate and relocate it.

I want to see reminders in Google Calendar

1. Go to Settings → Data.
2. Enable Google Calendar.
3. Choose your account and accept the link.
4. The app will create a separate calendar called Mis Plumas.

Choose the categories you want. Hatchings, ringings, fertility checks, reminders, treatments and health-plan days can be synced, as can incubator milestones and Inventory expiry dates when those modules are active. If you prefer the app's built-in calendar, leave this option disabled.

I want to move the app to another phone

If you already sync, let the old phone finish uploading and sign in with the same account on the new one to download the aviary. Since 6.2.0 the address book travels that way too. If you work in local mode, use a full backup:

1. On the old phone, go to Settings → Backup.
2. Make an up-to-date ZIP backup with attachments and keep it off the phone.
3. Install Mis Plumas on the new phone.
4. Go to Settings → Backup.
5. Restore the backup.

Afterwards, check birds, pairs, clutches, address book and attachments. If the cloud is active, resolve the pending decision after restoring by following Cloud sync.

If you work in local mode, remember that the app does not upload anything to the cloud on its own: you need to create a local .zip backup on the old phone and restore it on the new one. See Frequently asked questions.

I don't know what data to enter

If you are not sure, leave the field empty or add a note.

It is better to have an incomplete but reliable record than a record full of questionable data. You can edit the bird later, complete genetics, add parents or correct the status.