# GrowTak User Guide

> End-user guide for the GrowTak poultry contract-farming management system — setup, farmers and batches, transactions, daily entry, Grower Contract (GC) calculation, and reports.

## Docs

- [GPS tagging of visits](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/daily-entry/gps-tagging.md): Optionally capture and verify the supervisor's location when recording a day entry.
- [Medications](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/daily-entry/medications.md): Record the medicines and vaccines actually given to a batch.
- [Recording a day entry](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/daily-entry/recording-a-day-entry.md): The daily field record of feed, mortality, body weight, and observations for a batch.
- [Body weight & sampling](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/daily-entry/weight-sampling.md): Capture accurate average body weight by sampling birds, with manual or connected-scale input.
- [The batch dashboard](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/farmers-batches/batch-dashboard.md): A tour of the batch view — overview charts and every analysis tab.
- [Contacts — farmers, suppliers & traders](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/farmers-batches/contacts.md): Keep a directory of everyone you do business with, split into three types.
- [Creating a batch](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/farmers-batches/creating-batches.md): Start a new flock by creating a batch and linking it to a farmer, profile, program, and GC scheme.
- [Farmers](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/farmers-batches/farmers.md): Add farmers and use the quick actions to jump to their batch, loans, and payments.
- [GrowTak User Guide](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/index.md): Everything you need to run your poultry contract-farming operation in GrowTak — from setting up masters to closing batches and settling Grower Contract (GC) payments.
- [Key concepts & glossary](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/introduction/key-concepts.md): The core objects and poultry terms used throughout GrowTak.
- [Finding your way around](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/introduction/navigating.md): The dashboard, navigation menu, and how the screen adapts to your role and device.
- [What is GrowTak?](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/introduction/overview.md): A plain-language overview of GrowTak and the contract-farming workflow it supports.
- [Bird sale](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/bird-sale.md): Record grown birds sold to a trader — the final lifting transaction.
- [Closing a batch](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/closing-a-batch.md): Finish a flock's cycle, lock its records, and free the farmer for a new batch.
- [Calculating the GC](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/gc-calculation.md): Review and save the Grower Contract payment for a batch from the GC Calculation tab.
- [GC schemes](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/gc-schemes.md): Define how farmers are paid — fixed rules in Basic mode, or formula-driven components in Advanced mode.
- [Lifting intents](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/lifting-intents.md): Plan a lift, sample bird weights, and convert it into a bird sale.
- [Payments & loans](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/lifting-gc/payments.md): Record money paid to and from contacts, settle GC, and track farmer loans.
- [Financial reports](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/reports/financial-reports.md): Payments, loans, outstanding balances, and the full transaction ledger.
- [GC & lifting reports](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/reports/gc-reports.md): Grower-contract profitability, payment status, and lifting summaries.
- [Operational reports](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/reports/operational-reports.md): Manage farm capacity, vaccination compliance, and weighing schedules.
- [Reports overview](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/reports/overview.md): How GrowTak reports work — filters, exports, and the four report families.
- [Production reports](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/reports/production-reports.md): Track flock performance day to day — feed, mortality, weight, FCR, and stock.
- [Batch programs (feed & vaccine schedule)](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/batch-programs.md): Build a reusable day-wise feed and medicine schedule for your flocks.
- [Company settings](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/company-settings.md): Configure your company profile, transaction labels, GPS rules, modules, and other behaviour.
- [Signing in & your profile](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/logging-in.md): How to log in to GrowTak, what to do if your account won't open, and how to manage your profile.
- [Menu builder](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/menu-builder.md): Customise the navigation menu — reorder, rename, hide items, and add your own links.
- [Bird profiles (standard growth curve)](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/product-profiles.md): Set the day-by-day breed standard that GrowTak compares every batch against.
- [Products & units](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/products.md): Define the chicks, feed grades, and medicines you buy, sell, feed, and transfer.
- [Users, roles & permissions](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/setup/users-and-roles.md): Add your team, control what they can do, and assign supervisors to batches.
- [Chick placement (Bird Purchase)](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/transactions/bird-purchase.md): Record day-old chicks placed on a farm — the start of every flock's data.
- [Feed transactions](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/transactions/feed.md): Buy feed into a batch and move feed between batches.
- [Medicine transactions](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/transactions/medicine.md): Buy medicine into a batch and move medicine between batches.
- [How transactions work](https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/transactions/overview.md): The shared structure behind every purchase, sale, and transfer in GrowTak.