Small farm. Smart tools.
My Block Hand is the farm hand in your pocket for lifestyle blocks and small farms. Animals, paddocks, grazing, jobs, reminders, eggs and money — all in one place, so nothing slips your mind and every decision is backed by your own records.
🎁 Join before 1 November and your first 3 months are free.
🐑 275+ lifestyle blocks and small farms keep their records here.
“So easy to setup and use … Everyone should definitely give this NZ made app a go.” — Kayleigh, lifestyle-block owner
Works in your browser today — no download needed, and the app is on the App Store and Google Play.
One account, everywhere — phone in the paddock, laptop at the kitchen table.
Animals
Treatments, weights, condition checks, breeding records and NAIT details — a lifetime history for every animal and herd. No more flicking back through notebooks trying to remember which ewe got drenched, or when.
Know your animals. Breed from your best.Paddocks
Set seasonal rest targets for each paddock and My Block Hand tracks how long each one has rested since its last grazing. Longer rests grow more grass and break the worm lifecycle — the app tells you when each paddock is ready so you don't have to keep it in your head.
Better grazing. Cleaner pasture. Healthier animals.Jobs & reminders
Most of us farm before and after work. Jobs, seasonal reminders, withholding periods and NAIT deadlines all live in one calendar — so the things that matter surface when they're due, instead of waking you up at 2am.
Nothing forgotten. Less to carry in your head.Flocks
Track flock numbers, daily egg counts and feed costs in one place. Record poultry sales, feed purchases and flock expenses — then let My Block Hand show you exactly what each dozen eggs is costing you to produce.
Simple poultry records. Clear numbers.Why I built it
I thought I'd remember every drench date and every withholding period. I didn't. There's just too much going on on the farm.
So I built My Block Hand to keep better records for our block outside Kaikohe — sheep, dairy goats, pigs, chooks and ducks. It's taken a real load off my mind. I feel so much more organised and on top of things now. Such a relief.
— Alby, Red Ants Farm, Northland
From real blocks
“Absolutely the most helpful one out there.”
“I've wanted something like this for a while, and it's better than my whiteboard.”
“We have been loving using your app! Especially being first-time lifestylers!”
“I've got 10 horses across lots of small paddocks and a few larger ones, and I try to rest each one for 20 days. My Block Hand made setting all that up and monitoring it easy.”
Why records matter
Notebooks get wet, spreadsheets get stale, and memory gets full. When everything lives in one place, patterns start showing up — which animals thrive, which paddocks recover fastest, what your eggs really cost. My Block Hand turns everyday record-keeping into better decisions, without the spreadsheet that takes an hour to update.
Lifetime histories for animals, paddocks and flocks reveal what's actually working — which ewes handle worm pressure without help, which paddock always bounces back first, which hens are earning their keep.
Know your true costs — feed, treatments, per-dozen egg costs, what each herd earns and spends. Treat the animals that need it instead of blanket-drenching everything, and watch the difference in your records.
NAIT tag deadlines, withholding periods after treatments, movement records — the compliance stuff is built in and surfaces automatically, so it's handled before it becomes a headache.
See it in action
Real screens from our own block: withholding, breeding, pedigrees, paddocks and eggs — on your phone or in your browser.
Treat an animal and the milk and meat withholding dates are counted for you, with the next drench already booked.
Scan, crutch, vaccinate, lamb, tail, wean — each step dated and ticked off, with the next one flagged.
Every animal’s sire, dam and grandparents, built from your own records — print it for a buyer.
See which paddocks are ready, resting or occupied, with rest days counted against your own targets.
Eggs and feed costs logged once, then the real cost of every egg shown month by month.
How it works
Weekly newsletter
Practical farming tips, reminders that match your season, app updates and real stories from Red Ants Farm — every week, free in your inbox.
Good questions
It's free to use — set up your farm and log animals, paddocks, jobs, reminders and money at no cost. No tiers, no lock-in. When paid plans launch it'll be one fair flat price, about the cost of a coffee a month — and everyone who joins early gets 3 months free as an early-supporter thank-you.
Yes. My Block Hand works offline — log eggs, jobs, treatments and moves with no reception, and it syncs automatically when you're back in coverage.
All of them, with one account. Quick logging on your phone in the paddock; the full picture on your laptop at the kitchen table. The app is on the App Store and Google Play, and the web app works on any device today.
Sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, horses, alpacas, poultry and more — plus pets. Each species gets its own breeding milestones and care schedules, all editable.
You do. Your records are private to your account, you can export everything at any time, and if you ever leave you can delete your account and data completely.
Yes — by an actual Northland lifestyle-block owner who uses it every day. NZ seasons, NAIT reminders, withholding periods and local language are built in, not bolted on. That hasn't been watered down by going worldwide; it's the reason the app knows what a drench withholding period is in the first place.
Yes. Set your country when you sign up and My Block Hand follows your calendar, not ours: paddock rest targets use your hemisphere's seasons, money shows in your currency, and reminders arrive on your clock. NAIT and NLIS only appear for New Zealand and Australia, so you won't be nagged about a scheme you're not in. The farming itself — grazing rotation, breeding, treatments, withholding periods — is the same job on a block in Devon, Vermont or Northland.
Free to start
Start free in your browser, or download the app from the App Store or Google Play. Early birds get 3 months free when paid plans launch — then it's one flat, coffee-a-month price. Set up in minutes and log your first record today — animals, paddocks, jobs, reminders and money. Your records, your block, one place.
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🌾 The Feed store has moved to its own section — Purchases still appear here as expenses.
Paddocks & growing areas
Veg & herbs
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Milk, wool and other production records for animals marked Dairy / Milking or Fibre / Wool.
Compliance
My Block Hand keeps NAIT-ready records for your cattle and deer. It does not submit anything to OSPRI - you must still register animals and movements directly in the NAIT system within the legal timeframes.
Compliance
My Block Hand keeps NLIS-ready records for your cattle, sheep and goats. It does not submit anything to the NLIS database — you must still identify animals and record movements in the NLIS system within the legal timeframes.
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