Alternate Recipes
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💡 tip first time using feedcomp? start here better feeding made simple docid\ v9lrp06gjnhphyg6tehxy an alternate recipe is a backup recipe that can temporarily replace a primary recipe when it can’t be made, such as during ingredient shortages and when you need to incorporate leftover feed (weighbacks) to reduce waste why use alternate recipes? keep feeding when ingredients run out switch to a pre‑approved backup recipe that doesn’t use the missing ingredient so you avoid skipped or improvised feedings use weighbacks instead of wasting feed build leftover feed (weighback) into a planned alternate recipe to reduce waste, as well as meet nutrition and ration goals depend on safe, flexible options alternate recipes are set up ahead of time with clear rules, so you can choose an alternate recipe when you encounter real‑world issues, instead of improvising substitutions in the moment maintain accuracy and traceability feedcomp keeps pen conditions and as‑fed amounts consistent when you switch, and clearly shows when an alternate is active and which recipe it’s replacing guidelines feedcomp enforces these guidelines to keep substitutions simple, so it's easy to track what was actually fed and avoid confusion one alternate per recipe a primary recipe can only have one alternate assigned reusable alternates a recipe can serve as the alternate for multiple different primary recipes active status only active recipes can be assigned as alternates one way assignment if recipe b is the alternate for recipe a, recipe a cannot be the alternate for recipe b alternates can’t have active alternates you cannot activate an alternate for a recipe that is already serving as an alternate for something else actives can’t become alternates while replacing a recipe that is currently replacing another recipe (i e , its alternate is active) cannot have that alternate activated until it stops replacing the other recipe see alternate recipes docid 6ot qwrglzcup puvf8o for instructions on assigning and activating alternate recipes