Alternate Recipes

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 assign an alternate go to adjustments > recipes select a primary recipe select edit recipe select assign alternate recipe at the bottom of the screen choose the backup recipe and select save go to feedcomp > recipes select a primary recipe select assign alternate recipe at the bottom right side of the screen choose the backup recipe and select save switch to an alternate recipe when the primary recipe is unavailable, activate the backup go to adjustments > recipes select the primary recipe you need to replace under alternate recipe , select activate and confirm your choice go to feedcomp > recipes select the primary recipe you need to replace under alternate recipe , select activate on the right side of the screen and confirm your choice activated alternate recipes are marked by a green checkmark in the recipes list return to a primary recipe go to adjustments > recipes select the primary recipe you need to restore under alternate recipe , select deactivate and confirm your choice go to feedcomp > recipes activated alternate recipes are marked by a green checkmark in the recipes list select the primary recipe you need to restore under alternate recipe , select deactivate on the right side of the screen and confirm your choice tip always preview your scheduled loads to verify which recipe is active before you begin feeding