It adds up by itself
Every tap is saved and totalled: per cow, per day and per month. No more adding columns by torchlight.
Free dairy record book · Works offline
Know which cow pays for the feed.
Maziwa is a free record book on your phone. Tap in morning and evening milk for each cow, note heats and services, and add what you spend. Maziwa adds it all up, reminds you of breeding dates and shows what your farm earns each month.
No account. No sign-up. Your records stay on your phone.
| Cow | Litres |
|---|---|
| Baraka Friesian | 486 |
| Zawadi Ayrshire | 372 |
| Pendo Cross | 261 |
- Total milk
- 1,119 L
- Expected from co-op (KES 50/L)
- KES 55,950
- Feed, vet and AI
- − KES 17,900
- Profit this month
- KES 38,050
Example farm. Your own numbers stay on your phone.
Farmers recording together
- Farms sharing this month
- Coming soon
- Cows in shared records
- Coming soon
- Litres recorded
- Coming soon
- Counties on the board
- Coming soon
To protect farmers, a county or breed appears only when at least 10 farms have shared for that month.
What an exercise book can't do
Keep the habit of writing things down. Let the phone do the sums.
It remembers breeding dates
Record a heat or a service and Maziwa works out the next heat, pregnancy check, dry-off and calving dates for you.
It shows which cow pays
See litres per cow per day and what each month earns after feed and vet costs, so you know where your money goes.
Community board
Farmers who turn on sharing send one anonymous number per breed each month. Together they show what is possible in your county.
Top-earning cows by breed and county
Coming soonThe board fills up as farmers turn on sharing. A county appears once at least 10 farms from it have shared.
Counties with the most milk per cow
Coming soonThe board fills up as farmers turn on sharing. A county appears once at least 10 farms from it have shared.
How to read the colours
- Full can 15 L or more a cow a day
- Good milk 10 to 15 L a cow a day
- Half can 6 to 10 L a cow a day
- Low milk Under 6 L: check feed and water first
Growing every month
Past months are kept as they were, so the board only grows as more farmers share.
- Litres recorded since we started
- Coming soon
- Months on the board
- Coming soon
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Check your litres with your co-op
Your record and the co-op's record should agree. Maziwa puts them side by side, so you can see every day that counts.
Record each milking
Tap the cow, type the litres on the big number pad, and save. It locks after 10 minutes, so numbers don't change by accident.
Share the co-op SMS
When your co-op's SMS arrives, press and hold it, tap Share and choose Maziwa. Maziwa reads only that message, never your inbox.
See the mark
Days that match show "Co-op confirmed". Days that don't show "Different", with the litres and shillings, so you can ask the co-op with evidence.
What the marks mean
- ✓✓ Co-op confirmed
- The co-op's own figure matches yours.
- ≠ Different
- The figures don't match. Check the slip and ask.
- ✓ Recorded on time
- Recorded on the day and not changed later. Not checked yet.
- ✎ Changed later
- Filled in on another day or fixed after the lock.
Prices that keep their value
When the co-op changes its price, milk you already recorded keeps the price it was saved at, like money already changed at an exchange rate. Only new milk uses the new price.
How to record
Five small habits. Two minutes a day.
Add your cows
Name, breed and whether she is milking, dry or a heifer.
Say where you sell
Your co-op's name, whether its slip shows litres or kilograms, and the price per litre.
Tap each cow after milking
Morning and evening (and midday if you milk three times), type the litres on the big number pad. "Save · next cow" goes through the herd fast.
Share the co-op SMS
Maziwa checks your litres against the co-op's own figure.
Add costs when you pay
Dairy meal, vet, AI, labour. Profit updates straight away.
Look back to move forward
Records only help if you read them. Three moments that make a difference:
Every evening
Glance at today against yesterday. A cow that dropped by more than a litre or two may need water, feed or a check.
Every Sunday
Look at each cow's 7-day average. Which cow is rising, which is falling, and what changed that week?
Every month end
Compare expected pay with what the co-op paid, see your profit, and export the month to Excel for your SACCO or your own files.
Money lessons from the milk shed
Small dairy farms win or lose on a few shillings per litre.
Know your cost per litre
Divide the month's costs by the litres you sold. If it is close to the co-op price, you are working for nothing.
Feed is the biggest cost
Weigh or count what you give. Extra dairy meal pays only if the cow turns it into milk.
A missed heat costs weeks
Every missed heat pushes calving back about 21 days, and that is 21 days less milk in the next lactation.
Dry cows still eat
Plan dry-off and calving so that not too many cows are dry in the same months.
Check the co-op slip
Compare your records with what you were paid. Differences are easier to raise when you have the numbers.
Keep an animal fund
Put a little aside from every payment for the vet. Sick cows cost more when you wait.
Turn on farm tips
Maziwa can show one short tip a day, picked from what is happening on your farm: a heat due soon, a calving next week, milk dropping for two days. Tips are stored in the app, so they work without data bundles.
Turn tips on in Maziwa under Settings → Farm tips. General advice only; always call your vet when an animal seems sick.
- Heat due in 2 days? Watch morning and evening, and have your AI technician's number ready.
- Calving within 10 days? Prepare a clean, dry place and ask your vet what to have ready.
- Milk dropped two days running? Check water first. If the cow seems unwell, call your vet.
Everything milk, in one place
Practical guides written for small dairy farms, and a calculator to test your numbers before you spend.
Milk quality
Clean milking, clean milk
Simple habits that keep milk clean, stop it being rejected at the co-op and protect the udder.
FeedingFeeding for more milk
Water, good fodder and the right amount of dairy meal: where most of your milk, and most of your costs, come from.
BreedingSpotting heat and timing AI
Catch every heat and serve at the right time. Each missed heat costs about three weeks of milk.
Cow healthGetting ready for calving
What to prepare in the last weeks, what normal calving looks like, and when to call the vet.
Your records belong to you
Maziwa was built to collect as little as possible.
- No account, no sign-up, no phone number.
- Your cows, milk, breeding and costs stay on your phone. They are never sent to us.
- Export any month to Excel, or print it for your co-op or SACCO.
- Delete old records automatically, or clear everything at any time.
- Community sharing is switched on when you set up a real farm, and the switch is right there: you can turn it off before anything is sent, or any time later.
- When sharing is on, only your county and one rounded number per breed are sent. Never names, never location.
Start recording today
Free for every dairy farmer. Works on cheap phones and without internet.
Start recording today