# Hutchline

> A free pedigree maker for rabbit and cavy breeders and small catteries: link sires and dams once, and every 3, 4 or 5 generation pedigree fills itself in. Private, in your browser.

Hutchline is a free, private pedigree maker and herd record for rabbit and cavy breeders, 4-H members and small catteries. Each animal is typed once and linked to its sire and dam, and every 3, 4 or 5 generation pedigree, litter batch, sale sheet and herd list is printed from those links. Guides last reviewed 27 September 2026. The full text of every guide and the FAQ is at https://hutchline.app/llms-full.txt.

- [Free rabbit pedigree maker with a saved herd](https://hutchline.app/): Link each rabbit, cavy or cat to its sire and dam once, and every 3, 4 or 5 generation pedigree fills itself in. Print, no account, nothing uploaded.

## Tools

- [Print a 3, 4 or 5 generation pedigree](https://hutchline.app/pedigree/): Pick an animal and print its pedigree with every ancestor box filled from your herd, or type one pedigree by hand. Unknown ancestors are marked, never guessed.
- [Herd records with sire and dam links](https://hutchline.app/herd/): Keep every animal with its ear number, breed, variety, weight and sire and dam, record litters, import a spreadsheet, and back it all up with a passphrase.

## Reference

- [Pedigree guides for rabbit, cavy and cat](https://hutchline.app/guide/): Plain answers on pedigrees: what goes in each box, 3, 4 or 5 generations, a whole litter in one print, spreadsheet import, and pedigrees versus papers.
- [Questions about the pedigree maker](https://hutchline.app/faq/): Whether a printed pedigree counts as papers, where your herd is stored, how the inbreeding estimate works, which species are covered and what it costs.

## Guides

- [How to make a rabbit pedigree for free](https://hutchline.app/guide/how-to-make-a-rabbit-pedigree/): Make a rabbit pedigree for free: gather each ancestor's ear number, variety and weight, fill the chart from the parents back, mark unknowns, sign and print.
- [What goes on a rabbit pedigree, box by box](https://hutchline.app/guide/what-goes-on-a-rabbit-pedigree/): What goes on a rabbit pedigree: the rabbit's ear number, breed, variety, sex, birth date and weight, then each ancestor's name, ear number, variety and weight.
- [Rabbit pedigree template: 3, 4 or 5 generations](https://hutchline.app/guide/three-four-five-generation-pedigrees/): A 3 generation rabbit pedigree has 14 ancestor boxes, a 4 generation one 30 and a 5 generation one 62. What each depth is for, with a sample from a demo herd.
- [Pedigrees for a whole litter in one print](https://hutchline.app/guide/litter-pedigrees-in-one-print/): Every kit in a litter shares one set of ancestors, so record the litter with its dam and sire once and print a pedigree for each kit in a single run.
- [Import a rabbit herd from a spreadsheet (CSV)](https://hutchline.app/guide/import-from-a-spreadsheet/): Move your rabbits from a spreadsheet or another program: save one row per animal as CSV, match the columns, and link sires and dams by ear number or name.
- [Cavy pedigree maker and what to include](https://hutchline.app/guide/cavy-pedigree/): A cavy pedigree lists the cavy's ear tag or mark, breed, variety, sex and weight, then three generations of boars and sows with variety and weight for each.
- [Cat pedigree maker for small catteries](https://hutchline.app/guide/cat-pedigree/): A cattery's own cat pedigree lists each cat's microchip or registry number, breed, colour and code and titles, back three to five generations of sires and dams.
- [Breeder pedigree vs registration papers](https://hutchline.app/guide/breeder-pedigree-vs-registration-papers/): A breeder's pedigree is the breeder's own signed record of the ancestors. Registration papers come from a registry after its own checks. How they differ.

## Policies

- [Privacy, your herd stays in your browser](https://hutchline.app/privacy/): How your data is handled: your herd, photos and pedigrees stay in this browser, backups are made in the page, and nothing you type is sent to any server.
- [Terms of use for the pedigree maker](https://hutchline.app/terms/): The terms for using this pedigree maker: a record keeping helper that prints breeder's pedigrees, not registration papers, with no warranty of any kind.

## What it is not

- Hutchline is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the American Rabbit Breeders Association, the American Cavy Breeders Association, The International Cat Association, the Cat Fanciers' Association or any other registry or breed club.
- Breeder's pedigree, not registration papers. It does not register animals. Registries set their own requirements and some examine the animal in person.
- The inbreeding figure is Wright's coefficient estimated from the breeder's own records, with unknown ancestors treated as unrelated. It is not a genetics or health assessment.

## Pricing

Free. No paid plan is offered at present. Every feature is open to everyone with no account. Nothing is uploaded: the herd, animal names and photos stay in the browser.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://hutchline.app/llms-full.txt): every guide and the FAQ as one Markdown file.
- Contact: socialreminderinfo@gmail.com