diff --git a/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/model.py b/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/model.py
index ad1cb38..54e67ac 100644
--- a/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/model.py
+++ b/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/model.py
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class AnimalAssetImporter(ToFarmOSAsset):
         "is_sterile",
         "produces_eggs",
         "birthdate",
+        "is_location",
+        "is_fixed",
         "notes",
         "archived",
     ]
diff --git a/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/wuttafarm.py b/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/wuttafarm.py
index 8394e4c..8cf0e92 100644
--- a/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/wuttafarm.py
+++ b/src/wuttafarm/farmos/importing/wuttafarm.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ class AnimalAssetImporter(FromWuttaFarm, farmos_importing.model.AnimalAssetImpor
         "is_sterile",
         "produces_eggs",
         "birthdate",
+        "is_location",
+        "is_fixed",
         "notes",
         "archived",
     ]
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ class AnimalAssetImporter(FromWuttaFarm, farmos_importing.model.AnimalAssetImpor
             "is_sterile": animal.is_sterile,
             "produces_eggs": animal.produces_eggs,
             "birthdate": animal.birthdate,
+            "is_location": animal.is_location,
+            "is_fixed": animal.is_fixed,
             "notes": animal.notes,
             "archived": animal.archived,
             "_src_object": animal,
diff --git a/src/wuttafarm/web/views/animals.py b/src/wuttafarm/web/views/animals.py
index d8e4edf..ad9f060 100644
--- a/src/wuttafarm/web/views/animals.py
+++ b/src/wuttafarm/web/views/animals.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from webhelpers2.html import tags
 
 from wuttaweb.forms.schema import WuttaDictEnum
+from wuttaweb.forms.widgets import WuttaDateTimeWidget
 from wuttaweb.util import get_form_data
 
 from wuttafarm.db.model import AnimalType, AnimalAsset
@@ -236,27 +237,6 @@ class AnimalAssetView(AssetMasterView):
         "archived",
     ]
 
-    form_fields = [
-        "asset_name",
-        "animal_type",
-        "birthdate",
-        "produces_eggs",
-        "sex",
-        "is_sterile",
-        "notes",
-        "asset_type",
-        "owners",
-        "locations",
-        "groups",
-        "archived",
-        "drupal_id",
-        "farmos_uuid",
-        "thumbnail_url",
-        "image_url",
-        "thumbnail",
-        "image",
-    ]
-
     def configure_grid(self, grid):
         g = grid
         super().configure_grid(g)
@@ -290,9 +270,21 @@ class AnimalAssetView(AssetMasterView):
         animal = f.model_instance
 
         # animal_type
+        f.fields.insert_after("asset_name", "animal_type")
         f.set_node("animal_type", AnimalTypeRef(self.request))
 
+        # birthdate
+        f.fields.insert_after("animal_type", "birthdate")
+        # TODO: why must we assign the widget here?  pretty sure that
+        # was not needed when we declared form_fields directly, i.e.
+        # instead of adding birthdate field in this method
+        f.set_widget("birthdate", WuttaDateTimeWidget(self.request))
+
+        # produces_eggs
+        f.fields.insert_after("birthdate", "produces_eggs")
+
         # sex
+        f.fields.insert_after("produces_eggs", "sex")
         if not (self.creating or self.editing) and animal.sex is None:
             pass  # TODO: dict enum widget does not handle null values well
         else:
@@ -301,6 +293,9 @@ class AnimalAssetView(AssetMasterView):
             f.set_node("sex", WuttaDictEnum(self.request, sex_enum))
             f.set_required("sex", False)
 
+        # is_sterile
+        f.fields.insert_after("sex", "is_sterile")
+
 
 def defaults(config, **kwargs):
     base = globals()
diff --git a/src/wuttafarm/web/views/assets.py b/src/wuttafarm/web/views/assets.py
index 923108c..4345372 100644
--- a/src/wuttafarm/web/views/assets.py
+++ b/src/wuttafarm/web/views/assets.py
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ class AssetMasterView(WuttaFarmMasterView):
         "archived": {"active": True, "verb": "is_false"},
     }
 
+    form_fields = [
+        "asset_name",
+        "notes",
+        "asset_type",
+        "owners",
+        "locations",
+        "is_location",
+        "is_fixed",
+        "groups",
+        "archived",
+        "drupal_id",
+        "farmos_uuid",
+        "thumbnail_url",
+        "image_url",
+        "thumbnail",
+        "image",
+    ]
+
     has_rows = True
     row_model_class = Log
     rows_viewable = True