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A unique insulated housing system allowing calves to be reared in social groups of 7-10 up to 12 weeks of age in their own micro environment, this promotes healthy calf growth due to non-sharing of airspace between next door groups. You are able to house a great number of calves by linking a number of housing bays together as you need. The well thought-out housing design ensures simple and very practical working processes for feeding, watering, animal inspections and cleaning to ensure easy calf management. The bays are separated by 52mm reinforced fully insulted poly propylene recycled plastic walls and resistant to ammonia and UV rays which gives the building long lifetime. Each unit measure 3m wide x 5m depth, 2m rear height x 2.5m front with 1m overhang of the fully insulted roof sheets.
Optional extra outdoor walking pen can be fixed to the front of the unit.
For pricing and further information, please contact us.
Data from Torch Farm Vets, Bideford (Emily Linton BVSc CertAVP(CATTLE)MRCVS)
| Trait | June-February 2018-19 Old Shed | June-February 2019-20 OCCB | Difference |
| Average daily liveweight gain | 0.48kg | 0.75kg | 0.27kg |
| Pneumonia drug spend | £1,388 | £822 | £566 (41% reduction) |
| Mortality | 21 calves (8%) 2 scour related The rest were attribution to mycoplasma / pneumonia | 5 calves (2%) All scour related and in calves that hadn’t reached that new barns | 16 calves |
| Temperature variation (outside temperatures reached 1C) | 1-14C 13C variation | 5-14C 9C variation | Reduced temperature variation lowers challenge put on calves |
| Humidity variation | 65-97% | 70-91% | Reduced humidity variation is better for respiratory health and inhibiting pathogens |
