Why use a calf hutch? What are the benefits of a calf hutch!

The calf house is composed of a box style cowshed and a fence, with one side open and three sides closed. It is placed outside the house on a dry and open field, warm in winter and cool in summer. Single pen feeding of calves facilitates observation during the feeding process, as well as cleaning and disinfecting the living environment, providing a highly clean growth environment for calves.
Achieving isolation between calves, avoiding mutual sucking between calves, reducing the occurrence of diseases, preventing cross infection, and reducing the incidence of diarrhea and gastroenteritis can greatly improve the survival rate of calves and ensure rapid growth of the herd. Moreover, it enables calves to use concentrated feed early, improving their physical fitness and growth rate.

Advantages of calf hutch
① Adopting imported polyethylene hot rolling machine for one-time processing and molding
② Resistance to falling, compression, aging, corrosion, wind and sun
③ Good insulation, moisture-proof and ventilation effect
④ Can have a warm winter and cool summer effect
⑤ Hot dip galvanized fence is smooth and free of burrs
⑥ Equipped with milk bottles or buckets for more convenient feeding
⑦ Provide an independent and good breeding environment for calves

1、 Further improve the feeding and management plan for calves
The use of calf house equipment not only improves the living environment of calves, but also further improves the feeding and management plan of calves. After the newborn calf is born, it will be transferred to the cow hutch and listed on the “house”, which includes birth weight, cow number, calf number, and date of birth, making it convenient for daily feeding and management. Facilitate the observation of the mental, appetite, and fecal status of each calf, and develop different feeding plans. This not only benefits the growth and development of calves, but also effectively controls the waste of milk and feed, saving costs.
2、 Reduce the incidence of calf diseases
After the birth of calves, they are kept in a channel style cowshed or on a cow bed in a quarantine room, adjacent to the cow. Due to the weak ability of calves to resist pathogen infections at this time, they are easily infected with diarrhea and respiratory diseases.
In addition, as a food source for calves, cow milk still maintains a sucking behavior after lactation. Cows are more likely to suck on each other’s nipples, bite their tails, and lick each other, which can lead to mutual infection.
If raised in the calf island, it can effectively prevent the invasion of pathogenic bacteria on calves. Each house has a cow, and each calf is equipped with a dedicated disinfectant bucket, water bucket, and clean bedding. In addition, the “house” is well ventilated and pollution-free, which greatly reduces the incidence rate of calves.

3、 Improving the survival rate and production performance of calves
The Little Cow’s house has ample sunlight, fresh air, and a certain amount of activity space. The sports field composed of fences in front of the “Little Cow House” also provides ample space for the calves to move around, thereby making the calves raised in the “Little Cow House” strong and sturdy. A feeding plan can be developed based on the specific situation of each calf, ensuring its healthy physical condition while improving the growth rate of the calf.
The grass inside the “calf house” is soft and clean, which is conducive to the adaptation of calves to forage. If calves consume some forage in their early stages, it can accelerate the development of their rumen. According to statistics, using calf house equipment to cultivate newborn calves can greatly improve their survival.