Next healthiest thing to outdoor calf rearing

Dry, airy, inexpensive and able to rear a couple of caves each, these ‘pounds’ (see below also) can be separated by removing the drop-down bar that acts as a door also, and they are easy to store.

Simple to make, these timber hutches have an access gate that can be covered with a drop down nylon sheet to prevent the wind driving in.

The traditional calf rearing shed, with its adjoining 4 ft wide individual calf pens for 30 or more calves, is becoming increasingly criticised by experts as well as by farmers.