Homemade Portable Pasture Shelter for Calves
Designed/built by Denver, WI, dairyman Jim Wavrunek and son Luke, all sides of their 24-foot-square Homemade Portable Pasture Shelter for Calves use 4-foot-tall wire hog fencing panels welded onto metal tubing for extra strength and interlocked on each corner with a metal pipe. A feed trough with hinged cover is attached to one side, and two 55-gallon drums (supplying water into a float cup) are strapped to another side. One end of the shelter rests on metal feet; the other end is supported by wheels from an old hay conveyor. A white tarp covers the shelter, which is moved via skid steer on a daily schedule that coincides with feeding the milk cows and the replacement animals. The Wavruneks claim that this method is economical and provides health benefits for the calves.
Cost range: See below
Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back
Toolbox :: Livestock Handling and Housing :: Beef and Dairy Cattle :: Calf Birthing, Housing, and Feeding
Source | Adapted from Farm Show Magazine (vol. 44, no. 6) Wavrunek Dairy 5714 South County Road P Denmark, WI, 54208 |
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Phone | 920-863-8071 |
Est. Cost | Unknown |
Last updated: Apr 15, 2021