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Sunnyside, WA | Here's a picture of our weaning shed. It is for calves from 8 weeks to 4 months old, then they are moved to open lots. Building is 80' wide, but it could be done as a half building. We wanted 16 pens, so it was cheaper to build head to head feeding. Pens are 10' wide by 30' deep. 18' center feed alley. 10' concrete feed alley for the front gate, 3' concrete sloped to the manure alley for the water, and 17' of dirt pack for bedding. Building is a little tall, but it can all be cleaned by loaders and bedded with a tractor and straw spreader. Feeding is done with our tmr mixer and feed pushed up throughout the day. I built it with very little manual labor involved.
Calves are weaned into groups of 8, then gates can be opened to makes groups of 24 after a few weeks. all dehorning and bangs vaccinations are done in these pens.
Headlocks through the whole barn, but we have since taken a few pens of the lockups out for the first couple weeks after weaning. 8 stanchions in 10'. Good size until 4-5 months, then need 7 stanchions in 10' until about 7-8 months. 6 stanchions in 10' are good to almost 14-15 months. I like headlocks and our calves are in pens with them from a few weeks after they are weaned until they leave the farm.
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Dairy heifer barn: pictures, ideas or plans?
