Although the calf hutches come in different sizes, as can be seen here they typically provide plenty of space for a young calf (or even two calves) to move about and turn around comfortably: ...

Dairy newcomers the Courtier family from Dartmoor switched from group housing calves to single hutches they designed and made themselves, to save money. Julian Courtier, who manages the 350-cow ...

Ensuring that calf barns and hutches are not completely closed up and that calves are housed in a draft free environment are two key elements to proper ventilation.

The calf hutch problem, in turn, is expensive, because one is needed for each calf. Hutches have transformed the disease transmission situation because each calf has its own air space.

Calf health is central to producing well-grown, productive replacements. So seeing 70% of calves fall foul of pneumonia forced a Wiltshire farmer into action. Calving 300 cows year round at ...

Down the aisle of hutches where many of the young calves are resting, a brown-and-white calf sticks out its speckled pink nose. It seems to want nothing more than to nuzzle my hand with soft ...