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<blockquote data-quote="Monty" data-source="post: 7298306" data-attributes="member: 775"><p>Just thought I'd do an update. I knocked through the wall between the 2 looseboxes a few months after starting this thread and removed a bit of concrete from the front of the problem one (on the right) to help drainage and ran it as a double loosebox for the previous 2 winters. The calves did really well but no concrete to stand on meant the hooves got a bit long for my liking by the time they moved on to cubicles. A couple of months ago I made some simple cubicles to go in from some old knackered mushroom ones we had lying around. The calves have taken to them like a duck to water. The front bit is cleaned out every 3 days by hand. Straw use is roughly 1 kg/heifer/day compared to 3-4kg previously and they are keeping cleaner than the loosehoused bunch nextdoor. Very pleased with them so far.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]927538[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]927541[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]927539[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monty, post: 7298306, member: 775"] Just thought I'd do an update. I knocked through the wall between the 2 looseboxes a few months after starting this thread and removed a bit of concrete from the front of the problem one (on the right) to help drainage and ran it as a double loosebox for the previous 2 winters. The calves did really well but no concrete to stand on meant the hooves got a bit long for my liking by the time they moved on to cubicles. A couple of months ago I made some simple cubicles to go in from some old knackered mushroom ones we had lying around. The calves have taken to them like a duck to water. The front bit is cleaned out every 3 days by hand. Straw use is roughly 1 kg/heifer/day compared to 3-4kg previously and they are keeping cleaner than the loosehoused bunch nextdoor. Very pleased with them so far. [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_2968.JPG"]927538[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="100_2969.JPG"]927541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_2971.JPG"]927539[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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