youngstock housing

[lazy farmer]

we are bringing the R1s back in house this coming winter,so we will be converting a straw barn to house them.
our thoughts are to put in cubicles down each side and have a central feed passage. shed is 43 ft wide.
so my questions are are cubicles the right thing to do and if so what type of cubicle should we use? the plastic cubicles we prefer for the cows i don't think are suitable as training cubicles.

chris

 

[dinderleat]

Three rows one trough or feed fence possible ?

 

[dinderleat]

6ftcubicle 10ft scrape passage 12double cubicle 15ft feed passage

Is that better

 

[lazy farmer]

6/10/12/15ft

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[Dragon]

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Keep up!!
Width of passage and cubicle bed!!

 

[Cuthbert]

6 single row cubicle 10 scrape passage 12 double row cubicle 15 feed passage

 

[dinderleat]

Yeah sorry bit of a riddle but @Dragon is right.
Can you feed on the outside of the shed ?
To be fair any of manufacturers cubicle metal ones will do a good job with mattresses

 

[lazy farmer]

6 single row cubicle 10 scrape passage 12 double row cubicle 15 feed passage

where do i put the heifers whilst i feed and how much feed space do i require per animal.

 

[dinderleat]

I want to come and have a look when you’ve finished mind.

 

[lazy farmer]

Yeah sorry bit of a riddle but @Dragon is right.
Can you feed on the outside of the shed ?
To be fair any of manufacturers cubicle metal ones will do a good job with mattresses

what bedding if any would you suggest?

 

[dinderleat]

I heard your milk buyer could be buying a few feeder wagons

 

[Cuthbert]

where do i put the heifers whilst i feed and how much feed space do i require per animal.

Have to shut them back in the cubicle

 

[lazy farmer]

I heard your milk buyer could be buying a few feeder wagons

have herd this too. shame.

 

[dinderleat]

have herd this too. shame.

They would be better to make better silage rather than just mowing what ever the weather.

 

[vantage]

My heifer beds are deep woodchip,no mats ,works fine and heifers are clean.Cheap as well,you may need to top up mid winter.

 

[frederick]

Will a 10 month old heifer use a cubicle properly?

 

[Ducati899]

Will a 10 month old heifer use a cubicle properly?

Yes mine do,they all go in the old original dairy cubicles and touch wood not one has needed encouragement to lie properly over the years,bedded on straw

 

[Crusty]

Ours go into cubicles at weaning, sometimes when there still on milk if we're stocked up

 

[lazy farmer]

Yes mine do,they all go in the old original dairy cubicles and touch wood not one has needed encouragement to lie properly over the years,bedded on straw

do you ever get them lying in backwards? where we had them previously they were housed in the old dairy cubicles and they would come back to us with 25% each season lying in backwards and many don't grow out of it

 

[lazy farmer]

i was thinking 2f 6inch centres for R1s