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3-sided calf shed
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 745156" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Hillsd - I appreciate that info, but we have never used the board method - because the cows stand as close to their calves as they can get - making a deep mud mess all the way around the shed & they can RUB on the shed. This way, there is a great "buffer zone" all the way around the shed and the calves can run & play or lay down outside if they want - no MUD (now that we're in MUD, that's important to us - wasn't a big deal while we were in snow - but we always KNOW the mud is coming & it's here now!).</p><p>Calves rarely get zapped. We keep the wire high enough for the newborns, and as they grow, they learn to duck (unless they are zipping around so fast they forget!) that's why we are going to put up hitensile - it won't break when run into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 745156, member: 968"] Hillsd - I appreciate that info, but we have never used the board method - because the cows stand as close to their calves as they can get - making a deep mud mess all the way around the shed & they can RUB on the shed. This way, there is a great "buffer zone" all the way around the shed and the calves can run & play or lay down outside if they want - no MUD (now that we're in MUD, that's important to us - wasn't a big deal while we were in snow - but we always KNOW the mud is coming & it's here now!). Calves rarely get zapped. We keep the wire high enough for the newborns, and as they grow, they learn to duck (unless they are zipping around so fast they forget!) that's why we are going to put up hitensile - it won't break when run into. [/QUOTE]
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