Housing
14 November 2023
As winter approaches, getting youngstock housing in order is essential to prevent poor growth checks and increased risk of respiratory disease.
17 October 2023
AHDB has worked with industry experts to pull together best practice on youngstock housing. This guide covers legislation, the calf’s environment, housing design and systems that can be used to house your youngstock.
6 October 2023
It is essential that youngstock housing provides for calves' needs, ensuring health and performance are optimised and regulations complied with. This page discusses how layout and construction can be used to the affect.
6 October 2023
Feeding is one of the main tasks of calf husbandry, and it requires a lot of money, time and effort. Designing your housing to make feeding easier will greatly benefit you and your team
13 March 2024
Advice on how best to help your sheep survive the cold weather.
17 November 2023
Read the case study for Holly Green Farm’s calf rearing system and how it works for them
6 March 2024
Read the case study for Eldon Farm’s calf rearing system and how it works for them
17 November 2023
Read the case study for Cobblers Farm’s calf rearing system and how it works for them
9 June 2023
Selecting the most suitable housing system for a farm is a complicated decision. There are many factors to consider and even when a system is decided, there are further choices to be made within the individual system. This guide looks at the costs incurred in in each housing system to help you decide which dairy youngstock housing system is the right fit for you.
6 October 2023
There are many dairy youngstock housing systems available, and it is important to understand which system will work best on your farm. In this webpage we have identified seven of the main youngstock housing systems, although this is not an exhaustive list.
6 October 2023
Taking the time to understand your needs in the planning process of your youngstock housing will help make sure that the design chosen is right for your system. To help work through the design process, consider the eight questions below.
6 October 2023
Your dairy youngstock housing