Calf Hutch Technical Information

Individual Hutch Dimensions

Group Hutch Dimensions

Preparing Your Site

  • Place hutches and service aisles on a well drained surface with a slight slope. Recommended materials for the site include gravel, crushed stone or sand, but well drained concrete also works fine.
  • Face hutch entrances away from, or perpendicular to, prevailing winds; hutch position should allow for maximum winter daytime sunlight into pens at the front of the hutch.
  • Prepare a large enough site to allow for rotation of hutches to fallow areas. This provides a break in the life-cycle of subterranean micro-organisms.

Multimax group hutches can also be used on pasture:

  • Place one MultiMax in a small pasture and rotate the hutch and pen periodically. (A worming regime would need to be considered at grass).
  • Place multiple MultiMax hutches in a large pasture with bigger groups.
  •  Position hutches near to each other as the herd will not separate to housing in different locations.
  • Face hutch entrances away from, or perpendicular to, prevailing winds; hutch position should allow for maximum winter daytime sunlight into pens at the front of the hutch.

Space Requirements

  • As a guideline you will need 8 to 12 individual hutches per 100 cows
  • Allow an area of 1.2m x 4m for each individual hutch and pen
  • Allow an area of 5.5m x 3m for each Multimax hutch and pen.

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