Setting up sheds to allow for efficient and effective cleaning, and maximising protocols between batches – and on a daily basis – is key. See also: 5 essential ingredients for good calf ...

Martin Merrick looks at possible layouts for farmers rearing between 50-60 calves, with an eye on automatic feeding.

"You don't have to clean the bed as often, the tin or the shedding itself gets a little bit dirty so you pressure wash it, but certainly it has helped us in terms of ill calves," says calf shed ...

Most calf sheds are permanent structures ... and you don't have to clean the bed as often, the tin or the shedding itself gets a little bit dirty, you pressure wash it, but certainly it has ...

The calf shed is still under renovation as there were ... from competing with anti-body receptors in the gut post-feeding. Cleaning the teats before milking, using clean disinfected colostrum ...

A detailed audit of a new calf shed has bolstered calf health and maximised growth rates at Goslington Farm ... Each pen is operated on an all-in-all-out basis, so we clean down between each batch to ...