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Homemade Portable Pasture Shelter for Calves
Green enclosure of 4-ft-tall wire hog fencing panels on metal tubing with white tarp cover & a  feed trough attached to 1 side & 2 55-gal drums for water strapped to another side.  2 wheels on back for moving enclosure

Designed/built by Denver, WI, dairyman Jim Wavrunek and son Luke, all sides of their 24-foot-square Homemade Portable Pasture Shelter for Calves use 4-foot-tall wire hog fencing panels welded onto metal tubing for extra strength and interlocked on each corner with a metal pipe. A feed trough with hinged cover is attached to one side, and two 55-gallon drums (supplying water into a float cup) are strapped to another side. One end of the shelter rests on metal feet; the other end is supported by wheels from an old hay conveyor. A white tarp covers the shelter, which is moved via skid steer on a daily schedule that coincides with feeding the milk cows and the replacement animals. The Wavruneks claim that this method is economical and provides health benefits for the calves.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourceAdapted from Farm Show Magazine (vol. 44, no. 6)
Wavrunek Dairy
5714 South County Road P
Denmark, WI, 54208
Phone920-863-8071
Est. CostUnknown
Last updated: Apr 15, 2021


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