And to complete my menagerie... some calves... (pic extensive)

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*haha* Yes, he was my baby! Poor little guy. I have an affinity for Lineback cows too & he was our first & only thus far. We brought him home in the middle of winter & he went downhill kinda fast. We brought him inside to keep him warm - it helped for a couple of days, but he was so sick he didn't make it. I was heartbroken. He was such a sweetheart.
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Needless to say - we don't have the master bath anymore. *lol* The stench after having a sick calf in there was pretty bad (never again)! We've now gutted the master bath & we're making it into our baby's nursery -- how's that for a bit of irony?
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*haha* This made me laugh. Yes, it certainly isn't easy - but it does make it easier having two of us wrangling them. My hubby tends to take too many calves on at once w/out having enough room for them all - it's a weakness of his. Irritates me to no end, but how can you resist those cute little mooshie faces??
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I'll have to see about taking a pic of our calf pens. When the hutches weren't enough we decided to try something different. The work pretty well and where inexpensive to make.
 
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Yea, I'd like to see them.

I keep telling the DH to create some movable dividers for the pens. Something that we can temporarily lock each calf in so it makes it easier for us during feeding time.
 
Front view;
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Side view:
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They are made from the cattle panels you can get at farm supply stores. We used plywood and some 2x's and metal roofing to make the house part. We also hung some old tarp on the inside to help keep their body heat in and the weather out.

This setup has 3 pens. 2 I can enter directly from the outside via the corners and the middle one I have to go through one of the other pens. I can lower their milkreplacer over the top of the panels if needed. If I can I try to put an older calf that doesn't need as much attention in the middle pen.

The gate is just leaning against it in the sideview as we use it near there frequently.
 
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