INDIVIDUAL OUTDOOR CALF HOUSING

More calf places. Without another large shed.

Your next milking herd starts with the calves you care for today. AVAS brings a covered resting area, a front enclosure and feeding access into an individual outdoor unit—designed for fresh-air access, easier cleaning and expansion as your farm grows.

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Design preview of individual AVAS calf shelters with front enclosures — Outdoor AVAS design preview. Site suitability and complete-assembly trials are the next steps.

WHY CONSIDER A DIFFERENT SYSTEM?

Invest in calf care. Plan the shed around your herd.

A mesh enclosure separates calves. A shared shed provides the roof. AVAS combines individual shelter and a front enclosure outdoors, changing how you plan both daily care and the next expansion.

Fresh air at each shelter

Front access and a rear ventilation opening are designed to give air a route through each hutch. Spacing, wind direction and a local heat plan still matter.

An easier cleaning routine

Smooth polymer surfaces and removable feeding vessels are designed for washing between occupants. Clean, dry bedding and drainage complete the routine.

See each calf’s needs

Keep feed, water and observation organised calf by calf. A sheltered resting zone and front enclosure support a clear daily care routine.

Add places as you grow

Plan units around the number of calves you house at one time. On a suitable outdoor site, you can add calf places without commissioning another large shared roof.

Illustrative outdoor calf hutch with a front enclosure and pails, from the earlier AVAS concept study — Outdoor concept illustration · not a farm photograph. Details may differ from the current prototype.

Two ways to plan your next calf area

Shared shed + metal mesh

A common roof, mesh enclosures and a ventilation and cleaning plan for the whole shed. An existing suitable shed can be economical to reuse.

Outdoor AVAS

An individual shelter and front enclosure for each calf. Plan the outdoor base, drainage, anchoring, access and any extra shade your location needs.

For a new calf area: compare the complete installation costs. For an existing farm: explore whether moving calves outdoors could release covered space for your herd.

Compare a layout for my farm See Banas farm photographs

OUR CUSTOMERS

Banas Dairy

Banas Dairy is a Formpack calf-housing customer. These photographs show the existing hutch installation and the everyday details that matter: a covered resting area, a front enclosure and accessible feeding vessels.

Customer installation photographs from Banas Dairy. The new AVAS outdoor prototype is a separate model in development.

Banas Dairy

Formpack calf-housing customer · existing installation.

DESIGNED AROUND DAILY CALF CARE

Comfort. Easier cleaning. Individual care.

A sheltered resting space, clean and dry bedding, fresh-air access and removable feeding vessels are central to the AVAS design. These features help organise feeding, cleaning and observation for each calf.

Product design priorities. Farm results also depend on feeding, management, climate and veterinary care.

About this customer installation

The Banas Dairy photographs show hutches and front enclosures beneath a shared shed. They illustrate the installed layout and feeding fittings. The new outdoor AVAS model is being developed for suitable outdoor sites, with drainage, anchoring and a local heat and shade plan.

Let your farm’s results lead the decision.

Discuss a small evaluation: record starting weight and age, weight change, feed intake, health events, bedding condition and cleaning time. Agree the feeding and care routine with your veterinary team before comparing results.

Discuss a farm evaluation

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