Holm&Laue GmbH | Calf Feeding

Healthy and performance-oriented calf rearing

The H&L Igloo System

Specs | Advantages | Modular Set-up

The H&L Igloo System allows the constitution of several lots of calves. It can also be extended module by module when the number of calves that need a place to sleep grows. Think of a system that is infinitely extendable, up to several hundreds of calves, while it does not make room for compromise in terms of animal-friendliness and work efficiency. Its flexibility ensures that all feeding schemes are compatible with the system. Of course, it is possible to include the frost-proof H&L 100 Automated Calf Feeder as an optional extra. Still, it also allows traditional feeding techniques, such as teat bucket feeding with our dedicated feed fence.

Plenty of fresh air and much exercise for healthy calves
Optimum protection and good micro-climate, whatever the weather
Extendable module by module
Fast installation
Weather-independent operation
Calves are free to choose where they want to be
Integration of an H&L 100
Bedding and ridding
Combining old and new

Plenty of Fresh Air for Healthy Calves
Outdoor calf housing is particularly suitable for healthy calf rearing. Fresh air and the so-called outdoor climate effect make your calves strong and resistant.

Weather-independent Operation
While feeding or looking after the calves in the group or single-calf igloos, the farmer is protected from bad weather. Large overhangs of the roof cover the bedding against precipitations and offer shade when needed.

Optimum Protection and Good Micro-climate
The H&L Igloo's domed design is the cause for its various advantages. Fresh air is supplied through the entrance opening. The thermal behaviour of the air causes the warmer exhaust air to rise to the top of the Igloo where it leaves through the four ventilation shafts. Therefore, no undesirable draught can form in the calves resting area. In addition to this, winds hitting the Igloo from outside create a suction effect at the top that results in improved ventilation.

Fast Installation
The H&L Igloo System gives us the opportunity to offer you the complete product as a modular do-it-yourself installation kit. It includes the group and single-calf igloos, and the full roof for the feeding and exercise area to go along with them. Supplied equipments include hot-dip galvanised gates and bulk feed troughs and concentrate dispensers made of stainless steel.

Calves Are Free to Choose Where They Want to Be
In addition to the approx. 15m² of space in the H&L Igloo, the animals have a further 25m² of roofed space for resting. Thus, the calves can choose themselves whether they want to be: inside the H&L Igloo in bad weather or on the bedding spread in the exercise area when the weather is fine.

Integration of an H&L 100
The Automated Calf Feeder H&L 100 ensures a labour-saving and physiologically sound milk diet. As it is frost-proof, its installation in a H&L Igloo System does not require a protective locale. The H&L 100's patented Ration-Oriented Mixing System, dubbed “TOM”, offers very good milk replacer solubility and ensures optimum ration temperature even when the mixer bowl and the hose to the teat have cooled substantially overnight.

Bedding and Ridding
Depending on the number of calves, new bedding should be spread in the igloos about two or three times a week and they should be rid of manure approximately every two weeks. They are supplied with a solid transport hook that allows lifting and moving them easily with a front loader. When ridding manure is finished, the Igloo is simply re-attached to the fencing with a chain. The set-up of the fencing should allow locking the calves up in the pens while the Igloo is being cleaned.

Combining Old and New
An animal-friendly set-up at a reasonable price is to combine an existing barn (feeding area), the H&L Igloo (resting area), and an exercise area. Thus, a use of the existing structure that makes sense is achieved, and if a concrete surface exists outdoor, no further construction work is needed. During cleaning, the animals are locked up in the existing structure, and the working person is undisturbed.