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Animal Welfare Regulation

Suitable in accordance with conventional animal welfare regulations
National regulations specify how long calves can be kept in which minimum areas. Our calf houses and boxes comply with these specifications and are optimally designed to meet the requirements of calf rearing.

Germany

Single Housing

From the age of 8 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Box small	Box big	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 2 weeks
	2 - 8 weeks

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2023):

Large-capacity calf hutches

	Weight in kg	Modular Double Calf Box	Double Calf Box	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box **
	up to 150	2 animals (up to 2 weeks)	2 animals (up to 2 weeks)	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)
	150 - 220			Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	2 animals (up to 8 weeks)

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Multiple stalls

Weight in kg	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 150	up to 5 animals	up to 3 animals	up to 11 animals	up to 11 animals
150 - 220	up to 5 animals	2 animals	up to 10 animals	up to 9 animals
> 220	up to 4 animals	2 animals	up to 9 animals	up to 9 animals

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	up to 5 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 10 animals
150 - 220	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals
> 220	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals

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Austria

Single Housing

From the age of 8 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Heavy Plus	Calf box small	Calf box large	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 2 weeks
	2 - 8 weeks

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2023):

Large-capacity calf hutches and multiple stalls

Weight in kg	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box**
up to 150	up to 5 animals	up to 2 animals	up to 10 animals	up to 10 animals	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)
150 - 220	up to 4 animals	up to 2 animals	up to 9 animals	up to 9 animals	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	2 animals (up to 8 weeks)
> 220	up to 4 animals	up to 2 animals	up to 8 animals	up to 8 animals	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	2 animals (up to 8 weeks)

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	up to 3 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals
150 - 220	up to 3 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals
> 220	up to 2 animals	up to 3 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals

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Switzerland

Single Housing

From the age of 2 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Calf box small	Calf box large	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 2 weeks
	3 weeks - 4 months

Group Housing

Age / Weight	Premium XL	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL	Modular calf box - double box	Double calf box
up to 3 weeks	up to 4 animals	up to 8 animals	up to 7 animals	up to 3 animals	up to 3 animals
4 weeks - 4 months	up to 3 animals	up to 7 animals	up to 5 - 6 animals	2 animals	2 animals
Over 4 months and up to 200 kg	up to 2 animals	up to 5 animals	up to 4 animals

Modular fence stabling

Age / Weight	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 3 weeks	up to 5 animals	up to 7 animals	up to 10 animals	up to 14 animals
4 weeks - 4 months	up to 3 animals	up to 5 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 10 animals
over 4 months and up to 200 kg	up to 3 animals	up to 5 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 10 animals

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Netherlands

Belgium

Italy

Finland

Single Housing

From the age of 2 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.
The dimensions of the single housing are based on the following specifications:

	Inner length	Inside width
	Calf length x 1.1	At least withers height

With our CalfHouse series you can usually house your calves up to 8 weeks.

Internal dimensions of the housing systems:
Calf box small = 130 x 85 cm
Calf box large, calf box Premium = 160 x 100 cm
Modular calf box = 160 x 116 cm
Master Plus = 186 x 104 cm (hutch) + 133 x 105 cm (run)
Premium Plus = 196 x 104 cm (hutch) + 133 x 105 cm (run)
PE UV+ = 195 x 103 cm (hutch) + 134 x 105 cm (run)

Group Housing

Weight in kg	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL	Modular calf box - double box	Double calf box
up to 150	up to 5 animals	up to 3 animals	up to 10 animals	up to 11 animals	2 animals	2 animals
150 - 220	up to 4 animals	2 animals	up to 10 animals	up to 10 animals	2 animals
> 220	up to 3 animals	2 animals	up to 9 animals	up to 9 animals	2 animals

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	up to 4 animals	up to 5 animals	up to 8 animals	up to10 animals
150 - 220	up to 3 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals
> 220	up to 3 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 8 animals

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Basic EC Organic Regulation

Unsere Kälberhütten sind nach der EG-Öko-Basisverordnung auch für Biobetriebe geeignet

Suitable in accordance with basic EC Organic Regulation (834/2007)
Our calf houses are also suitable for organic farming in accordance with the EU basic organic regulation. Organic calves can be raised in all our houses. If the calves have visual and social contact with other calves and if the minimum areas (stable and outside areas) are maintained, they can also be kept separately after the first week of life.

Single Housing

	Weight in kg	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus
	up to 100

Large-capacity calf houses
The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals according to current legal regulations (as of April 2022):

Weight in kg	Premium XL	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 100	up to 3 animals	up to 6 animals	up to 6 animals
up to 200	2 animals	up to 4 animals	up to 3 animals
up to 350		2 animals	2 animals

Local animal welfare regulations must be observed!

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