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    Cool Room Tips

    The gutter is 4ft from the outside wall.  I was thinking of covering it with some kind of slats that would let the urine soak through but hold the bedding out. I checked out Cool Calf that seems to be a good source of info.
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    Cool Room Tips

    I am in South Dakota.  We had -21 last week and +35 today.  What would you do with the floor?  There are gutters in the floor where the farrowing crates used to be.
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    Cool Room Tips

    It has two rooms 26x50.  It is a cement building with foot thick sandwitch walls with 6in of insulation. It was a farrowing barn.  I'm guessing 8-10 calves/room.  The flooring is a major question to figure out.
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    Cool Room Tips

    I'm new here so you'll need patience.  I have a building that I'm thinking of remodeling for a cool room. I am trying to check out if it is feesable to going into "custom calf cooling".  There are some smaller producers in the area that may want the service. What would be a fair price per calf? ...
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