Portable and collapsable modular calf housing system

Abstract

A portable and collapsible modular calf housing system featuring at least one pen comprising a front panel and two side panels and optionally a rear panel forming a pen. The side panels include channels in which the front panel can slide vertically to adjust the height of a feeding pail attached thereto. The channels are disposed on either face of each side panel to enable a front panel from each one of adjacent pens to be joined to form a plurality of interconnected pens.

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         1 . A method of housing a calf comprising keeping the calf in a pen that includes at least one feeding pail receptacle adapted to support a feeding pail as the calf grows, the method comprising: after the calf has grown from a first size to a second size that is larger than the first size, using the at least one feeding pail receptacle to raise the height of the feeding pail from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is higher than the first position.