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platonic-prompts · 2 years

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I am here once again fresh off listening to that vegan teacher reaction videos to share some dairy farm information and wisdom that was not asked for but you get anyway

Calf hutches are used to provide the calves with safe, clean living spaces and offer airflow in the summer and protection from the wind and cold in the winter, and using calf hutches often leads to better health for the calves and easier tracking of any issues they might have as well as making sure they all get the same amount of milk (also, the milk substitute for calves smells amazing)

Essentially, they're cribs for babies. Calves have really bad immune systems, and if you can't easily see which one has diarrhea, then that calf could very well die and spread the issue to the others. Farmers dont want their animals to die. (Farm animals are not cheap. Even if they were born on your farm, if they die you're losing out on the money you could get from them. 5 month old steers can go for over 1000 dollars)

And just as an example as how people twist calf hutches

#thats not how that works #baby boy cows are shot in the head right after birth #me muttering under my breath everytime tvt talks about dairy:#no no theyre not #Source: Was headbutted by a male calf as a four year old when i went to get another bottle of formula #got to admit the 'stealing calves milk' one is kinda funny for two reasons #1. cows produce way more than a calf can drink and sometimes calves wont even drink from their mom but instead a different cow #2. Adult cows will also try to nurse. Sometimes they succeed other times they get kicked in the face guess what that cows could do to us?#info post #fun fact: small dairy farms sell their milk to the same places bigger farms do

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