Types of Housing

There is many different types of housing for milk cows. The Types of barns could be free stall, tie stall and pack. Free stall is when the cows can walk around to the feed bunks and water and also there is stalls that they can lay in, they also have to walk up to where they get milked. A tie stall is when the cows are tied in the stall and they just stand of lay there, they don't have to go anywhere for their food or water. The food gets put in front the cows and they have water bowls in between the cows also the milkers come to the cows. So the cows get milked in their stall, they don't have to move to go get milked, food or water.A disadvantage to a tie stall barn is that the cows don't get enough exercise as the other barns. A pack is a barn with a pack of straw and there is no stalls for the cows, they have to walk to their food, water and where the cows get milked.
Some advantages of a free stall:
-a lower amount of labour for each cow
-the cows get adequate amount of exercise

Advantages of a tie-stall barn:
-more time is spent with each cow
-the animals get individual attention
-easier to treat the cows cause to can see if they eat or not

Advantages of a pack barn:
-lower amount to labour
-cows get adequate amount of exercis




This is our farms tie stall barn.