We offer a wide selection of boarding and care services at our farm. Our goal is to help you meet your goals with individual planning and care. From a complete in-house IVF and flushing facility, we’re here to make them and care for them. Please feel free to contact us and discuss a plan for your needs. Rate sheets on request.
MATERNITY PENS
Excellent calf care begins with calving. Clean, well-bedded, individual maternity pens are available for any cow or heifer you may be interested in bringing to our facility to calve-in. Our service allows you to take the pressure of yourself and provides a facility if you are tight for room. We are happy to assist with any animal you desire to have a good start.
SUPER HUTCHES
Also renovated, our super hutch area provides a transition area for weaned calves to introduce group housing and ensure proper feed consumption. This area is also an excellent resource for initial housing of clients’ calves entering the Budjon facilities immediately after weaning.
COW HOUSING
Boxstalls – Twelve boxstalls are available with well-bedded packs, Kraiburg rubber mats on the floor, tiled and raised mangers, Turbo and Shafer fans and heated Ritchie waterers.
Comfort Stalls – Tie stalls are wide enough to house cows of any size. All stalls are well bedded with straw and shavings with bedding keepers to maintain the bedding. Beneath this bedding are Kraiburg comfort mats. Stalls are also equipped with Kendu no-spill waterers. Our stalls are the perfect option to accommodate and show or IVF cow.
SERVICES
- CALF & HEIFER SERVICES
- COW HOUSING
- IVF & FLUSHING
- CALVING CARE
- SHOW PREPARATION & CARE
- SOURCING INDIVIDUALS
- HOSPITALITY & ENTERTAINMENT
WARMING ROOM
Immediately after birth, all calves are moved from the maternity pens to our 6-pen room which is appropriately ventilated and heated depending on the season. They receive a gallon of pasteurized colostrum via esophageal feeding and all vaccinations upon arrival in the warming room. Calves reside here until 2 days of age.
HEIFER HOUSING
Calf Barn – Composed of 3 smaller pens and 8 larger pens, this barn has a compost pack, headlocks, scrape alley, heated waterers and tiled mangers. The barn is 140′ x 40′ with curtain sides, large fans and open ventilation on top.
Heifer Barn – Calves move to this barn between 6-9 months of age. Also a compost pack, scrape alley which is scraped daily, heated Ritchie waterers, headlocks and tiled mangers. Each pen has access to a large pasture area that runs up/down a hill to maximize exercise.
DELUXE PASTURES
We have three separate show cow pastures with covered outdoor hay bunks, one for Holsteins, Jerseys and Show Heifers. They are hand scraped daily and all individuals go out at night, are washed and brought in each day under fans in the barn.
IVF & FLUSHING
Our services include housing of any IVF or Flush animal. Milking, dry, high type, high genomic or heifers, we are happy to accommodate them all! We are the ONLY TransOva Satellite Center that offers IVF & Flushing Services on a weekly basis – every other Monday or Tuesday.
In partnership with TransOva Genetics, we pride ourselves in our ability to communicate with you, the owner, as to your goals with each animal at our facility. Tom is always available to discuss thoughts and plans for animals’ reproductive programs. In addition to IVF services, TransOva is also available on Monday collections for conventional flush needs.
To ensure reproductive status is always up to date, we also utilize the ultrasound services of Dr. Sandra Curran. Every other Thursday Dr. Curran is on farm to aid in sex determination and reproductive updates ensuring the most complete information is always available to make the best decisions for your animals.
CALF HUTCHES
With over 150 calf hutches, our renovated hutch area provides premium care facilities. Calves move into standard, gated hutches from the warming room and then into larger, tethered hutches as they grow. Ventilation is of utmost importance therefor all hutches are well-ventilated. Calves are fed a 23% calf starter and Cows Match milk replacer (28% protein/20% fat) twice daily in buckets, along with free-choice warm water, 365 days a year. Calves arrive from TransOva Genetics twice a month, Additionally, we are happy to help you arrange trucking from any location.
SHOW & SALE HEIFERS
Show/Sale Heifer Program – We have a separate pasture and pens available for show and older sale heifers. Under fans during the day, and out at night…these heifers are washed often and fed to achieve proper condition. We will try to accommodate any sale or show that you wish to exhibit your prize heifer at!
EXTRA GROOMING
With our indoor and outdoor wash racks, we have the ability to accommodate shows, classification and picturing year round. Each cow in the barn receives a pedigree sign in order to display her pedigree and any points of interest for farm visitors. All animals are clipped on a regular basis to ensure they are ready to be viewed by tour groups at any time.
HOSPITALITY AREA
Due to clients residing across the nation, we have added a hospitality and meeting area. Above our office area is a private conference room, hospitality area and kitchenette, as well as restrooms. While we actively use this area to entertain our guests, we also offer the facility for the use of our clients for their own events. We are also happy to assist with basic event planning for any usage of the facilities.
