We like infrared heaters.
Being crazy January calvers, we've found some good results with them. If it's really really cold, like minus 25 or 30, we'll use them in the barn, and if it's not so bad, like only fifteen below or so, we put up temporary pens made from panel gates in the back of the big cow sheds. We'll buy really cheap tarps and tie them around the gates to make them windproof. Then we put a heater in the corner with a board across so the cow can't lean on it. Those calves pick up on this really quick. Sometimes we've had them born in some really cold weather, and the little guy's will just line up lengthwise right under the heater, and you'll see steam coming off their backs. They will find the heater themselves most of the time. Out of 190 calves last year, we only lost half of one ear, so it must work.
The cats like em too. :wink:
