A dairy house is a farm structure designed to provide sleeping, feeding and milking facilies. It is also known as a zero-grazing unit and the cale remain in the structure for most of the me. • Concrete floors • Adequate space • Single housing Biovision Africa Trust: C/o ICIPE, Duduville Kasarani, Off Thika Rd. | P O Box 30772 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Website: www.biovisionafricatrust.org • Proper lighng • Proper drainage • Draught free • Leak proof roof READILY AVAILABLE HOUSING MATERIALS Corrugated iron sheets for roofing, Posts, Rails, Cement, sand, ballast and hardcore, Nails, bolts and nuts STOCKING DENSITY Stocking density refers to number of cows per stall. The table below provides the optimum dairy stocking density; Number of Cows Number of cubicles 1 Cow 2 cubicles 2 Cow 3 cubicles 3 Cow 5 cubicles 4 Cow 6 cubicles 5 Cow 7 cubicles 6 Cow 9 cubicles DAIRY HOUSING /ZERO-GRAZING UNIT DAIRY HOUSING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: TOP VIEW RECOMMENDED ZERO GRAZING HOUSING PLAN SIDE ELEVATION EOA ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE Swedish Society for Nature Conservation Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confederation suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederazium svizra This document has been produced with the financial contribution by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA) through the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, (SSNC). The views herein shall not necessarily be taken to reflect the official opinion of SSNC or its donors.