Why do we use group pens vs calf hutches? Short answer is every farm is different. Automatic feeders provide significant advantages in labor savings but it also requires a very keen eye. Hutches provide a more one on one calf style management where you physically look at every calf every day. Regardless, both styles require calves have adequate room and adequate air quality. Bottom line for us was cost. We had to replace all of our older wooden calf stalls and to replace them all with hutches wo