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Essential Guide to Choosing Proper Facilities for Horses

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of selecting suitable facilities for horses, focusing on fencing types, barns, round pens, corrals, and arenas. Learn about the various types of fences, including wood, cable, and electrical options, and their costs. Discover the functions of different barn types and the recommended stall sizes for various horses. Emphasis is placed on safety, functionality, and geographical considerations in horse management. This resource is invaluable for horse owners and enthusiasts looking to create an optimal environment for their equine friends.

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Essential Guide to Choosing Proper Facilities for Horses

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  1. Selecting Proper Facilities for Horses Tiffany Johnston Equine Science Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office June 2002

  2. Types of Facilities • Fencing • Barns • Round Pens • Corrals • Arenas

  3. What Types of fences are good for horses? There are many different types of fences that are good for horses. The need for each individual horse will vary on it’s geographic location, it’s function or purpose and it’s value.

  4. Types of Fencing • Wood • Cable • Pipe • Wire mesh • Brick • Barbed wire

  5. Wood Fencing

  6. Vinyl Fencing

  7. Cable Fencing

  8. Wire Mesh

  9. Paneling

  10. Barbed Wire

  11. Other types of fences • Electrical • Brick • Pipe • ????

  12. Cost of Fencing Problem • You are fencing in a square pasture with wood. You have decided to build the fence with four rows rather than three for safety reasons. Using the following information, find out how many corner post and pieces of would you will need for the fence and then calculate the cost. (*note that there should be 8ft between each post) • Given information • Each side of the pasture is 84 ft long • The cost of corner posts is 2.50 each • The cost of 1 x 6’s is 2.75 each. • The cost of nails is 6.50 per box of 1000 • The cost of cement 2.00 per 50 lb bag ( you will need 2 )

  13. Barns • What is the function of a Barn? • Will the function change according to geographic location? • Will the function change according to type of horse being kept?

  14. Types of Barns • Shed • Gable • Offset Gable • Monitor • Gambrel • Gothic

  15. Gable

  16. Gambrel

  17. Shed

  18. Barn Interiors • Stalls • Doors • windows • Walls

  19. Stall Size • Stall sizes vary according to the sex, age and size. • Here are the suggested sizes: • Riding horse 12’ x 12’ • Stallions 14’ x 14’ • Weanlings 10’ x 10’ • Yearlings 10’ x 10’ • Isolation 12’ x 12’ • Foaling 16’ x 20’

  20. Doors

  21. Windows

  22. Walls

  23. Barns Cont’ • Ventilation-Mandatory for preventing disease and alleviating heat in warm weathers.

  24. Barns Floors • Floors • Free from dust • Able to absorb urine • Readily available • Inexpensive • Examples • Straw (Oat) • Pinewood Chips • Peat moss** • Rice & Peanut hulls

  25. “Equiterr”

  26. Round Pens • Durable • Solid panel/ non-solid panel

  27. Corrals • Covered/ uncovered

  28. Arenas • Covered/ uncovered

  29. Questions? • Comments? • Concerns?

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