Horse Facilities

By Mr. Christiansen

10/28/2003

Types of Facilities

Fencing

Barns

Round Pens

Corrals

Arenas

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.

Types of Fencing

Wood Cable Pipe Wire mesh Brick Barbed wire

Wood Fencing

Vinyl Fencing

Cable Fencing

Wire Mesh

Paneling

Barbed Wire

Other types of fences

Electrical Brick Pipe ????

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?

Types of Barns

Shed Gable Offset Gable Monitor Gambrel Gothic

Gable

Gambrel

Shed

Barn Interiors

Stalls– Doors– windows– Walls

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’

Doors

Windows

Walls

Barns Cont’

Ventilation-Mandatory for preventing disease and alleviating heat in warm weathers.

Barns Floors

Floors– Free from dust– Able to absorb urine– Readily available– Inexpensive

Examples– Straw (Oat)– Pinewood Chips– Peat moss**– Rice & Peanut hulls

“Flooring

Round Pens

Durable Solid panel/ non-solid panel

Corrals

Covered/ uncovered

Arenas

Covered/ uncovered