Horse Facilities

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Horse Facilities

• By Mr. Christiansen
• 10/28/2003

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Types of Facilities

• Fencing
• Barns
• Round Pens
• Corrals
• Arenas

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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 its geographic location, its
  function or purpose and its value.

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Types of Fencing

• Wood
• Cable
• Pipe
• Wire mesh
• Brick
• Barbed wire

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Wood Fencing
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Vinyl Fencing
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Cable Fencing
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Wire Mesh
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Paneling
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Barbed Wire
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Other types of fences

• Electrical
• Brick
• Pipe
• ????

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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?

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Types of Barns

• Shed
• Gable
• Offset Gable
• Monitor
• Gambrel
• Gothic

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Gable
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Gambrel
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Shed
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Barn Interiors

• Stalls
• Doors
• windows
• Walls

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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

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Doors
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Windows
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Walls
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Barns Cont

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

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Barns Floors

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

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Flooring
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Round Pens

• Durable
• Solid panel/ non-solid panel

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Corrals

• Covered/ uncovered

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Arenas

• Covered/ uncovered