1. Selecting Proper Facilities for Horses Tiffany Johnston Equine Science

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?