Working On Fencing Another Horse Lot

Dick L · Mar 16, 2012

Not a real large lot just enough to keep my stud miniature horse next to the mares this spring.

Put in the gate posts and worked on one corner this evening in 79 degree temps. Seemed warmer though.

JayinNY · Mar 16, 2012

How do your horses do on electric? We have 4 rails on posts on the inside of the paddock, toward the horses so they can't push the rails off as easy, dosent stop them from chewing on them and pulling them into the paddock if they work at it enought. I don't think I'd keep my horses on electric. Thoroughbreds are pretty high strung!

Dick L · Mar 16, 2012

The stud will not cross or even sniff one electric rope. I had baler twine laying on the ground that I was using to set posts and he would not cross it. The white mare in the picture has to have an electric wire or rope where she can not get her eyes below it of she sticks her head under and jams thru. The other four just needs three ropes as in the picture. None of these are high strung. Just the opposit.

VicS · Mar 16, 2012

You run just one electric tape/ rope along the fence and you wouldn't have any more trouble with your fence. I don't think the electric charger cares what kind of a horse it is.

northvale · Mar 16, 2012

our sheep have come to understand the fence is live when they hear the charger click but off when silent. They will go thru when off.

JayinNY · Mar 16, 2012

It's not the charger, it's the horses, if they ran into the wire, or worst yet barbed wire it would cut them up good. We had a yearling break threw 4 rails of yellow pine after being turned out after being weaned from its dam.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 17, 2012

Looking good....... I accumulated a 2 and a half acre piece over the last couple years, got the fence 3 weeks ago, and was going to pick up T posts and fence it next weekend. Got a call 2 days ago that the people that owned the stripe right down the middle sold it. New folks won't let me use it.

Nancy Howell · Mar 17, 2012

Electric is great for horses. All it takes is one or two touches and they won't go near the fence.

That said, like all fencing, you have to do it right. Match the charger to the length of fencing, not stretch it too tight, etc.

When done properly, even if the animal gets into the fence, it will give. That allows the animal to get off the fence before it breaks.

Unless your horses are jumpers, electric is the way to go. If they are jumpers, then the type of fencing doesn't matter.

I don't use the tape. The wind causes it to flutter and it will break in just a couple of years (unless they've improved it somehow). I use electrobraid.

jose bagge · Mar 17, 2012

Looking good. I have a 1 acre peice done with a top board and 2 strands of electric rope that has kept 2 rowdy mares in 24/7 for two years now, powered by a solar charger. I"ll never hang another 3 board fence again.

Hay hay hay · Mar 17, 2012

I use the wide white braided tape on very hot blooded Tbreds. They learn to respect it fast. Horses are much more sensitive to electricity than cows. Don't use wire, if they somehow get into it, it will cut them to ribbons in minutes===dead horse.
Visability is very important when they get to running.

Suggestion: Top line use wide white braid, lower lines use electric rope. You'll need to redo the wide braid every few years but it is worth it.

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