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Daddy's precious wee girl is getting a horse. Mrs B&D and myself will match every dollar she contributes for the horse, no free ride...
Plus I need a larger shed/barn to pack stuff into and park equipment in.
49" Page wire fence with an electric barb, electric bare wire or electric poly rope to prevent reaching over? Or all poly rope, three, four or five strands?
Lots of coyotes and coons around.
Horse a relatively docile gelding. Will likely purchase a donkey or lama for company.
I only know enough about horses to be dangerous.
Snow will be drifting 1 to 3 feet deep in the winter.
I've fenced lots for cattle and swine but never for horses. Either with 40 rod rolls of 49" high Page Wire fence with an electric top and sometimes electric bottom wire. Or 5 strands of barbed wire , with the top and or bottom sometimes electrified.
 
I've got 4 strands of barbless wire with a hot wire on the inside of the second wire from the top. Wife is a horse trainer and thats what she wanted. Far cheaper than some of the stuff labeled as horse fence. Never had a problem in nearly 10 years.
AaronSEIA
 
sure the experts will chime in soon enough...

How much area are you talking about? Horses don't need much as far as shelter unless you let her love him to death... By that I mean keep a blanket on him and try to close him up all snug when it's chilly. We only use electric rope or band on the pastures but they aren't there when there is snow to speak of...

You can wrap up as much money as you want in it ... For a horse and a buddy (I'd get him a pony or a sheep without horns that sheds), a 10x10 3 sided shed facing south and a solid,cleanable, that is 20x20 (or bigger if you want) with good fence (Tposts and wide electric band or just stock panels) for deep snow or pasture ruining mud times. If you keep him in smaller quarters, make sure you keep him a toy or buddy to keep him busy so as not to pick up bad habits...
What breed of horse is it?
 
I'm holding two studs away from the mares with a four wire. Think your gelding would just about stay inside a rope fence.

Unless he's a jumper, it won't take much. Horses are really lazy critters. :>)

Oh, and I'd sure stay away from the electric fence. It'll make him shy around gates, etc.

Allan
 
(quoted from post at 16:36:59 05/04/12) Oh, and I'd sure stay away from the electric fence. It'll make him shy around gates, etc.

Allan
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Them Nebraska horses must not be too bright :shock:
 
I don't have horses.... What I do see most often with my horsie customers is white electric 'horse' tape.
I've been lead to believe if the tape is even lying on the ground in the grass, not electrified... it will hold most horses. One whack is all they ever need for recollection and they stay away.
Personally I would not subject myself to maintaining page wire at any cost. If it meant having another pagewire fence the critter would be tied up or shot.

Rod
 
We use 48" Red Band 2" x 4" mesh woven wire..comes in 100" and 200" rolls. You can get it at Tractor Supply.
 
redbrand 2x4 noclimb and a top board.. r wire and 3 board.

i'd avoid field fence or barb wire.. if possible.
 
electro-braid, google it and believe what they say. a little pricey to start with but will pay off in the long run.
Looks much more better(how do you like that grammar) than the white tape.
 
Most of my fence is what we call hog wire which is about 4 foot tall. When I first got horses we had electric fence up and that was easy and cheap but over the years it has long since been knocked down by deer etc. Once a good and note I said good horse knows where it should be and if feed right has no need to be other places a simple rope fence will hold them. Yep I have a good 100 plus feet of baler twine as fence in one area and have yet to have one out
 
Horse fence is like everything, including belly-buttons, every-body has a opinion. Well I am no different. I have had horses for at least 60 yrs. You need a corral first,something that they absolutely can't get out off. 12ft. Loop legged gates are fine that pin or chain together. 6 to 8 of them. Horses will paw a good fence down, if it is not electric. Unless you are going to fence 40 acres for two. I use 1/2 in white tape, it shimmers in the wind, makes it easy to see. Deer are the biggest problem here tearing up fences. They can see the white tape. I can see my fence 1/4 mile west every morning from the bathroom window. If you use one of those loop legged gates instead of a electric gate will have no trouble getting them in and out of pasture. I have a 24 X 30 shed open on the East for my horses 3. It has 3 10 X 12 ft stalls with gates opening onto the corral. Also a 4 X 8 ft tack room, with 4 doors that is mouse proof. Make it easy to catch and saddle it, and she will ride it more. Also you need another one so you can go too. Never heard anyone say they spent to much time with their kids. Vic
 
B&D,Here in Texas where I am most any fence will do,
*-4-lines of Barb wire,
*-48in Net wire and 2 lines of barbed on top,
*-A single smooth line @ point-of-Hip Electrified with a good hot charger but a single line is better fencing off fields in the wet fall,winter,spring time. Not hot dry summer!
*-16 ft cattle panels
Just as long as you don't have fresh mares in season in a pasture next to studs! That is when things get entertaining!
What ever you have that already goes along with what you have! Hope this helps
Later,
John A.
 
I build a lot of fence for a lot of different horses and horse owners. I've seen them all, literally, from 4 plank to a single strand of un electrified barb. What Ive found is electrified barb is the least desirable, the arc can burn since its focused on a point, like a cautery pen.

What I see mostly is 4 plank. Its expensive to build and expensive to maintain. What I build for me, and for the horses I board here is 4 strand high tensile, all 4 electrified, top strand Equi flex (Gallagher product). All 4 strands Equi flex I think looks better or all 4 regular smooth high tensile. Any other wire fence can cut, and a horse is looking for an excuse to get a cut thats going to be huge, ugly, slow to heal, and cost a bunch. By far and away the cheapest perminant fence is the 4 strand smooth h.t. I'm in it less than a dollar a foot, plus payroll, gates, and energizer on USDA spec for EQIP.
 
At least somebody from China would use correct grammar and spelling when making a post.
You are batting zero with two errors in two sentences.
 
If you insist on keeping the barbed wire, keep a healthy supply of Wound Kote gentian violet medicine around; horses seem to somehow keep getting into the barbed wire and cutting themselves to ribbons.

My grandfather got rid of the barbed wire when he got out of the cattle business and replaced all his fences with 2-strand electric [smooth wire]. Bottom wire was at about 2' off the ground, with top strand at about 4'. [Not sure how that would work with 2' snow drifts.] The bottom wire kept the horses from going under the fence, and they never tried to go over the top strand. With new fences or new foals, Grand-dad would tie about 12" strips of white cloth to the wire about halfway between the posts, so that the horses would figure out that the fence was there.

And going cheap of a fence charger is a good way to get practice building fence. Buy a good charger, and keep the weeds off the fence, so they don't ground it out.

The two-strand electric was considerably cheaper than the 2x4 "horse fence", and you can use any kind of post that will hold an insulator, from wood to metal T-posts to whatever you can hook an insulator to.

Not saying that's the ONLY way to go, or even the BEST way to go. That's simply what my family did, and it worked for years. Your mileage may vary, etc., etc...
 
I'm not a fan of barbed wire in horse fence. As others have said,horses will stay in most anything but manage to cut themselves on anything available. Something you might consider is wherther dogs run loose in your neighborhood. Any dog large or small can cause horses to run over things and injure themselves. Sometimes it's harder to fence trouble out than fence animals in.
 
You haven't paid for the vet's bill yet for torn ligaments from barbed wire; try to keep it that way. We've had 2 neighbours in the area with horses that ripped off flesh to the bone after horses stuck their feet through the page wire squares and panicked pulling away. More vet bills.
If you can find the small-squared page wire for the lower 4 ft, and one top line of electric you should be okay. We get the same snow up here, and even the Dutch warmblood hasn't tested that system here.
I think you're going to really appreciate the expression 'hay burner' that is tossed around here quite often. Good luck.
Jay
If he's a jumper you'll find out soon enough.
 
Be very careful buying her a horse (they multiply). She'll have to have someone to ride with, so Grandpa will need one too LOL. That's what happened around here. Bought Grand Daughter a horse last fall and just bought our 3rd this past Thursday evening. Nope, I'm not complaining, We ride about every evening if it isn't too wet and I really enjoy the time spent with her and the Grand Son (His new horse Thursday evening). We ride slow and can chat about anything while they're actually learning without knowing it. So go ahead & find yourself a horse too, don't think you'll regret it and she'll have memories long after your're gone. As for the fence, follow your own mind, most people do anyway. Just my thoughts, Keith
 
(quoted from post at 03:48:00 05/05/12) Be very careful buying her a horse (they multiply). She'll have to have someone to ride with, so Grandpa will need one too LOL. That's what happened around here. Bought Grand Daughter a horse last fall and just bought our 3rd this past Thursday evening. Nope, I'm not complaining, We ride about every evening if it isn't too wet and I really enjoy the time spent with her and the Grand Son (His new horse Thursday evening). We ride slow and can chat about anything while they're actually learning without knowing it. So go ahead & find yourself a horse too, don't think you'll regret it and she'll have memories long after your're gone. As for the fence, follow your own mind, most people do anyway. Just my thoughts, Keith
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we went from 1 to 15 (20 last year).... I get a little cranky shovelling poo in the dark or rain but wouldn't trade it for anything.....
 
Books advise to not electrify barbed wire in case something gets caught in it, including yourself.Recorded Human deaths of people being electrocuted whilst caught.
 
Lots of folks around here keep horses in with three or four strands of hot poly rope or tape. I know some who have used barb wire and have heard lots of horror stories. I use hot barb for cows and calves but seems like every one has trouble with horses behind it.

Dave
 
I would use the small page fence with one strand of high-tensile electric on top. That way they can't step through it and knock it down or cut up their feet, and if they have a halter on, it can get caught on barbs and cut their faces all-up trying to get away from it. I raised horses for years and saw my neighbor learn that the hard way!
 
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