Horses!!!!!!!!

[res]

Kinda out of order, but here are some pictures of the tractor shed and chicken run that we built. You can easily use the same design to make a 3-sided 10x10 or larger run-in for horses. You'd have to line the bottom 4' with thick plywood to prevent a horse from kicking through the sheet metal. We've built several of these over the years on different properties we have owned. All are still standing and look great, one even withstood an F2 tornado.

As for the pasture, I would attach a small paddock - dry lot - sacrifice area to the run-in and then have gates to your pasture sections off of it. That allows you to lock the horse off the pasture and let it rest, and still give the horse some room to move around.

I am not a big fan of tape for a perimeter fence, because a horse can and will run right through it if scared or crazy. I LOVE it for interior cross fencing, though. All of my cross fencing is 2 strands of 1 1/2" tape on step-in posts. I keep it HOT, and my horses respect it completely. Even the 1300lb beef steer respected it before he went t freezer camp, and the riding center I work a uses the same fence for their Percheron draft horses.

 

[SternRose]

Kinda out of order, but here are some pictures of the tractor shed and chicken run that we built. You can easily use the same design to make a 3-sided 10x10 or larger run-in for horses. You'd have to line the bottom 4' with thick plywood to prevent a horse from kicking through the sheet metal. We've built several of these over the years on different properties we have owned. All are still standing and look great, one even withstood an F2 tornado. As for the pasture, I would attach a small paddock - dry lot - sacrifice area to the run-in and then have gates to your pasture sections off of it. That allows you to lock the horse off the pasture and let it rest, and still give the horse some room to move around. I am not a big fan of tape for a perimeter fence, because a horse can and will run right through it if scared or crazy. I LOVE it for interior cross fencing, though. All of my cross fencing is 2 strands of 1 1/2" tape on step-in posts. I keep it HOT, and my horses respect it completely. Even the 1300lb beef steer respected it before he went t freezer camp, and the riding center I work a uses the same fence for their Percheron draft horses.

How much did it cost for the tractor part?

 

[res]

How much did it cost for the tractor part?

The tractor section measures 12' wide x 24' long x 12' high. I think it was around $3K for all the lumber and custom ordered cut-to-length painted sheet metal - the thickest gauge available. The sheet metal is by far the most expensive part.

You can build it cheaper by using plain galvanized sheet metal, which is LOTS cheaper than heavy gauge painted metal. I would definitely still custom order it cut-to-length, as it makes for a cleaner finished product, and eliminates overlapping too-small sheets and having to make multiple cuts.

You could probably build a 10x10x9 for around $1000-1200. You could use 4x4 posts vs. the 6x6's we used. And having your shed shorter in height saves you $ because the sheet metal is charged by the foot. As in, you add up the "height" of all your pieces of sheet metal and multiply that by the cost per foot.

 

[Chickenchick11]

I thought I'd share these with you guys. I found them funny but utterly true!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Very good!! Here are a few from me

 

[Chickenchick11]

Very good!! Here are a few from me

Love them!

 

[Chickenchick11]

 

[SternRose]

Haha those are all funny! Lol

 

[Wyandotte 123]

I have 3 horses all of them are paints. My horse Chad is a chestnut, we kinda rescued him. He is a western pleasure all around western horse(he's 13). My horse Remington is a funky palomino color, he is just kind of a trail horse, but used to be a lunge line champ(he's 6). My other horse Pee-Dee is sorrel, used to be a reining horse, but now she is also for trail riding (she's 24)


Im pretty young in these photos but Im much older now!

 

[MrsEskew]

Aww I miss my horse so very much. I will have another one ASAP though. You guys have beautiful horses!