Horse stall fronts using horse panels...with pics!

[spacytracy]

Wanted to share this as a resource because I searched high and low for good photos but couldn’t, so I’m passing this along for those interested.

Quick backstory - my boss has a farm, not a horse person, bought horses for his daughter. Built these stalls, and he’s not horsie and thought that wood bars would be fine.

I bought them from him when he sold the horses, and we kept the wood bars because my horses are pretty calm. Ive been wanting to replace them but 1. never found good DIY instructions and 2. just didn’t get around to it.

Enter Ferris the semi-feral mini mule, and he told me in no uncertain terms that being inside in a stall is NOT his gig.

So for Mother’s Day my hubby worked on getting the stalls up to snuff.

Here’s what we used:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/horse-fence-panel-5-ft-x-16-ft?cm_vc=-10005

It was enough to do all the stall fronts, 2 windows, and hopefully at least 1 dutch door for the Ferris stall.

Here are some photos. I am very happy with how they turned out. Still plenty of ventilation but not saggy enough that they can bend it. (I’m sure they potentially could if panicked enough, but for every day use they are pretty strong)
Before:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/spacytracy05/B5D6C266-F88D-49BE-9C29-96E3B3B87F4E_zpsaunpf6cg.jpg

After:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/spacytracy05/FD208F41-ED47-4F9F-9449-6764EBC056D7_zps3ohoucs5.jpg

Another stall, and the window:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/spacytracy05/6A535147-5D93-4D6E-B864-1A57BF39076D_zpsnd5yafo5.jpg

It appears to have been relatively easy to do (I wouldn’t know, I didn’t assist - we don’t do projects together well!lol)

So far the only real cost has been the panel, which was $90 for a 5’x16’ piece. Bolt cutters used to cut. We have lots of wood around from various projects so we already had the wood

So if anyone is considering this, and has questions, feel free to ask!

[Bluey]

Looks like you put lots of work there, horses will appreciate it.

Nice pictures, thanks.

[trubandloki]

Thanks for sharing.

Let us know how they hold up.

Since my one horse likes to rear up when he freaks out I will not use something that has horizontal bars. I do not want him getting anymore stuck than he has to. I do like the look of this though.

[Bluey]

TSC just started carrying that welded wire the past couple years and many here are using it for the top grill in stalls and for pens outside.
Our vet expansion used something like that, but the 2" square, not the 2"x4".

The advantage, horses can’t kick or chew on each other thru that, but still can interact and smell each other and it provides plenty of air flow.
One disadvantage, horses love to scratch itches on it and some overdo it and end up with bald spots.

Also, if a horse really kicks at it, it can come loose and those loose ends can sure injure a horse.
That kind of wire needs to be inspected daily to be sure it is not coming loose any place and repaired immediately or the horse moved where it can’t get to it.

Some here frame it in with metal so it can’t possibly come loose.

We are still debating if we make our outside panels out of that, over plain pipe ones, if we are gaining enough over horses not getting to each other.

Let us know how it works for you.

[Diamontaire]

The barn where I board has done that, with a strip that covers the edges so no rough areas to catch skin. Very functional and looks good. His board prices are awesome because he says “it’s not a fancy place”. But they live right there, the care is awesome, and they loooove my horse. Win!

[Hermein]

Thanks! I’m collecting ideas for horse housing, so this could fit right in.

[yaya]

Since we’re in the south and need all the cooling ventilation we can get, horse panel is used all the time here for the tops of stallfronts (basically from about 4’ from the ground to the top of the stall, and the entire width). It’s especially convenient at the show facilities, because you can hang water and feed buckets from it and not have to put eyehooks in the wood. We also bungee fans to it when needed. Just don’t ever tie a horse to it, it comes right out! (A friend did that.)

[Manni01]

My barn has these horsepanels as well. They have been there for 12 years now and work really well. It looked different for me in the beginning, but now I appreciate them