Options for foal-safe stall doors

[camohn]

[QUOTE=ahf;5391543]
I seem to remember that Frey Brothers will make anything you want.

http://www.freybrothersinc.com/estalls.html

Also try cross-posting on the Farm section of the BB. There are some really imaginative and creative people on that board that do not come over here to the breeding board.[/QUOTE]

we have the Frey mesh doors. Still sturdy after 12 years of abuse…aka pawing feet!

[Dalemma]

[QUOTE=JB;5391279]
Ok, so are you guys saying 2 3/8" bars are too big for a foal?
The configuration I listed would be from the bottom up to make a half door, so there would be no gap there. My concrete aisle comes above the level of the mats in the stall, so the bottom of the bottom guard would sit right about there.

My doorways are not quite 48" wide, and these guards are, so these would go on the inside of the door opening with zero space between hinge/latch side for any hoof - big or small - to get caught. I normally wouldn’t even consider an in-swinging door of any sort, but since I have outside doors that (will) swing open, I’m not worried about not being able to get a door open against a recumbent animal.[/QUOTE]

I certianly wouldn’t risk it…I like solid on the bottom and bars on top…I have had one foal and the doors that I have in place for my stalls worked out well…wood on the bottom and bars on top…with the door one inch off the floor…my doors slide.

Dalemma

[JB]

If the bars were only 2" spacing, is that much better?

[Dalemma]

[QUOTE=JB;5395709]
If the bars were only 2" spacing, is that much better?[/QUOTE]

I guess it really depends of how big your foal is going to be…in order to not risk a foot being able to go through I would want the foot to be at least 1/2" larger then the opening.

Dalemma

[JB]

LOL, can you figure that out on an ultrasound?

It’s a TB mare with average size feet, 1/2TB 1/2 WB (but probably more than 1/2 TB) stallion. shrug LOL

But in other words, it’s not a pony foal