Are there any cheap horse fencing avaliable?

Question

I don't need very much, just like 30 to 40 feet in length, and one side is already covered.

My horse has her pasture chewed down to nubs, and I wanted to add a second smaller pasture for her to eat in during the day, and return her back to her main pasture with her stable at night. How can I easily construct a fence?

Answer 1

it depends if you want the pasture there all the time or not....if you do want it there all the time then you need to decide if you want electric or not.  An electric brand that is cheap and safe for your horse is Electro braid fencing. (electrobraid.com for more information) If you dont want electric fence you should visit this site finishlinefence.com.  they have a cheap, extremely safe fence for your horses.  If you want something cheap and temporary, say only a couple of weeks, visit maxflex.com and scroll to almost the bottom of the page and you should see a fence call fast fence.  this is meant for trail riding.  i believe it is an electric fence however.  This site also has cheap permanent fencing too.  Or if you wanted to construct the fence yourself , buy yourself the amount needed of wood and start building.  if you plan on building it yourself, it may be hard.  i looked around for you and alot of places i saw said that the vertical wooden posts need to be cemented into the ground for better stabalization, then your supposed to wait about 24 hours before strapping on the barbed wire or nailing your horizontal wooden posts onto the main posts. well i hope i helped.

Answer 2

If your horse isn't a wanderer or doesn't test boundry, then tape, wire, or woven fence is cheap. But it is not sturdy, although very easy to install.

If thats not an option electric can be, solar electric is best and easiest to use, though it does cost more. Very few horses test this more than once (except mine)

Other than that, a more perminate fence is best. You can use galvinized steel cattle gates (you need to sink some poles but not many) or tradional wood. cattle fence can be good and cheap but you do, again, need to sink wood poles

Answer 3

I think you could get by the cheapest using horse wire(barbless wire and "t " posts for that small of a distance. This wire works best for internal fence lines since the horses will lean against it and stretch it over time. I don't recommend it for outside fence lines since horses can get through it if they really want to.

Answer 4

i would say electrical tape for temporary fencing but it is not very strong or anything so if you horse escapes a lot it might not be so good. but if you are just using it for what you said you were i think it would be ok. Keep in mind that when you put her back in her original pasture (if your pasture is bid enough) to POSSIBLY divide it in half so you can just rotate what half you use. That is generally what you should have done in the first place but you know...accidents happen!

I hope i helped

Nicole

Answer 5

http://www.farmsupplystore.com/

http://equisearch.com/horses_care/farm_r...

http://myhorse.com/barn/fencing/electric...

some sites about electric fencing, it is the easies/cheapest fencing to work with, and it's portable.

Answer 6

For a temporary fence, I suggest electrical tape or wire. You can use T-posts to hold it and it's fairly simple to put up and take down. Although, you should run 2 lines of it to keep the current running safely.

http://petcaretips.net/electric-horse-fe...

Answer 7

I would suggest electric.  It is easy and cheap to construct, and easy to take down if you dont want it anymore.