I live on 32 acres and the horses have a 3 acre pasture and I have a quarter acre pasture to be able to move horses around. Plus one pipe corral pen that I use if someone gets hurt or for horses that come here for training on occassion.
My landlords have the fencing as NON barbed wire or barbless wire, 5 strands high, and when I brought my horses here we spent a day running two strands of hotwire up. It is great! the horses stay away from the fence at all times, unless we have a rainstorm that shorts it out somewhere and I have to go fix it. lol. They figure our real quick when it isn't on.
As for your concern about not wanting to use hotwire becuase of small children being around, well, they too will also learn not to touch the fence. My landlord has grandchildren ages 3-12 that come here and LOVE to visit with my horses. They have all learned to NOT feed the horses or try to visit them without an adult because the fence will 'bite' them as they said. lol. it is not enough voltage to hurt them, it is a pulsing hot wire, but it is enough to teach them.
So I say go with the hot wire. it is the most economical way to go if you want to keep your fence in check, and kids. :)
Jennifer in cali
Who has been shocked several times by fences...even when I was little. lol
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, BrknArrows@... wrote:
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> hi everyone,
> Wanted to get some opinions on this. We are putting up a new area of pasture
> for our horses. This is a large field that will serve as a part-time(?)
> pasture. It is about 2 or so acres, maybe more. Question, what types of
> ECONOMICIAL fencing does someone suggest? We have used field fencing before
> and find that some of our haflingers like to use the square in the fencing to
> climb on, therefore breaking down some of that type. Board fencing is out of
> the budget on this field, I won't use barber wire and prefer not to hot wire,
> due to the fact that we have small children. That really narrows it down,
> has anyone used the "High-Tensil" wire fencing. If so, give me the pros and
> cons.
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Lisa Metheny
> Broken Arrow Ranch
> Indiana
>
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