Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
If you plan to handle a large number of young horses, you might want to have specially
designed weanling and yearling barns and facilities. Features should include smaller spaces
between fence rails and ample, safe room for the explosive outbursts of youngsters.
If you will be keeping a stallion, his facilities must be extra high and strong. His stall
should be a minimum of 14 feet by 14 feet with 6-foot-high solid walls. His paddock should
be located away and upwind from mares but close enough that he can see other horses.
Stallions need very experienced, competent handling and extra attention. They cannot be
cooped up without exercise for very long before their energy gets potentially uncontrol-
lable. Be sure to check zoning ordinances and local laws regarding the keeping of stallions.
If you will be standing a stallion for breeding, then you will want to develop some breed-
ing facilities, which may include a breeding shed containing a tease rail, a mare preparation
stall, a foal-restraint stall, a phantom mare for collecting semen from the stallion, and a
laboratory to process the semen for artificial insemination. See the recommended reading
list for additional help.
