[Ag-eq] country girl

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Quoting "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
Jody:

Since I'm in Arizona I'm mostly concerned about shade.  I have 3, 12 by 16
stalls.  The sides are pipe fencing and the roof is metal.  There are no solid
walls, it's to hot for that here.  The floor is just dirt; I mostly use them to
seperate animals when I feed, so don't use any bedding.

I also have a 12 by 24 shade; it is just a metal roof and metal poles.  I rarely
leave them in their stalls more than a few hours at a time.  I don't think
horses were met to live in stalls, so use them as little as possible.  I don't
know what the weather conditions are there, so am not sure what would be best. 
You might want to look and see what other people are doing.

My set up works well for me because my animals get along with each other.  If
they didn't it would be harder.  I have 1 horse, 1 mule 3 goats and a sheep
that all live with each other.  I do have 2 small areas to seperate the goats
and sheep when I feed.  When I feed hay only I just put it in several places
and leave everyone loose.

Good luck; I'm sure you will figure everything out.  Please let us know what you
decide.

Nella










> Hi all,
>
> Our barn once had stalls but they were removed to make a workshop by the
> previous owner.  It has concrete floors so we would need mats and bedding.
> Being in Florida the horses would spend most of their time outside but we
> would put them in during bad weather.  We also plan to make a shade cover in
> the pasture for sun and rain protection.  I think there is already plumbing
> out there for a waterer.
>
> We have been wondering what size stalls to build, box stalls or straight
> stalls.  They would be part time not full time since it is warm all year
> here.  What do you all recommend and what size?
>
> JODY
>
>
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