Fencing for small pony

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Field04

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I am still on the lookout for my companion pony. So whilst looking I am going to make sure the field is completely ready for a smaller pony and am adding on extra fencing. So for the moment there are 3 lines of electric fencing. However, living by a main road I am still worried about escaping. Its not that easy as there are fields out the back and a garden out the front towards the main road. However for peace of mind I am adding on extra fencing.

My plan is to get the wire fencing put on the posts behind the electric fencing. So I will have my electric fencing and then attached to an existing fencing of barbed wire and posts (not mine) behind my electric fencing I am going to attach the wire mesh fencing (not entirely sure of the correct name as only know it in French as grillage). Also at the front where it is my electric fencing before the garden I am going to attach the mesh fencing to the same posts, is this ok to do?

So do you think this will be adequate? Hope this all makes sense!!
 
If you are close to mainroad then I would re-fence the entire paddock properly by using post and rail fencing with Equi-fencing (which is a tight form of sheep fencing out on it).

Please be aware that if your horses escape and cause an accident (whatever the reason) then you are held resposible. (Recent law case demonstrated this - Animals act 1971 Section 2 (2) as now interpreted by the highest court in the land says that horse owners are liable. This is as a result of the Mirvahedy v Henley case

Also check your horse insurance policy and make sure that you have third party cover to £10,000,000 (Ten Million Pounds).
 
Field04.
I have a mix of fencing.
The Equi-fence is brilliant but very expensive - I have this along 2 sides of my land in the 4 foot high mesh - where animals could really cause a problem if they escape. This is topped with a running rail too.

One the other 2 boundaries I have 5 strand barbed wire (and before anyone jumps out of their tree, YES I know its not ideal & will be replaced but not at present). This is topped with wide white electric tape on the top so I can see at a distance if there is a fence problem..
I also then have 2 strands of electric tape set in around half a metre inside the barbed wire on the plastic temporary posts.

Also, along the wire boundary, I have 2 small 'diet' paddocks, these also have small holed 'chicken' wire to 3 ft high, firmly attached to the wooden posts holding the barbed wire. This still has electric fence inside, but is ideal to keep my mini from even getting a whisker through.

Hope you get something suitable to suit your pocket & that does the job securely :)
 
we just have the normal sheep style fencing, as they used to graze sheep in our fields, and our minis have always been fine with that! it then has a row of barbed wire then a row of straight wire, but thats for the big horses!
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
Field04.
I have a mix of fencing.
The Equi-fence is brilliant but very expensive - I have this along 2 sides of my land in the 4 foot high mesh - where animals could really cause a problem if they escape. This is topped with a running rail too.

One the other 2 boundaries I have 5 strand barbed wire (and before anyone jumps out of their tree, YES I know its not ideal & will be replaced but not at present). This is topped with wide white electric tape on the top so I can see at a distance if there is a fence problem..
I also then have 2 strands of electric tape set in around half a metre inside the barbed wire on the plastic temporary posts.

Also, along the wire boundary, I have 2 small 'diet' paddocks, these also have small holed 'chicken' wire to 3 ft high, firmly attached to the wooden posts holding the barbed wire. This still has electric fence inside, but is ideal to keep my mini from even getting a whisker through.

Hope you get something suitable to suit your pocket & that does the job securely :)
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This sounds pretty similar to my set up. Apart from the Equi Fencing. I have also just seen a fence which is like a mesh fence (like the chicken wire but larger squares,) on a horse web site, which is also electrified along the horizontal strips. This looks interesting but wonder if my battery would be enough for all this!!
 
My little welsh goes straight through my electric fencing in the summer, when she's in a starvation paddock. also make sure the pony can't get under any fencing you do, i knew a shetland who crawled under the fence line on his belly!
 
The only thing that keeps my minis in is stockwire. I run a strand of electric tape around at about 18" to stop them rubbing on it. All my fields are stockwired to about 4'6" with tape.
 
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