grazing horses in paddocks side by side..do you?

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charlie76

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I have taken on a yard with 25 acres. Its a lovely yard with post and rail fencing. The fields are all side by side though, some with shared troughs
. .I am planning on putting an internal electric fence inside but they can still touch noses. Does anyone else graze side by side or do you all have an empty space in between?
 
I usually have a space in between, mine are out in small groups or pairs with the odd one on its own, I have no problems with the ones together but have had some incidents with playing over fences causing injury so now prefer them further apart.
 
My adults are out side by side, but the youngsters have to be separated as we have a couple of escape artists, especially when kept in adjoining paddocks.
Worst culprit is a 14hh 2 year old whose learn that he can duck or roll under, or jump over. Highest he's jumped out of thus far is 110cm - so at least we've done something right in trying to breed a sports pony, but he's a pain to keep!
 
I have stallions, so all paddocks have double fencing to keep playing through the fence at bay. I think I would keep this arrangement even if I didn't have stallions, 'though as I've seen too many nasty injuries caused by horses reaching over fences, pawing or kicking through, even once a colt managed to cover a mare over a fence!
 
when I used to be on yards the horses were always grazed in herds but had other horses in the field next door, there was never anything but the fence to keep them apart!

I moved to one yard with small paddocks so my 2 were out together but there were horses in the field next door, there were aboubt 30 horses on that yard and they were all grazed next door, the fields were only sectioned off with electric fencing and there was never any problems!
 
I would prefer the horses to be out in small herds to individual turnout. Ours can talk over the walls to neighbours horses. Ours are mares. 2 neighbours have pairs of geldings, one neighbour has a mare and a gelding. There are never any problems.
 
In herds, pairs or singles, most side by side, some with a gap. It's all electric and post so easy enough to rearrange.
 
Herds, trios, pairs and singles all side by side, over 80 horses on the property. No issues unless one field of grass kept gets big round bales of hay and next door doesn't, then they sometimes break the post AMD rail but on the whole fine, and part liveries no problem.
 
I do, but I put cross pieces of wood, about 14" wide on every other post and then put the screw in electric fence fitments on the ends of the cross pieces.

The electric wire then runs along the post and rails on both sides, but there are no plastic posts involved. It is also easy to keep the tension constant.

Horses can see each other but not bite or strike out.

A single strand of wire can be run across the top of gates by screwing in the fitments upright and joining the wire with a handle.
 
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