Sheep hurdles as partitions?

[diddy]

Hi all,

Possibly a silly question but does anyone use sheep hurdles with their horses? Mine are in a barn but I need to create a temporary stable for one of them. She currently has partitions made of pallets but she chews them & it looks really tatty.

Would sheep hurdles work if I lined with chicken wire to stop her putting her feet through? Or if anyone has any other cheap suggestions please feel free to share!

Thank you!

D. x

 

[Chinchilla]

I had to google what they were...! But I don't see why not if the horse is relatively sane particularly if you said you were going to put chicken wire in to stop her putting her feet through?

 

[Equi]

They’re used frequently with miniatures but I’d not be using them for large horses as they simply won’t have the strength. You’d be better building a proper wall with railway sleepers or something.

 

[Cecile]

I use them with miniatures, sheep and goats but sheep hurdles are not very high. I have a jacob sheep who can jump a sheep hurdle with no problem, they are only about 3' high

I wouldn't think they would be very safe with horses and putting them up in a straight line is a recipe for disaster

 

[rara007]

I use them for show pens and separating stalls for camping over but I still don’t think I’d use them totally ‘unsupervised’

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Cattle gates are better for bigger horses

 

[Cecile]

You may find some idea's on here, even if you take the idea and make it yourself

https://mcveighparker.com/

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I use alpaca hurdles for temporary grazing pens/lunge pen/hardstanding pen (with heras feet) and for a dog pen but would never have the ponies in there unsupervised (I have one set at 6ft x 4ft and one 8ft x 4 ft). I looked at cattle gates but they are very heavy. they might be better for something more permanent though with boarding attached to it to stop feet going through-they would need the fixtures properly attaching to the walls though.

 

[MyBoyChe]

Could you go across a corner and use electric tape with the insulators screwed into the barn sides and a good charge running through it. Depends how sane everything is but I definitely wouldnt use sheep hurdles as they really arent very high or strong.

 

[Nudibranch]

I have seen a horse bulldoze sheep hurdles out of the way so I wouldn't use them.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I have seen a horse bulldoze sheep hurdles out of the way so I wouldn't use them.

I've seen Shetlands do that too 😂😂 if they don't hold a Shetlands then they stand no hope against horses 😂😂😂

 

[AFB]

I wouldn't use sheep hurdles, they're not high enough or solid enough IMO.

If you have the space I have seen someone make a stable out of round bales Saves filling haynets I suppose!

 

[ycbm]

I use them to keep big horses out and let minis take shelter, but I would not use them to keep a big horse in. Too low, too flimsy. Even with minis, I brace one at right angles every few, and tie them together as well as securing firmly at each end of a run of them.