JadeWisc
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I am just curious what you think is an acceptable minimum electric fence height for horses all under 15HH
what do you think the minimum fence height should be..........
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Chico Mio
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Chest height and knee height!
Grey_Eventer
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depends how naughty they are!
we have electric fencing upto chest height, but they still jump out. one day there were 3 horses all in different paddocks to what they were meant to be in!
and also if you are cutting of a section of field as they will push through anything to get to the grass, but generally chest height and knee height.. unless they are houdinis, then you may have a problem!!
we have electric fencing upto chest height, but they still jump out. one day there were 3 horses all in different paddocks to what they were meant to be in!
and also if you are cutting of a section of field as they will push through anything to get to the grass, but generally chest height and knee height.. unless they are houdinis, then you may have a problem!!
JadeWisc
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I have a few low spots in the pasture. Nothing below chest level though so I am sure I will be fine. I have only had one horse ever jump out of that pasture and he was a very tall, very silly, very young gelding.
I figured it was ok but was just curious what was considered best. Unfortunatley the low spot is by the road so it makes me nervous. I may just pop a couple of taller posts in that spot and make it a bit taller just to ease my fears.
I figured it was ok but was just curious what was considered best. Unfortunatley the low spot is by the road so it makes me nervous. I may just pop a couple of taller posts in that spot and make it a bit taller just to ease my fears.
JadeWisc
Well-Known Member
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depends how naughty they are!
we have electric fencing upto chest height, but they still jump out. one day there were 3 horses all in different paddocks to what they were meant to be in!
and also if you are cutting of a section of field as they will push through anything to get to the grass, but generally chest height and knee height.. unless they are houdinis, then you may have a problem!!
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There is only one I am worried about....she also happens to be very hard to catch. She is small (just under 14HH) but I have found her on the other side of a 5ft fence once with no room to have had a running start!
Never did figure out how she got over that! It was heavy duty cattle panels too so no way to have gone through or under
depends how naughty they are!
we have electric fencing upto chest height, but they still jump out. one day there were 3 horses all in different paddocks to what they were meant to be in!
and also if you are cutting of a section of field as they will push through anything to get to the grass, but generally chest height and knee height.. unless they are houdinis, then you may have a problem!!
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There is only one I am worried about....she also happens to be very hard to catch. She is small (just under 14HH) but I have found her on the other side of a 5ft fence once with no room to have had a running start!
jesterfaerie
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Last year I would have said chest height possibly higher.
However as my 15.2 has been escaping over 5ft fences I would say as high as possible.
However as my 15.2 has been escaping over 5ft fences I would say as high as possible.
kellyeaton
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under 15hh i would go for pony posts with the wire on top strand and middle strand for anything bigger go for the horse post with three strands of wire!