Little Wolf Ranch
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We currently have a "barn" of sorts that we used this season as a foaling stall. It is a 10x20 barn that has a metal roof, has metal siding 2/3 the way up and then chicken wire on the top 1/3 for fresh air flow. It works really well and we have a blue tarp up on the side that the rain comes in so it won't make it in and it works great. With that being said, I let my one and only mare due for 2010 have a whole 10x10 section to herself which was WAY big for her - she could run laps and buck in there! I have cameras set up in the barn so I can view them as well so I would like to have them all under the same roof.
So I have four broodmares, all of which are being exposed for 2011 foals. They are 31.5", 32.5", 33.5" and 37.5" (dontcha just love the half inchers? lol). I am wanting to divide up the barn into four stalls which would be about 5x10's. . . . .would that be big enough for all the different sized mares? I know while watching MareStare this year some barns had stalls that were so small that the stall was just big enough for them to lay down, turns around & foal.
They would only be in the barn at night and during bad weather and during the day they would be turned out (under camera & marestare watch) in a dry lot paddock with a run in shelter. I have two that don't show any signs whatsoever except right before they foal so I need them under camera 24/7 and would really like to have them all in the same barn and this is the only one I can do it with.
Thanks for your thoughts and opinions! Pictures would be nice!
So I have four broodmares, all of which are being exposed for 2011 foals. They are 31.5", 32.5", 33.5" and 37.5" (dontcha just love the half inchers? lol). I am wanting to divide up the barn into four stalls which would be about 5x10's. . . . .would that be big enough for all the different sized mares? I know while watching MareStare this year some barns had stalls that were so small that the stall was just big enough for them to lay down, turns around & foal.
They would only be in the barn at night and during bad weather and during the day they would be turned out (under camera & marestare watch) in a dry lot paddock with a run in shelter. I have two that don't show any signs whatsoever except right before they foal so I need them under camera 24/7 and would really like to have them all in the same barn and this is the only one I can do it with.
Thanks for your thoughts and opinions! Pictures would be nice!