Jerry's going to kill me but the 12 stall barn is already too small. It shrunk because I took one stall for a tack room which isn't enough space for me and my stuff; then Sonny and the foaling stall get a double too. So that makes me down 5 stalls right there. So now I have 7 horse stalls and I have already 8 horses here total so something's got to give. (We are doing removable walls too in the stalls by the way). Stalls are 10 X 10.
Sonny's not going to fit good in a 10 X 10 so he has to have a double.
Do I have to have a 10 X 20 foaling stall?
But the way I see it, if I am lucky to have another foal born each year, or more, I'm already out of stall space for each horse at weaning.
The only thing I can figure is to bite the bullet and do a loafing shed type thingy. But there are down sides to that. There will go the grass if they are on it 24-7 and use of hay will become like water around here.
The idea of feeding horses in a bunch doesn't thrill me either. Don't want anyone fighting for their feed. And how is one supposed to choose who stays out there and doesn't come into the main barn?
So for you guys that do use loafing sheds, how do you work this?
This wannabeabreeder thingy is not all that easy to figure out houseing.
Sonny's not going to fit good in a 10 X 10 so he has to have a double.
Do I have to have a 10 X 20 foaling stall?
But the way I see it, if I am lucky to have another foal born each year, or more, I'm already out of stall space for each horse at weaning.
The only thing I can figure is to bite the bullet and do a loafing shed type thingy. But there are down sides to that. There will go the grass if they are on it 24-7 and use of hay will become like water around here.
The idea of feeding horses in a bunch doesn't thrill me either. Don't want anyone fighting for their feed. And how is one supposed to choose who stays out there and doesn't come into the main barn?
So for you guys that do use loafing sheds, how do you work this?
This wannabeabreeder thingy is not all that easy to figure out houseing.