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Location: Central Texas | I'm in the middle of building a new barn. I have it laid out to be 12x12 stalls but now I'm second guessing myself. That should be adequate, right? It just looks small to me right now... laid out as just marked holes for the posts right now..I still have time to change my mind but I have to do it quick. I have always had a run in/ shed row type of barn, this will be my first actual barn with aisle and real stalls. I won't have any reason to keep the horses stalled up for long periods of time, just when its super nasty weather and for feeding. Opinions??? |
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| I have a shelter and could only do 12x12 stalls (more cost effective). That should be fine as long as they aren't in there over long periods of time, and they can get out and exercise when needed. That is the normal box stall size. Of course, bigger is better. But 12x12 is definitely adequate and standard. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | My regular stalls are 12x12 and they work fine for how I normally stall a horse, which ranges from only at feeding time to 12 hours at a time. I also built one extra large stall just in case and have been SO GLAD I had it. Foaling stall, horses on stall rest, sick horses, new horses that can't be turned out right away, horses that don't belong to me and have to be kept up for protection...and right now, I have my pasture cross-fenced temporarily in such a way that my 2 young mares are able to share this stall as a run-in shelter.  |
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| All of ours are 12 x 12 and never knew I would have so many in a year with injury and illness - wish I had made at least two a lot bigger - if I ever get to build another barn you can bet there will be bigger stall - and I hope I wont need them |
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Location: Central Texas | Ok, so when ya'll refer to a bigger stall what size are we talking? This will probably be the only barn I ever get to build. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | GraciousLegacy - 2014-10-03 2:17 PM Ok, so when ya'll refer to a bigger stall what size are we talking? This will probably be the only barn I ever get to build.
At least a 12x16. I originally meant mine to be a 12x20 but my husband built it 12x24 and I'm not complaining. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | I'm doing at least 16x16 and in my perfect world I'd do 20x20 |
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Location: North Dakota | I have a neighbor that built 12 x 12 but had some sort of system so she could take the middle out of 2 of those stalls and make a 12 X 24 if needed-I think it was just 2x6 construction. Mine have 10 x 10 panels but they are hardly ever in there more than a couple hourse-maybe overnight when it's really crappy out but that's very rare. If I had one that needed stall rest I would definitley make a 10 x 20 with my panels instead.. |
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Location: Central Texas | Thanks everyone. LMS...I like the idea of being able to take the divider out between two stalls and make one really big one if needed. That's a good idea and I have no idea why that did not occur to me. LOL I feel better about it now.
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| I have a friend and we have stayed there several times and theirs are 12 x 16 for a regular stall and a 12x 24 for a foaling stall I love their set up and I don't intend to have to foal one out but I would do mine 14 x 20 after having two this year that were on complete stall rest at the same time and the 12 x 12 was horrible for them - even though we bought panels and made some more room on the outside of each but not too much |
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Location: North Dakota | GraciousLegacy - 2014-10-03 3:25 PM Thanks everyone. LMS...I like the idea of being able to take the divider out between two stalls and make one really big one if needed. That's a good idea and I have no idea why that did not occur to me. LOL I feel better about it now.
I guess if this is the only barn I would build, I would go look at some, but IMO 14X14 would be nice. But for me, I would make sure that I have enough room for my feed and saddle room. Maybe a wash area?? If I were you I would prefer to spend the money on a wash area with a water heater. An insulated/heated room-if need be so I don't have to carry my meds from the house. Lots of options to consider-don't forget something when you're building, it's hard to go back and add to it once it's built. |
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| I went for 16x32 and love them. Had a horse on stall rest prior to building our barn and wanted a nice size because of that. This size is also great for halter breaking colts. Small enough to get a halter on and control them, but large enough to move them around. Have even had the kid's show cattle in them. Worked great for that too.
Good luck with all the decisions.
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Location: Sunny California | My friend had 2 16x24 stalls and 1 16x16. I loved the 16x24. That would be my perfect stall size. When I built mine due to cost I made them 12X24, but with a panel in the middle that I can either swing open and latch to make the stall 12X24 or I can close it and have 2 12x12's. It works, but I would still prefer to have a 16x24. |
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Location: Florida.. | I personally would redo it to 16 x16.. if you can.. less chance of cast horses to.
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | When I built my barn 10 years ago, I did 12x12 stalls with a shed on the stall side so the horses also have a 12x12 area right out their stall door under the shed.... and 12x48 runs off each stall. I can close the runs off so the horses only access their stall and their 12x12 shed area -- this is really nice if one needs to be "up" for awhile or if the weather is bad -- they are "up" but still can get outside for fresh air. I do not stall all the time -- and my pastures are set up so my horses are not turned out together (to avoid bumps, cuts and general mayhem -- and no vet bills). Right now I have the pastures set up so two of the runs turn out into a pasture and the other run into a separate pasture -- which works well for me now with only two horses. Very easy to handle the horses and right now since I'm not showing/riding, they can come and go as they wish to their stalls and pastures. If I ever built another barn I would do 14x14 stalls. The 12x12 are certainly adequate, but 14x14 would be just right! We use electric rope for the seven or so acres of pasture we utilize -- very easy to reconfigure the pastures in any manner we wish. And congrats on building your barn!!!!! (p.s. you can never have too many water hydrants or electrical plug-ins) |
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | And -- be sure to haul in enough dirt to "build up" your barn site. You want rain to naturally drain away from your barn... well worth cost of dirt foundation -- and place gutters on your barn. You will not regret this..... |
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| Delta Cowgirl - 2014-10-04 9:13 AM And -- be sure to haul in enough dirt to "build up" your barn site. You want rain to naturally drain away from your barn... well worth cost of dirt foundation -- and place gutters on your barn. You will not regret this.....
6" gutters are the best and if you can french drain them from barn
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| Ditto to a foundation and gutters. My husband is a contractor and he has built every one of our barns up on a high pad. My stalls are 15x15 and open to 35 x 50 runs. My horses have a throat condition that requires them to sometimes be up off the wet dewy grass so I wanted them to have room to move around, also built open for the heat we have down here.
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Location: SE Missouri | We are in the process of barn design and we will have 12x12boxstall w/12x20run under the lean-to. |
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| "I have a neighbor that built 12 x 12 but had some sort of system so she could take the middle out of 2 of those stalls and make a 12 X 24 if needed-I think it was just 2x6 construction."
This is what I did. Between the stalls, we used 2x6 boards. They slide down into channels on either end, so they can be removed very easy if we need bigger stalls. I used a 2x4 vertical, as a support in the middle. It's screwed onto a few of the 2x6's so all I have to do if I want larger stalls is unscrew that 2x4, then slide the 2x6's up the channels and put somewhere else for storage. Viola, 12x24' stall. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | rodeomom3 - 2014-10-04 4:05 PM Ditto to a foundation and gutters. My husband is a contractor and he has built every one of our barns up on a high pad. My stalls are 15x15 and open to 35 x 50 runs. My horses have a throat condition that requires them to sometimes be up off the wet dewy grass so I wanted them to have room to move around, also built open for the heat we have down here.
Wow! Those are nice. |
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Location: MD | we have a typical barn with 12x14 stalls. They get stalled every day and it isn't too big to where it's a pain to clean and bed down, but it's big enough for them to lay down and get comfortable. Since I have it rubber matted down I can sweep the bedding halfway back since they hang back there anyway, it stays cleaner and it's quicker to clean! I also really like the idea of having removable panels to make it basically a foaling stall or one big stall, whichever verbiage you like the best :) |
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| We are in the middle of building our barn and made all our stalls 12x12, and two of them we are able to take the divider out to make a 12x24. My horses are only in during bad weather and the stalls are plenty big enough for them. I think it just depends on how much they will be used. |
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Location: Central Texas | Wow I haven't been on here all weekend, thank you all so much for all the insight and pictures. I have already rented a skid steer and hauled in about 7 loads of fill to raise the barn up to avoid drainage issues. The run in shed I have now floods so I learned that lesson the hard way. I'm still working on the exact stall size but I am definatly making it so I can take the divider wall out between two stalls and make a really big one if ever needed. The stalls will all have a 10 ft cover/porch/awning area that will open to a 20x60 run. I will have three stalls, a feed room and a tack room. My place is cross fenced and the barn is basically being built on the cross fence line. The two front stall runs will open up to the front pasture and the back stall run will open to the back pasture. My wash rack will be outside the barn. I live in the middle of Texas so I figure 90% of the year will be fine outside LOL. I'm borrowing a tractor with post hole digger Friday so I have the rest of this week to make final decisions. I spent all weekend moving my stakes and string lines around. I'm building this whole thing by hand by myself....wish me luck.  |
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Location: CTX | Our barn is a basic lean-to with 3 stalls, they are 12'x24', and we added another 10' by adding panels to it.
It works but when we get our torrential downpours (am in Tx) a big part of the stalls does get wet, so now hubby will be adding a roof to the paneled part too, with a 4' overhang. So hopefully that will keep them drier. Plus it'll give the horses more shade in the summer.
My dream barn has 4 12'x24' stalls, with a similar sized overhang, and opening up into a couple of pastures. Also, a feedroom, tackroom and a washstall with hot and cold water! And it'll have a wetroom with toilet, shower, washer and dryer....
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