What size stall.....now with pic

[farmergal]

do you keep your miniature horse in?

I'm building a barn for my miniature horses and I'm trying to determine what size stalls to make. The horses are currently being housed in the cow barn. The accommodations are what I call adequate but I'd like them to have a true horse barn, one that was designed to hold horses.
So what size stall do you keep your mini in?

[pvf]

not sure I don't have minis.. but would a 6X6 stall work. alot of people use 12x12 for big horses.. sorry probably not much help..

[horseloverinVA]

My trainer has some mini/shetland crosses. She has 6x8 and 8x8 stalls. If she foals any out she has a 10x10 that she uses.

[taelesean]

The place I take lessons at has a mini barn, the stalls are 8x8. I've seen mini stalls that were 6x8, but I thought they were a little small.

[Range]

I have kept mine in a 10X10, but it was a mare and foal...there was PLENTY of room for both in there!

[farmergal]

Thanks everyone I appreciate the help.

It's hard to decide how small one can go when my 3 minis share a 10x20' +/-stall. Well it's not really a stall. We took boards and ran them across the cow stanchions, sort of a temp make shift stall to get them through last winter. Otherwise I have a run in shed.

[Tobiesmom]

If you're building, you might also want to keep in mind resale of your property down the road.... you might want to keep the barn in a scale fitting for full-sized with minimal remodeling, if possible. Like any horse, I'd go with as large a stall as I can reasonably work in the design. (personally, I'd go no smaller than 10x10). If we went with the same scale as we do with our big horses, we could probably squeeze a miniature into a 5 x 4 stall, but I do believe we squeeze our big horses into stalls that are too small anyways !!! LOL!!! Good luck! Love you picture!!!!

[horselady]

In my mini barn I had 6 x 8 stalls, big enough to move around and two could fit. especially mom and baby. low walls about 5 feet high so they could not jump out.(But I could look in.,
I also put light bulb with extra socket in the ceiling in case I had to have a heat light for early foal or when I need extra outlet. Expecially when shaving. no place to go especially with cross tie rings in the stall. No hay racks. and carefull what kind of bucket hooks. I use a ring with double end clip for the water bucket.

[kaykay]

I would never go smaller then 10x10 as said above!

[BarnBum]

Wow- these stall sizes have me My mini has a 12x12 stall.

[Crookedblaze]

My aunt keeps her minis in 12 x 12s. Their barns are really big dog houses. (She also breeds great danes). I gotta get a picture sometime.

[farmergal]

Originally Posted by Tobiesmom

If you're building, you might also want to keep in mind resale of your property down the road.... you might want to keep the barn in a scale fitting for full-sized with minimal remodeling, if possible. Like any horse, I'd go with as large a stall as I can reasonably work in the design. (personally, I'd go no smaller than 10x10). If we went with the same scale as we do with our big horses, we could probably squeeze a miniature into a 5 x 4 stall, but I do believe we squeeze our big horses into stalls that are too small anyways !!! LOL!!! Good luck! Love you picture!!!!

Well I hope I'm dead and gone and don't have to worry about resale. But I have thought "what if". This is our retirement home. After this it's to the grave. Lord willing I hope to live another 30 years.
I had the big horses I'm getting to old to think of owning another one but I keep that in the back of my mind to. Never say never.

My homemade calf hutch is 4x8' and I've seen my three minis all squeeze in it during a rain storm.

[horselady]

Remember that the larger you go is great, also the bedding that is going down is going to be more. Are they going to be inside for days on end in the winter or are they going to have out time. Even if you have smaller stalls an open barn for play time is a bonus.

[farmergal]

Well everyone I got my barn size figured out finally.
it's not going to be the size I'd like to have. I've sat and figured and refigured trying to squeeze out every square inch that I can and make it so that hubby is happy.
We've decided to build on to the existing goat barn. That way I'll have less work trying to tend to all animals, keeping them all under one roof. I think I've come up with a plan that can house the goats and horses yet keep them separated. And should we decide to give up raising goats it can be converted to keep more horses.

I tried to scan my drawing but can't get the scanner to save it so I can show it to you . The goat barn/horse barn will be 24' by 44' with 7 stalls of various sizes. Four horses will have a 10x8 stall with an 8 foot wide center isle and individual exterior doors. The biggest stall goes to the goats. They will have one that is 10 feet wide and extend from one side of the barn to the other across the end of the barn. (24 feet long) This is how we have them set up now and hubby wants to keep it that way. Like I said if he should decide to get out of raising goats I'll have one huge stall.

I've only been trying to get him to finish the old barn for three years and now I add more plans to it. I can't wait to start on this project but first I have to get the hay in.

Oh! and to let you know how excited he is, he said we will put in a well. No more carrying buckets of water....yay! I think asking for a cement center isle might be pushing my luck.

[DustyTrailsHorseRescue]

Our donkey (not a true mini) has a 14x12

[horselady]

Ah yes. ask them one thing at a time.
How far is it from the house to the barn.?
Is it possible just to dig a water line and not put in a well.
I did this to all my buildings with water hydrants and some of the buidlings are 200 feet from the well houseing.

The barn plans sound like it will work. I am all for making the workload easier.
do not forget electric outlets.

[farmergal]

Originally Posted by horselady

The barn plans sound like it will work. I am all for making the workload easier.
do not forget electric outlets.

Only took me three years to get that! The first year we took the animals down to the main barn. Second year I saw by moonlight, then last winter he strung me a light. Ah now I can see after the sun goes down. But the barn still is only a goat barn.

We are currently running a 200 ft garden hose down to the barn from the main barn. That's not bad during the summer. The house well is closer but that is a hand dug well in the basement. The previous owners had a hand dug well for the garden but there is now a building setting on top of it. The well and the garden.

I did plan on cross ties in the barn isle. I should think that a good place to wash the horses too. Or maybe the small 8x8 stall....oh darn, I forgot it was my idea to separate the billy and that is his stall, poo-ee.

Guess I need to go back to the drawing board. Anyone else think of something I might be missing?

[farmergal]

Oh and another thing I thought of is a recessed open closet in the isle to hold a few bales of hay and a shelf to hold some grooming tools with a medicine cabinet overhead to hold fly spray and other stuff. I thought of having it recessed into the tack room wall only that room is to small so I went across the isle and took the space from the kids stall that is 14'x8'. I figured they wouldn't miss a couple feet of space seeing how they are so little and all.

That's the only draw back to my barn plans. I have no place to store hay.

[horselady]

I use old kitchen upper cabinets as a medicine cabinet, at least nothing falls off the shelf and stays clean. I also have an old dresser in each tack room for all the odds and ends that show up that we need.

If every one is going to be in stalls than the hay could be kept in the aisleway,
bring down just enough for two or three days.

I love the panels for making a storage area. easy up and down. even the lower ones for goats etc.
Sounds busy but I am sure you will figure it all out.

[WhisperStables]

All of our stalls are 12'x12'