Show me your homemade round-pen

thats a pretty good round pen
i have always wanted to build one... it may happen yet the way orloff explained it sounds really easy and i'm sure all the stuff is laying around somewhere

Here is a link to the round pen my hubby built me.. 50' and 7' tall.. )

starlinestables said:

Here is a link to the round pen my hubby built me.. 50' and 7' tall.. )

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No link?

orloff said:

Heres a ideal I came up with how to make one.

1. Put a fence post in the ground in the center where you want to build it.
2. Get a 30ft long string with a loop so you can hook it on the post.
3. Walk out from the post with the string
4. Walk around in a circle and mark on the ground with paint or rocks every 8 feet about
5. Put fence posts where you marked
6. Put up some type of fencing like the electric tape but dont **** it up or even a horse fence string.
7. Put about three strands up of fencing
8. Leave one section with only one strand and make a latch to look the fence to so you have a little gate.

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I hope you have a very very gentle horse otherwise it won't work.

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starlinestables said:

Here is a link to the round pen my hubby built me.. 50' and 7' tall.. )

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your husband must be pretty handy.

Love your roundpen starline!

kevinshorses said:

I hope you have a very very gentle horse otherwise it won't work.

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umm I'm just curious why?? I have never worked in a round yard before and don't really know what is needed

Roundpens in America are usually used for horses that are slightly less than gentle. Something as flimsy as a few strands of wire or tape with some posts would never hold up to a horse that was bucking/bolting/running, etc. If the horse was very broke and had a good understanding of what the fence was, then it might work but if my horses are that broke, they never see the inside of a roundpen.

I am fortunate and just found a dealer that sells 6 foot tall heavy weight pipe panels that are 10 feet long for 50 dollars. They are by far the best quality panels I have ever found for such a reasonable price. I just got a load of 25 of them but will be getting more later on. 25 is enough to get me started for right now. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures yet.

RedTree said:

umm I'm just curious why?? I have never worked in a round yard before and don't really know what is needed

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The post I quoted suggested using string to keep a 1000lb animal enclosed.

I'll have to get pics of the round pen I built last summer. Instead of taking up pasture land we put it in the small wooded area in the back pasture. We used wood from the area as the "walls" and trees for posts. It worked out very well, though it is only 45ft, but for a free round pen I'm not complaining.