Keep Your Horse Barn Open In The Winter

…far healthier living outside than in a barn. For our December Issue of the Horse Journal, associate editor Margaret Freeman wrote a commentary called ?Open Barn=Healthy Barn,? in which she…

Barn Blind

…to house llamas and a speedboat: being barn blind means being able to see what you can do with someone else’s idea of a perfect barn! ? 2002 Suzanne Drnec…

Married with Horses: For the Love of Cows

…the dime-sized front door, the poor creature would end up with motion sickness every time the wind blew. In the barn, the horses stood silently in their blankets. The barn

Barn Building

…issue. I’d bet you already know the design of your new barn. We did. We’d seen a lot of barns and looked at photos of others. We settled on a…

Hazard-Free Barn

…be grounded. Fire Prevention Fire safety falls into its own hazard category. To make your barn as fire-safe as it can be: Allow no smoking in your barn, ever. Post…

Budget Barn Cleaning Kit

Barn Consider a wheelbarrow for hauling muck instead of a bucket or tub. Metal rakes hold up better than plastic for outside cleaning in barn areas. Plastic manure forks glide…

How Toxic is Your Horse Barn

Take these steps to make your barn less toxic and chemically hazardous to you and your horse. “Barns, as a whole are hazardous. A barn‘s level of toxicity is a…

Open Barn = Healthy Barn

…and gobs of fresh air. Horses put out a lot of body heat, and a closed barn readily collects that heat and the humidity that goes with it.? A barn

Birds In the Barn, Too

Not only are cats common barn inhabitants, so are birds. Most birds are helpful and positive additions to the barn environment. Barn owls come by their name honestly and thrive…

How to Fireproof Your Horse Barn

…debris. Reduce your risk of barn fire–and keep your horses safe–with careful maintenance, planning and attention to barn fire prevention. | Photo by Kate Lindon 2. Protect against lightning. Intall…