Is it safe to use converted farm buildings to house horses?
There are probably some folks out there who think that horses should only be kept in a building that was expressly built to house horses. Others think that if you use common sense, understand and deal with safety issues, using an existing farm building is a good alternative to building from scratch. Here are a few examples: Tobacco barns Tobacco barns are actually an ideal type of building for horse-keeping. Their design function is to ventilate air around the hanging tobacco leaves. Because the ceiling is high and the walls are straight there is not a lot of adjustment that you would have to make in this barn besides building the actual stalls. However, unless you live in the deep south this type of building is not very common. Cow barns Cow barns can be tricky and a lot of work to convert but can provide a good housing situation for a small horse operation. One of the main issues is the height of the ceiling. Often cow barns have low ceilings. Even if you only have 14hh ponies the ma
