Horse Fencing in Tallahassee, FL

Board fence is the look most people picture for a horse farm, and horses see it well. HomeGuide lists pine or oak board at about $6 to $10 per foot installed. Expect upkeep: guides warn of chewing, kicking and leaning, and boards need paint or stain and replacement over time. Ask for posts treated for ground contact (the termite and UC4A details are on Wood Privacy Fences).

No-climb is woven mesh with small rectangular openings that a hoof or leg can't push through. At about $3 to $5 per foot installed it is one of the safer budget choices, and the mesh is easy for horses to see. Guides also rate it steadier than strand wire and easier to keep up than wood.

Rigid vinyl rail never needs paint and won't rot, but it costs about $15 to $30 per foot and a broken section usually has to be replaced, not patched. Flexible plastic horse rail looks like board fence, bends on impact and returns to shape, at roughly $4 to $8 per foot for three rails. Ask which one the quote means; "vinyl rail" is used for both.

Wide tape, braid or coated wire is the cheapest way to fence or split a pasture. Coated wire runs about $1 to $2 per foot for five strands; electrified coated wire about $1.50 to $3. Guides recommend four or five strands for a perimeter, fewer for cross fences, and coated wire rather than bare high-tensile, which can slice a leg like a cheese cutter. Horses also need to see it, which is why the tape is wide.

Where two paddocks meet, many farms build two fences with an alley between them so horses can't bite or kick across the line. Steel pipe fence is the heavy-duty option at about $20 to $40 per foot, though guides note its rigidity can raise injury risk in a collision, so it suits arenas and pens more than open pasture.