The Proper Height of Farm Fences Agricultural fencing used on farms to contain animals such as cattle, pigs or horses is typically built at a height of 4-6 feet
Centaur Fencing's insight:
1. Don't use barbed wire. We've gone over this :)
2. Designing a horse fence is a bit ore complicated than you might have guessed. Here Centaur brings up some issues like not building corners that your mare could be backed into, etc, etc.