Simple Gates for the Small Farm or Homestead - The FHC Show, ep 44

[@Dave-ty2qp]

Thank you for bring old memories of living in a farming community were like in the 1940's, and 50's. I remember the variety of gates and fences used on different properties. Everyone had a different, but usable idea utalizing the material and knowledge available..

[@EveryBlossomMatters]

Daddy has always been very creative with our farm gates and doors to pens/coops. We used pieces of old tires for hinges quite a bit! Well! My break is over. Time to get back to my chicken coop cleanup and reinforcement. ( I had to get new chicks and I'm getting the old coop ready for my new babies) Have a good day Gary!😊

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Necessity is the Mother of inventions and trying to keep your farm animals in where they belong and out of where you don't want them in has created every one of those gates and fences from products most generally on hand around you property where and when you need them. Brings back the days of old and some farms that are making do with what they have at hand. Thanks for sharing with us Pa Mac. We do appreciate your channel. Fred.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Excellent tutorial Pa and the beauty of these are that they can be made with scrap stuff often found laying around the farm.

[@granny-rakestraw]

Had the privilege to go to the mercantile last weekend and met your daughter. Love this channel. Keep it up paw Mac!

[@MadPirateShin]

That self-closin gate is nice.

[@peelingoffthelayers]

Thank you and best wishes.

[@douglasvantassel8098]

Great episode. Thank you for making these.

[@troutslayer-yv3dx]

as always...perfect. Thanks

[@Join.The.Partee]

I always love watching your videos! ❤❤❤ They are the gateway to happiness! 😂

[@Mynx5050]

Thanks for the useful & practical info. Simple is good😊

[@TheSouthernLady777]

You can also do a wire loop at the top of the pole to hold the gate pole closed on the barbed wire gate. That's how ours was in East Tennessee, instead of the chain and nail.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Quite true, SouthernLady777. Thanks for the good word!

[@zhalosky]

I needed this.

[@zhalosky]

Still need it today

[@davidmalinowski7930]

Good stuff

[@jamesgarrison6859]

So many helpful ideas thank you. I greatly enjoyed this video.

[@indrajitR]

excellent

[@elizabethjohnson475]

I love your videos!!!

[@stevenl8420]

Hey pa mac I’m curious to know about the drying time of corn after it’s picked. How long should I wait before running it through a corn shucker for the kernels to grind them into mill? Also I’d love to see more videos about the history of growing of crops, beans, wheat ect. I love your videos and look forward to new ones all the time.

[@stevenolan7972]

My grandpa would put up wire gaps so tight you had to use a 3-4 foot lever to open and close it

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I remember ours being so tight or stiff that I simply couldn’t shut some of them lol. Those were the fences you crawled through lol❤️🐝🤗

[@sethmoking]

Came for the video, stayed for the audio.

[@farmhandscompanion]

I appreciate that, Seth

[@donnamcgrath1704]

How are the double sided gates made! I have a lot coming and going in my barn yard.

[@jnwarren1977]

Does the zig-zag pass thru opening in the fence at the end of the video have a name? My great-grandparents had two of those in the fence to their pasture, always wondered what they were called.

[@farmhandscompanion]

There could be a different colloquial name for any given region, but the name I've seen is a "zigzag stile"

[@dadawesome784]

4:08 The biggest problem with gates isn’t that they sag over time. The biggest problem with gates is folks leaving them open.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Well now that you mention it, and upon honest reflection...I stand COMPLETELY corrected. Thanks for watchin', dadawesome784

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

I wish the last one worked on goats!

[@donnamcgrath1704]

Did you try the double sided gate for goats?

[@naturewatcher7596]

Not sure how the last one works - maybe the passage should be narrower then the livestock, but you should be quite skinny then.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Well, true-to be honest, it won't work as well if you're as big as a cow.

[@yearounder]

Great video and info, but wow, that buzzin music was super annoying. I had to mute it. Please don't use that again.

[@naturewatcher7596]

For what animals the flimsy not well secured gates could work? Chickens? They'll just fly over it. Dogs, cows and goats just push them away.

[@EthanPDobbins]

Well fed ones. Animals that are kept fed well generally don't ever have the chance to learn that fences are just a suggestion.

[@naturewatcher7596]

@@EthanPDobbins The goats and cows just love to lean on fences and rub their sides on them, so the fence should be strong enough to withstand it.