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Prepare Pasture Gates for Livestock

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The host emphasizes the importance of making sure all gates leading into the pasture are closed. Initially, gates may be left open for deer to pass through easily, but once livestock is introduced, security becomes paramount. He highlights that gates accessible from public roads must always be locked to prevent pranksters from opening them, which could lead to animals getting loose and causing dangerous situations. This ensures the safety of the animals and prevents potential hazards on public roads.

Goal: The first crucial step before introducing livestock to a pasture is to ensure all gates are securely closed and properly latched to prevent animals from escaping. This involves checking all access points into the designated field.

Tools and materials

  • Farm Gates
  • Gate Latches/Chains

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okay so the first step in the process of putting cows in your pasture is making sure all of your gates are closed so basically I kept all the gates open because deer come into the past year and they kind of get I don't want to say hung up but they kind of get held up by the fence so I wanted to make it easy for deer to pass in and out of the past year now when we built this fence we had Luke from farm fence solutions here and a bunch of other guys local guys building the fence and he said man I've never seen so many gates in a one-mile stretch of fence well we put a lot of gates in for specific reasons water sources are close by and we fenced out our creeks however there's a little bit of game playing that we have to do in order to get a touch of reimbursement for our fences that fence out the creeks in other words we're protecting the watershed and there are government programs to help us out with our fencing we'll talk a lot more about that in future videos so first let's get our gates closed I've got I think three or four gates open right here now something to consider if you have cows or if you're thinking about getting cows or any kind of livestock is making sure that your gates that are accessible by public road are locked don't leave your gates unlocked you have no excuse some prankster can come along open that gate and make for a very very bad day for you or someone else now

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