Birds in Lamb creep feeder

[cyffylog]

Fed up with feeding all the big black birds and sea gulls in the district that swoop into my lamb creep feeder as soon as I load it, eat the feed and leave a layer of bird sh!t all over it. Its the type where the lambs go completely inside with an adjustable 'grille' across the front.
Any barrier needs to swing both ways and be compatible with the varied size openings, so a stiff sheet of anything wont do. Thought of a chain screen which the lambs would readily push aside after getting to know there was feed to be had, but not sure if birds would be deterred, especially sea gulls which are quite hefty.

Any successful solutions please, it must be a universal problem.

 

[neilo]

What about a plastic curtain like this: http://www.odonnellengineering.ie/products/lamb-creep-feeder/

Fairly easy to make something up from plastic strips to try?

 

[Man_in_black]

Shoot some crows and leave them dotted about it on they backs, they don't like seeing that.

Dunno about seagulls; I live in the Midlands now!!

 

[Bob c]

back in june

 

[Al R]

back in june

I had mine similar to that setup last year and ewes would push the ring feeders in and then get at the feed but usually getting stuck in the ring feeders while doing it. Ended up putting fence posts on the inside to stop it but it was a faff to move

 

[hillman]

Light chain about 4” spacing,hanging across front works a treat

 

[Bob c]

I had mine similar to that setup last year and ewes would push the ring feeders in and then get at the feed but usually getting stuck in the ring feeders while doing it. Ended up putting fence posts on the inside to stop it but it was a faff to move

agree on the faff part,
there's 4 off 20mm metal posts driven into the ground

 

[tr250]

Luckily we only creep ewe lambs with twins but it got so bad I moved the creep to 50 yards out the back of the shed and took the 22 with me and shot one every time I saw them there until they got the message

 

[HarryB97]

Ladder and larsen traps next spring will clear them up quickly