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- Scottish Highlands
Don’t build, just spend £50 on eBay.
Infested ... and helpless. Ideas?
- Thread starter Bald Rick
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Range of a £50 laser might be an issue. 300ft x 100ft sheds
Which side of the wall is the silage supposed to be on? Looks like those ginger things are just as/more wasteful than the starlings
@Bald Rick , have you tried those inflatable scarecrows, deflate and re inflate at timed intervals, don’t know who makes them.
The flying sh!t bags haven’t arrived here, yet! Give it time, or maybe they’ve succumbed to Avian flu.
The flying sh!t bags haven’t arrived here, yet! Give it time, or maybe they’ve succumbed to Avian flu.
- Location
- South Wales UK
He possibly had experience of blow up figures???
They aint got the memo about the new feeder system yetWhich side of the wall is the silage supposed to be on? Looks like those ginger things are just as/more wasteful than the starlings
- Location
- somerset
seen the flocks going over, but haven't stopped.
Bird flu is in the next door farm, no animals there, so they might not descend.
While l would be happy to see them, crows magpies etc, disappear, l don't know the effect on the song birds.
I assume some sort of immunity builds up in the bird population, if it doesn't, that would be a disaster.
Bird flu is in the next door farm, no animals there, so they might not descend.
While l would be happy to see them, crows magpies etc, disappear, l don't know the effect on the song birds.
I assume some sort of immunity builds up in the bird population, if it doesn't, that would be a disaster.
Which side of the wall is the silage supposed to be on? Looks like those ginger things are just as/more wasteful than the starlings
Well spotted. On our “to do” list to raise panels by 50-100mm depending on which shed. Seems that the 500mm panel is the one to have to stop them pulling feed over
- Location
- somerset
got loads of rooks and jackdaws, on our wheat, picking out maize 'waste', we dd it in in, so nothing 'buried'.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Spend twice as much and buy two then.
Three sheds plus young stock. Think I’m made of money ?
Saved 35k with ya new wagon, invest it Wisley.
Sorry couldn't resist
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- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Try this in one shed and see how it goes.
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- pembrokeshire
And how much do the flying rats eat every day....
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- Location
- somerset
apparently, 50 - 70 gms bird day, x however many buggers come in.
considering they will only take the 'good' bits, it soon works out, to a lot of money, plus, the cows get less 'good' stuff than they should.
As l have said before, they need that 50/70 to live, they have no other option, they have to have it. Working on that theory, they require more, if you are relentlessly moving them, therefore, they have to find somewhere they can get it. If you stop them, by keeping them moving, they cannot get it from you, so they move, obvious and simple.
Presumably, like most birds, the knowledge of feeding grounds, is passed on, parent to chick, so if they 'know' somewhere isn't good for food, they eventually don't go there.
We were walking around all day shifting them on, it took less than a week, of continuous shifting, to numbers going down rapidly to zero. Nothing really came at all, last winter.
For the potential savings in blend, by the cows getting there full ration, you could employ someone, for a week or more, to continually walk around, moving the buggers on, not just a few times a day, you have to make it impossible for them, to get their 50/70 gms, then, they have to move, to find a new feed source, or they die, simple.
We still have the rope bangers, we bought last year, and didn't need to use.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I suspect opportunist feeders (i.e vermin) has a built in resistance to getting infected with disease. I think vultures have. So they can eat all sorts of contaminated stuff without it harming them. And presumably be exposed to virus etc. and i does not affect them. Different for specialist feeders.
I agree with som farmer. Applying the opposite psychology, if you want to keep game birds on the ground, the birds have to be fed every day or they go elsewhere. Rats, too. If rats turn up here (I have poultry), I just remove the self feeders and hand feed for a week or so. They really don't like it.
I agree with som farmer. Applying the opposite psychology, if you want to keep game birds on the ground, the birds have to be fed every day or they go elsewhere. Rats, too. If rats turn up here (I have poultry), I just remove the self feeders and hand feed for a week or so. They really don't like it.