usually f**k off by 20th March so the countdown has started.
Infested ... and helpless. Ideas?
- Thread starter Bald Rick
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Think they are after wholecrop. Seriously thinking of not bothering with WC or maize if this is what we are going to be facing in future.
Risk of acidosis if sprinkling blend on top of feed post 4pm?
What is worse is the perching in the sheds & shitting in the water troughs (never mind turning ginger cows white or getting bird sh!t on your hands from every surface you touch). Have to empty every one each day due to contamination.
Fodder beet baldy, never seen a starling fly off with a fodderbeet in its beak....
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
And red clover leys
Good job you were wearing your beer goggles!Was that you on NYE baby
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Previous farm we couldn't give the jerseys acidosis if we tried
I assume you feed several mixer wagon loads a day , my suggestion would be to go around all groups in the morning with 30 ish percent of their forage , then top up with the rest of the forage and blend after 4pm
Can't remember , do you feed on the roundabout?
Parlour
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Ideal , feed extra kilo in morning to compensate for split feeding
Adam@Rumen
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- Location
- Nantwich/Rishton
DRC 1339
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- somerset
I am told each little b********** eats 70gms of feed each day, not a lot, until you multiply it by however many thousands you have coming to your bird table. as the f^^^^^^^^^^ only pick out the best bits, you are looking at a significant cost. that's before the cows getting the lerky, sh!t on feeders, water troughs and getting you really pee'd off !
the only long term fix is to keep moving them off every time they land. by doing this, you use up their energy reserves, for self preservation after several moves, you will force them to move to find food. might sound over zealous, but think what it is costing you in terms of wasted food, milk, cows picking up bugs etc. we do it every year, usually 4/5days. and repeat when another flock finds you, we use bangers as well. it must be coincidence we haven't had them in this year, but...
ps... don't tell your neighbour what you are doing, because they will go to him !!!!!!!
the only long term fix is to keep moving them off every time they land. by doing this, you use up their energy reserves, for self preservation after several moves, you will force them to move to find food. might sound over zealous, but think what it is costing you in terms of wasted food, milk, cows picking up bugs etc. we do it every year, usually 4/5days. and repeat when another flock finds you, we use bangers as well. it must be coincidence we haven't had them in this year, but...
ps... don't tell your neighbour what you are doing, because they will go to him !!!!!!!
Plas king
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- Location
- North Wales
Have you still got them?I haven’t seen any here this week just wondering have they gone sooner this year in this mild wether?
- Location
- somerset
spoke to soon, the f......kers are here now. no maize left, but after the wholecrop, back to patrolling the feed racks!
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
I’ve two porteck gas guns going every 15 minutes here,they go all year round and we don’t see a bird at all near the whole crop or maize clamps
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Neither do we and we do nothing
awkward
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- Location
- kerry ireland
like you every evening had shed full of these little buggers. then one night last week a young owl flew into shed hunting and terrified them to the point no more problem . now im investing in an owl box fo the yard