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Infested ... and helpless. Ideas?
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 8422430" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>apparently, 50 - 70 gms bird day, x however many buggers come in.</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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, <strong>they</strong> have to move, to find a new feed source, or they die, simple.</p><p></p><p>We still have the rope bangers, we bought last year, and didn't need to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 8422430, member: 86168"] 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, [B]they[/B] 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. [/QUOTE]
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