multi power
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having trouble with magpies going into hen house n eating eggs, any ideas please?
How big is the door? Wonder if they'll go in through a small pop hole?
A magpie????Blow one and fill it with mustard
We tried with pot eggs in the nest box to confuse them - the pot eggs got pinched, tried weighting the pot eggs, still got pinched. Finally tied the pot eggs to the biggest M10 bolt I could, it must really pee them off to get half through the pophole and come to a sudden stop.
Does the mustard filling work with magpies? We had a talk by Katie Thear once who reckonned that hens did not have the receptors in their mouths to react with mustard, chili etc like humans, but it was good business for Colmans
MP you want to darken the nestbox and or pophole, either with some hessian sacking or like I do with some rubber matting cut into strips. I'll take some photo's later and post them.having trouble with magpies going into hen house n eating eggs, any ideas please?
MP you want to darken the nestbox and or pophole, either with some hessian sacking or like I do with some rubber matting cut into strips. I'll take some photo's later and post them.