Time to abandon haylage/silage??

[Yale]

.243 and a 13 tonner

How big a hole?

 

[davidroberts30]

depends on how many town rats you can get

 

[Sid]

open day and invite them over

Yep show them around the yard and what else they can "play" with.

 

[jondear]

Or lift!

 

[Sid]

Or lift!

or invite them indoors show them where you keep the keys etc etc

 

[powerfarmer]

Forget wrapping bales,
You need one of these....

I know Hardly practical but I m fascinated by it

 

[Henarar]

Forget wrapping bales,
You need one of these....

I know Hardly practical but I m fascinated by it

big grass nuts

 

[DaveJ]

Is going to pit silage an option? Have you a beet pad or similar concrete area you could just make a heap on? Woven green sheet on the top and it won't matter how many times the little darlings run over it.

 

[Lincs Lass]

As said ,13 tn r but a deap wide trench full of something spiky

 

[JeepJeep]

Stack them so they'll create an unfortunate accident when clambered upon by a sportswear wearing rat...

Natural disasters happen all the time.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Mum had nice poppies in the garden and the local hoodrats thought it would be fun to keep sneaking in at night and bleeding them

a few small fishhooks, fishing line to a bell.. scared them away for a few days...

a few small fishhooks, thin copper wire, a decent mains unit

then they cut the wire....

couple of old illegal leghold traps with a jaw taken off, buried amongst the poppies

then they took away the traps and threw them on the neighbour's roof

A good hiding, by yours truly

Never to be seen again....and I only caught up with the one

 

[Henarar]

Mum had nice poppies in the garden and the local hoodrats thought it would be fun to keep sneaking in at night and bleeding them

a few small fishhooks, fishing line to a bell.. scared them away for a few days...

a few small fishhooks, thin copper wire, a decent mains unit

then they cut the wire....

couple of old illegal leghold traps with a jaw taken off, buried amongst the poppies

then they took away the traps and threw them on the neighbour's roof

A good hiding, by yours truly

Never to be seen again....and I only caught up with the one

if you done that here you would be inside

 

[Kiwi Pete]

if you done that here you would be inside

I would imagine so!

 

[Alf]

You cant fight fire with fire . phycology is your weapon . But how you use it I don't know . Use the ring leader and pay him . like a protection racket type thing

 

[organicguy]

Forget wrapping bales,
You need one of these....

I know Hardly practical but I m fascinated by it

Can't believe it's not caught on

 

[DeeGee]

You'll have droves of kids licking the bales

I've had mine used as archery targets.

How about getting a couple of climbing frames put up somewhere, and ask them nicely, with an explanation of why not to climb on the bales, to use them instead.

Or stack them at least two high on their flats, might put off a few of them off if they can't get up as easy.

Do you have mains electric fence on your place...

Don't put up climbing frames or you will be liable when they fall and get injured or kill themselves.

 

[yellowbelly]

Is going to pit silage an option?

No, not for our bit - I think @powerfarmer's Class Apollo is the way to go
As @organic guy says, "I can't understand why we're not all doing it that way"

 

[yellowbelly]

Can you build a compound with good fencing round it?

We could but to be fair, the sooner the town takes another bite for building the better so I'm not too inclined to spend a lot on infrastructure at the moment.

Update...
The local CSO has just been on the phone to say they are going to put some regular patrols in our area for a few days. It usually has the effect of moving the problem somewhere else, so at least it's not us that will get the hassle for a while.

 

[Dry Rot]

I was a little b... for poaching when I was young. Then I saw someone with a German shepherd. Thinking back, it was probably someone taking their pet for a walk, but I never went back! I knew I could out run a gamekeeper but wasn't so sure about the dog!

Rumour is also a great tool. "Police will be using this field for dog training, so watch yerselves!".

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Nice wee nasty bull, warning sign and electric fence around bales surely problem sorted?