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Time to abandon haylage/silage??
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<blockquote data-quote="yellowbelly" data-source="post: 5604772" data-attributes="member: 42308"><p>Sorry to hear you're having trouble [USER=122]@lim x[/USER] . We've had the 'using the electric fence stakes as darts' thing too<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>The Police did catch a few and visited their homes and school which kept them away for a while. They soon got over that and it got worse<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />. I covered all the bottom and second course bales with waste engine oil which meant at least they got blathered up when they climbed up on them, but it didn't stop them.</p><p></p><p>After an incident, one night, when the little sods tried to start a fire, I'd had enough. The next morning, I waltzed into the local secondary school (I knew which one as the Police knew where they went) and made it plain (in a rather loud voice), to the poor lass in the front office, that I wasn't a happy bunny and wanted to speak to the headmaster. Unfortunately, he wasn't there but his deputy came out. Again, I spoke rather loudly (so everyone could hear) and threatened to 'drag their school's name through all the muck I could rake up in the local press and TV'.</p><p>I was very quickly ushered into an office. The poor bloke didn't know what had hit him - I left him in no doubt that the school were in for some bad publicity with some very 'colourful agricultural language'.</p><p></p><p>The headmaster rang me later that day and promised to have the police in to an assembly and 'sort it out'.</p><p>I don't know what he said, or who said what to who, but (touch wood) we've not had any trouble since<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite55" alt=":nailbiting:" title="Nail Biting :nailbiting:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":nailbiting:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The Police had already been to the school but it hadn't had the desired effect. It seems the threat of bad publicity was the thing that worked for us - I hope it can work for you. These kids just have no respect for anyone or anything and have no grasp of what the damage they do costs you in financial terms and time<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yellowbelly, post: 5604772, member: 42308"] Sorry to hear you're having trouble [USER=122]@lim x[/USER] . We've had the 'using the electric fence stakes as darts' thing too:banghead: The Police did catch a few and visited their homes and school which kept them away for a while. They soon got over that and it got worse:banghead:. I covered all the bottom and second course bales with waste engine oil which meant at least they got blathered up when they climbed up on them, but it didn't stop them. After an incident, one night, when the little sods tried to start a fire, I'd had enough. The next morning, I waltzed into the local secondary school (I knew which one as the Police knew where they went) and made it plain (in a rather loud voice), to the poor lass in the front office, that I wasn't a happy bunny and wanted to speak to the headmaster. Unfortunately, he wasn't there but his deputy came out. Again, I spoke rather loudly (so everyone could hear) and threatened to 'drag their school's name through all the muck I could rake up in the local press and TV'. I was very quickly ushered into an office. The poor bloke didn't know what had hit him - I left him in no doubt that the school were in for some bad publicity with some very 'colourful agricultural language'. The headmaster rang me later that day and promised to have the police in to an assembly and 'sort it out'. I don't know what he said, or who said what to who, but (touch wood) we've not had any trouble since:nailbiting::) The Police had already been to the school but it hadn't had the desired effect. It seems the threat of bad publicity was the thing that worked for us - I hope it can work for you. These kids just have no respect for anyone or anything and have no grasp of what the damage they do costs you in financial terms and time:( Best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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