Author Topic: keeping birds off lamb creep (Read 2699 times)

epherdwicks · « **on:** May 15, 2017, 04:08:13 pm »

Does anyone have any bright ideas as to how to stop jackdaws eating my lambs' creep? Anything the lambs can reach the birds can also get at, so I don't know how much the lambs are actually consuming. I'm sure there must be something we can make/rig up to deter the birds...

Foobar · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2017, 05:11:33 pm »

What sort of creep feeder are you using at the moment?

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2017, 08:39:00 am »

Two dead uns strung up above the feeder.

epherdwicks · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2017, 10:11:30 am »

Thanks Marches farmer - that's what my husband said!

Currently have a trough suspended at lamb head height, under a human waist-height shelter. Bit Heath Robinson-ish but best I can manage at the moment.

EP90 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2017, 05:28:04 pm »

As Marchers farmer, that normally works but not directly above the feeder, you don’t want maggots dropping into feeder or to attract flies too close to feeding lambs.