The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: paulsou on December 29, 2009, 09:39:00 am
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My chickens keep getting robbed of their food by a load of STARLINGs, how can i stop other birds eating all the chicken food?, i am going through more than double the amount normally given to the chickens!!
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Are your chooks free range or penned in? We are going to put netting over our pens in the spring to stop the rooks coming for chicks. Maybe a netted area would do it? My neighbour scares scavenging birds off by shooting at them with a catapault. I am slightly suspicious that he gets far too much enjoyment out of it though.
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My neighbour scares scavenging birds off by shooting at them with a catapault. I am slightly suspicious that he gets far too much enjoyment out of it though.
I would too! ;D ;D ;D ;D I have a magpie problem. Rio catches the young ones in the Spring though! Good :cat:
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I've given up...every time I go out one of the blackbirds is entangled in the netting of the hen's pen, such silly things... :&>
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there are feeders that are step operated by the chickens to deter pests.cant remember where from.poultry mags i think.try googling
they might seem pricy but foods expensive enough without losingn it all!
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You could try putting up a model owl (lifesize). A couple of our farmers do it to deter birds.
One of our kittens caught and killed a magpie yesterday. Good lad.