The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Pigglewiggle on April 12, 2010, 11:32:54 am
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Hello,
Have just got back from feeding the pigs and the crows !! bloody things.. I didn't mind in the winter when the robins were helping them selves to a few bits of food, but the crows.... they must eat nearly as much as the pigs...
They sit up in the trees every day just waiting for us to turn up, getting braver too. At first they didn't come down till we were back in the car, but now they are in there before we have even shut the gate.
Any ideas how to scare them off, my other half is threatening to buy a gun and sit there all day..
Debbie
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Air rifle has to be the way, now the warm nights are coming sitting down by a nice BBQ with a couple of cold ones and a good .22, what could be better than blowing a few crows away.............
Funny enough when i got down to the very exicted porkers this morning the resident Cock pheasant and hen were just having a wander through the pigs pen, quite a nice site in the morning
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That sounds like an excellent idea..sure other half will love it too....
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Tried that this morning but I am a lousy shot and I am sure they were laughing at me, they eat so much of my hens food, would net the area but it is just way too big.
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Crows know the range of every weapon and perch/fly 2 feet beyond it at all times.
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You know i think you are right about that, they seem to be able to keep themselves at just the right distance, slippery bu**ers.......... hmmm just a thought is that similar to politicians???
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Definitely have to have a lot of patience ....and luck to get those pesky crows! We're just about to try a Larsen trap....will let you know how we get on!
I'd had enough of feeding the starlings over the winter, there were hundreds and hundreds of them.....I spent a fortune on layer pellets!...and you can't do anything about starlings, apparently they are endangered!!!! Not around here they weren't. Anyway they have gone now for another year.
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I was going to post just such a query regarding these darn crows - they look like vultures sitting on the fence posts waiting to pounce! As soon as one crow found out about the feeding time they seemed to communicate it to the rest of the crows here in West Cornwall and now the sky goes black as they come in to feast
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Shooting them is good for one or two, if you have a real problem you could do with something like a letterbox trap.
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I found this impressive looking trap on Youtube, it seems to be very effective. I really need to build on of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZLYiOn83Po
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Hello all.My twopenny worth is I have not seen them but I dare bet without seeing them that they are not crows.Winslow a airgun is not very effective without you can shoot it like a pigeon up the arse The damned things are armour plated from the side,without you are a good shot and can hit the head each time.I have shot Rooks from the front with a shot gun and the sod has flown off ??? :o :farmer:
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Hi wizard i know what you mean it gets a ittle annoying listening to pellets hitting them and just a dull thud, a flap of the wings and of they go squawking at you as they go, perhaps they may have an old blunderbuss down the antique shop..........
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Yes WP Trouble is you still need a F.C. not easily acquired if you live in town or village.One like a megaphone filled with old fashioned boot studs or roofing felt nails That ud be sure to stop the sods flapin.Round here one would be shot and then tied up spread eagle fashion between two thack pegs they don't like to see what has happened to their mate and sod off else where ;D
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I like your way of thinking, and could actually think of a few people that would benefit from that sort of thing ;) ;D
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WP not until he loses the job on May 6th ;D ;D :farmer:
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there is an uncanny link between our brains because i was thinking a similar thing, mind you one crow out another one in squawking away on their green benches. and to top it off i am lucky enough to have the halfpint speaker of the house as my local MP so no votes for us this time
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WP I really think its a terrible shame they did away wi the stocks Sod the human rights think about the victims ;D ;D ;D ???
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I think we should run for parliament!! start the 'Common sense Party' could be a winner