Author Topic: Magpies!  (Read 2771 times)

Mays

  • Joined Jul 2010
Magpies!
« on: July 02, 2012, 10:09:50 pm »
Caught a magpie redhanded! in my chicken's stable trying to crack eggs!!  arhhh!
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Beewyched

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • South Wales
    • tunkeyherd.co.uk
Re: Magpies!
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 10:49:53 pm »
Yep, we're getting that problem here too & the bl**dy crows are waiting in the wings (lol) to get any the other winged rats have missed  ::)
Tunkey Herd - registered Kune Kune & rare breed poultry - www.tunkeyherdkunekune.com

hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Anglesey
Re: Magpies!
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 04:38:36 pm »
Trap a few or shoot a few, then hang their remains around the chicken's pens. They don't like it at all.

Beeducked

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Magpies!
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 07:19:53 pm »
I hate magpies! I've lost a couple of ducklings to them in the past so they are not tolerated at all.

chrismahon

  • Joined Dec 2011
  • Gascony, France
Re: Magpies!
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 07:22:49 pm »
I caught 5 in a week in a rabbit trap baited with apple. Thought about buying a Larsen trap but a bit pricey. Then I need to catch another Magpie to put in the Larsen.

hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Anglesey
Re: Magpies!
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 09:50:02 pm »
I've got a larsen trap. I reckon it's paid for itself in a month just in chicken feed saved from the thieving bloody things. We had a massive flock of jackdaws that were helping themselves to the feed. I caught twelve in the first week. I'm now only catching the odd one but they mostly stay away from the chicken pens now.

 

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