Crows and wrapped bales

Gorteen

What is the best deterrent to prevent crows picking holes in my lovely wrapped bales of haylage?

_Brian

Usually once their in they don't bother with them.
But if the take a set against them it's hard to beat tiring up a dead crow.

It's not nice and lots of people hate to see it. But it works and works long term. Crows get used to lots of things you hang up, but never another crow!

vanderbadger

Gorteen wrote: »

What is the best deterrent to prevent crows picking holes in my lovely wrapped bales of haylage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q08uaFD1-IA

Sam Kade

Draw them in as you wrap them or else have a man with a shotgun in the field until you are ready to draw them. Crows don't like shotguns even if they aren't loaded

mf240

Builders lime sprikled over them keeps them off im told.

Think it burns their feet.

Obviously will only last untill the next shower of rain but might be enough to get rid of them.

Dublin Red Devil

Never had a problem with crows. Birds seem to be more interested in picking the worms and bugs of the newly exposed field to bother with a well wraped bale

stretch film

Seagulls are an issue here
They put their whole head in for a proper look.

roosterman71

stretch film wrote: »

Seagulls are an issue here
They put their whole head in for a proper look.

And the claws.
Around here its the claws that do the damage. Seen the gulls standing on bales just to have a look around the field. Bale would be destroyed after it

A cow called Daisy

Remind me of a neighbour complaining of crows eating meal on his calves and wondering had I any ideas as to how to stop them.
I told him not to worry as i had read somewhere that it had said that the meal wouldn't do the crows any harm.:D

sandydan

neighbour baled and put tyres on most bales, went home milked and bales without tyres were torn,fella once told me crows gulls etc mostly land on highest point so bales being higher are .daughter once painted most of bales with white paint.photographers were bigger nuisance than crows trying to see what she "wrote" on top:D

Sam Kade

sandydan wrote: »

neighbour baled and put tyres on most bales, went home milked and bales without tyres were torn,fella once told me crows gulls etc mostly land on highest point so bales being higher are .daughter once painted most of bales with white paint.photographers were bigger nuisance than crows trying to see what she "wrote" on top:D

The amount of time you'd spend arsing around the field dragging tyres you'd have the bales drawn in.

sandydan

Sam Kade wrote: »

The amount of time you'd spend arsing around the field dragging tyres you'd have the bales drawn in.

where to, he leaves bales in field by fence with tyres in top always

Sam Kade

sandydan wrote: »

where to, he leaves bales in field by fence with tyres in top always

I didn't think too many did that nowadays is he out wintering?

Oldtree

The only thing that keeps the crows off the potatoes and the onions here is a physical barrier like wind net and chicken wire and string. I saw an advert in the co-op for a bird netting specifically for bales, ie a big net with pins to hold it down and tyres on top of the bales to lift the netting off the bales.

sandydan

Sam Kade wrote: »

I didn't think too many did that nowadays is he out wintering?

has some dry stock out alright ,i offered to take them nearer home for him but kinda got feeling that i could be out of line slightly, as remark made thats where he leaves them all time, on rocky ground and believes shifting them freshly baled loosens plastic? and never has crow trouble when covered with tyres,even though near forestry, another suggestion was split fertilizer bag & tape to bale and put tyre on it, netting is good as well,cats are as big a bowsie as any crow:(

Reggie.

Sam Kade wrote: »

I didn't think too many did that nowadays is he out wintering?

I stack about 200 bales in a corner of a field for a man every year

Reggie.

The only job for crows



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Honda500

Gorteen wrote: »

What is the best deterrent to prevent crows picking holes in my lovely wrapped bales of haylage?

Put a net over them only dear the day you buy it

sandydan

Reggie. wrote: »

The only job for crows



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arent you under estimating them just a tad --:pac::pac: what no radar or computer guided missiles:D:D:D:D

sandydan

Reggie. wrote: »

I stack about 200 bales in a corner of a field for a man every year

just as matter of interest ,any preference for paddle bale handlers as opposed to tubular pipe frame for transporting them a distance if bale trailer not available

Reggie.

sandydan wrote: »

just as matter of interest ,any preference for paddle bale handlers as opposed to tubular pipe frame for transporting them a distance if bale trailer not available

Always carry them on trailer as they are too easily damaged but if you had to carry the tubes would be best

Honda500

sandydan wrote: »

just as matter of interest ,any preference for paddle bale handlers as opposed to tubular pipe frame for transporting them a distance if bale trailer not available

Trailer all the way