keeping crows away from bales

johndeere3350

When the bales are wrapped here it's usually a few hours before anyone gets here to draw them and the crows wreck them.
Anyone have any effective way of getting rid. No obe around to shoot them

trixi2011

johndeere3350 wrote: »

When the bales are wrapped here it's usually a few hours before anyone gets here to draw them and the crows wreck them.
Anyone have any effective way of getting rid. No obe around to shoot them

Know a few people who swear by putting grease on them never tried it myself

johndeere3350

trixi2011 wrote:

Know a few people who swear by putting grease on them never tried it myself

Tried that alright but we wouldn't really have the time go be going around putting grease on the bale.
See myself and the guy wrapping would be a few hours ahead of the lads drawing in usually
Besides it softens the plastic a wild amount in that spot.

stretch film

Get the wrapper driver to bunch them as much as poss and as near to a ditch as poss.Tail paint bottle filled with white emulsion and scrawl some eyes on as many as poss .
After all that you may have to attend to only half of them

Seagulls come in here and they just fritter bales

Genghis Cant

Two young lads and a football work well for us!

farmerjj

johndeere3350 wrote: »

When the bales are wrapped here it's usually a few hours before anyone gets here to draw them and the crows wreck them.
Anyone have any effective way of getting rid. No obe around to shoot them

The only answer is to draw them in straight away, every other solution will take time to do,and that's kinda pointless

Sam Kade

trixi2011 wrote: »

Know a few people who swear by putting grease on them never tried it myself

Been there done that complete waste of time and grease :mad: I even stood them on end so that they wouldn't be able to break through the extra layers, they pecked all around the bale at the top and walked around them on the ground pecking at them :mad:

Pacoa

Anyone ever try those hawk kite yokes? Are they any good?

MickeyShtyles

Pacoa wrote: »

Anyone ever try those hawk kite yokes? Are they any good?

Savagely expensive but they do work.

yellow50HX

Wrap them in the yard

sucklerlover

I baled Monday. Put on 2 dabs of grease. Checked this morning and not a hole to be seen.

Sam Kade

Pacoa wrote: »

Anyone ever try those hawk kite yokes? Are they any good?

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Savagely expensive but they do work.

Waste of time my neighbour has one when the crows get used to it they will land right down beside it. It's supposed to cover 15 acres :rolleyes:

Pacoa

Waste of time my neighbour has one when the crows get used to it they will land right down beside it. It's supposed to cover 15 acres

What about this yoke?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBnHY4xFQBo