Cows sitting on my dish

ComfortKid

Probably the wrong forum, but I'm having a really annoying problem.
Crows seem to love sitting on the arm coming off the dish, this results in loss of signal. I've to go out and throw stones at them 10 times a day, I'll end up breaking a window.

Anyone having a problem like this, any ideas how to deter them?

Falcon L

Had crows, and magpies, but I've never had a cow on it.

If the dish mount is tight enough, you shouldn't have a problem. Unless it actually is a cow.

pmasterson95

Jesus. You've some strong ****in roof lad.

shot2go

jesus are they using a ladder to get up on the roof? :eek::eek:

ComfortKid

Ah funk! How can i change that? Imagine a cow chilling on my roof haha.

Seriously though, they seem to block the area between the lnb and dish. Lose signal every single time. So annoying.

Falcon L

ComfortKid wrote: »

Ah funk! How can i change that? Imagine a cow chilling on my roof haha.

Seriously though, they seem to block the area between the lnb and dish. Lose signal every single time. So annoying.

Ah right, on the LNB arm. A handful of cable ties on the arm with the tags cut to a point should make it uncomfortable enough for them.

316

Maybe the cows need milking.

Ted_YNWA

Was this when the cow tried to jump over the moon?

Dozen Wicked Words

ComfortKid wrote: »

Probably the wrong forum, but I'm having a really annoying problem.
Crows seem to love sitting on the arm coming off the dish, this results in loss of signal. I've to go out and throw stones at them 10 times a day, I'll end up breaking a window.

Anyone having a problem like this, any ideas how to deter them?

The cable tie idea worked for me with crows anyway.

St. Leibowitz

You can get spike strips to deter birds from roosting on window sills etc. Examples linked below.

You can make your own quite easily (search for bird spikes) and attach them to your LNB arm. Aldi had some plastic security strips for placing on top of walls to deter people climbing over them a while back. They would also work. Keep an eye on the Aldi site to see them when the come back.

Won't work as well for cows but.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QkJhl1Bz6g
http://www.owlpestcontrol.ie/buy-products/bird-control-products/bird-spikes
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/bird-spikes

Edit: The cable tie idea is perfect and cheap.

Sam Kade

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Was this when the cow tried to jump over the moon?

She mistook his dish for the moon but failed to clear it.

ComfortKid

Alright lads, the cow jokes stopped being funny after the first one..

Will try out that with cable ties so. Thanks for yer help

316

No one was posting for your amusement.

Sheep Lover

Would you not ask them to .....moooooove?....

Sheep Lover

The poor oul cows anyway, they are probably friesian up there..

K.Flyer

Cows climbing up onto your satellite dish? How did they manage to get "pasteurise"?

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Maybe tne cows thought they could watch animal planet by looking at your dish and climbed up on to it.

Silverfish

Is this your dish?

thesandeman

Strangest thing I've ever herd.

ComfortKid

Silverfish wrote:

Is this your dish?

Yes! I got it with a big stone.

Sam Kade

In the nursery ryme the dish runs away with the spoon but in the op's case the cow tried to jump over the dish. So who ran away with the spoon op?

mass_debater

Had this before, tape some thumb tacks to it with the spikes sticking up

More Music

Manure good, the thumb tacks are an excellent idea.

Booms

It cud be the answer, alright.

Guy:Incognito

mmmmmmm burgers

MakkaaPakkaa

I herd they mainly affect Sky Moos and the Moovie channels

michael999999

Dairy is something wrong with that title!

ComfortKid

I didn't realise I posted this in After Hours.

Some great punage lads.

endacl

ComfortKid wrote: »

Alright lads, the cow jokes stopped being funny after the first one..

Will try out that with cable ties so. Thanks for yer help

They're really milking it...

ComfortKid

I'm not amoosed by these puns

ComfortKid

This is the culprit.

thesandeman

mass_debater wrote: »

Had this before, tape some thumb tacks to it with the spikes sticking up

Pull the udder one, I don't believe you.

efb

Did she moove the dish and wreck the alignment???

efb

Butter be quick with those cable ties!

316

If the cow has a cock its a bull.

ComfortKid

I'm not in the mooed for this bull now lads. Give it break.

endacl

thesandeman wrote: »

Pull the udder one, I don't believe you.

Bullieve, surely?

efb

I'd watch all spoon movements closely for the next while...

efb

Was she hoping to see countryfile this evening?

I'll stop milking it now

Sheep Lover

ComfortKid wrote: »

This is the culprit.

Take that ladder off him and it won't happen again.

_Brian

ComfortKid wrote: »

Ah funk! How can i change that? Imagine a cow chilling on my roof haha.

Seriously though, they seem to block the area between the lnb and dish. Lose signal every single time. So annoying.

Go Up And smear grease along the arm. They won't alight there any more.

316

_Brian wrote: »

Go Up And smear grease along the arm. They won't alight there any more.

And then the arm will slide up their arse or other orifices.

ComfortKid

_Brian wrote:

Go Up And smear grease along the arm. They won't alight there any more.

Not sure if this is some attempt at pisstaking or will grease actually work? Sounds easier than cable ties or thumb tacks.

thesandeman

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Take that ladder off him and it won't happen again.

Makes no difference. They can't get down stairs anyway. I presume the same applies to ladders.
If he lets one of the mobile phone companies put a mast on his roof he will possibly have the first multistorey milking parlour in the world.

BarryAlfaro

That's Funny.