pyramid lamb feeder//crows!

jd06

Hi all I have a sturdy pyramid type lamb feeder and I can't keep the crows away they are constantly eating meal out of it.
Iv hung dead crows up but that only deters them for a while
Iv only a couple of pedigree lambs that I'm feeding. Any ideas or add on,s to the feeder.
Thanks in advance

Username John

jd06 wrote: »

Hi all I have a sturdy pyramid type lamb feeder and I can't keep the crows away they are constantly eating meal out of it.
Iv hung dead crows up but that only deters them for a while
Iv only a couple of pedigree lambs that I'm feeding. Any ideas or add on,s to the feeder.
Thanks in advance

If its only a few lambs, can you feed em morning and evening in a trough?

jd06

Username John wrote:

If its only a few lambs, can you feed em morning and evening in a trough?

I could in the evening/night but I'd have to be up around 5 these mornings to avoid them. The fine morning's they seem to be out early. Thanks

ganmo

get a larson trap

Username John

jd06 wrote: »

I could in the evening/night but I'd have to be up around 5 these mornings to avoid them. The fine morning's they seem to be out early. Thanks

If you feeding morning and evening, do you need to feed em that much?

It would take a bit trial and error, but feed em as much as they will eat. So feed em, wait 5 mins, once they leave the troughs, turn the troughs over...

I dunno, I never had pedigree so not sure how much they should be getting, or whether this would work...

davidk1394

Have the same issue here. Was shooting crows but they got clever. Thought they'd feck off with corn starting to ripen and lodge

IH784man

The heavy plastic strips you might see in say a butchers that acts as a door that you can walk through,I have a feeder with these on the front of them,birds cant get at the meal but the sheep can.Find a few lengths of that stuff and tex screw them on it should work

jd06

IH784man wrote:

The heavy plastic strips you might see in say a butchers that acts as a door that you can walk through,I have a feeder with these on the front of them,birds cant get at the meal but the sheep can.Find a few lengths of that stuff and tex screw them on it should work

Thanks for that, I'll study mine see can it be done, ta

rangler1

jd06 wrote: »

Thanks for that, I'll study mine see can it be done, ta

Birds aren't as fond of lamb pellets, they go mad for the coarse ration

jd06

I think iv solved my crow problem but I can't seem to attach photos like I used to.
The set up seems to be different
Maybe someone could explain . thanks

Farmer_3650

jd06 wrote: »

I think iv solved my crow problem but I can't seem to attach photos like I used to.
The set up seems to be different
Maybe someone could explain . thanks

Do you use photo bucket? Didn't work for me either earlier.