Post by nina on Jul 2, 2024 23:21:25 GMT -5
My ducks are in a big chain link fenced enclosure around the house. For a long time I was over-run with duck eggs. Now crows have discovered the eggs and the feed pans and are cleaning me out. They start early in the am and after we figured out what was happening my DH shot at them out of a window at first light. Now they just fly off very quickly and don't make all the crowing and cawing they were doing originally giving away their presence. I have 6 geese, but they are really just feathered out goslings, and 11 ducks. The ducks moved their nests right up against the house after their fence line nests were cleaned out. That strategy worked for a week. Any ideas on how to deter crows? I don't like killing things and try to coexist with wildlife. I was hoping the geese would be guard birds of sort, but I picked the wrong breeds. I have 4 cotton and 2 buff. The geese currently give way to the ducks. Neither the ducks or the geese want to swim in the acre sized pond. All the people clammering about free range poultry should try raising some. I don't want to keep them in a coop, just too messy, but that's where the ducks and the geese want to be.
I just went to a koi farm and was really impressed with what they did to keep Great Blue Herons out of their natural ponds. They simply strung fishing line back and forth across the pond. It looks so much better than nets and doesn't distract from the natural beauty of the pond. When the bird tries to land he gets fouled by the lines and decides to go elsewhere. My mother has been plagued by GNH's and has an ugly tent over her pond that catches leaves and has to be cleaned as well.
I just went to a koi farm and was really impressed with what they did to keep Great Blue Herons out of their natural ponds. They simply strung fishing line back and forth across the pond. It looks so much better than nets and doesn't distract from the natural beauty of the pond. When the bird tries to land he gets fouled by the lines and decides to go elsewhere. My mother has been plagued by GNH's and has an ugly tent over her pond that catches leaves and has to be cleaned as well.