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Magpies available - Denbighshire


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Been away for a bit with work, so not had larsen traps running recently. Jackdaws and magpies have been a real problem around the poultry, so set up a larsen again last night.

 

This morning, 1 magpie in there, moved to the centre cage, food and water for it, and re-set. Two hours later, another magpie. Dispatched properly, of course. Trap re-set

 

Just had a quick look - both compartments tripped, another 2 magpies.

 

Anyone need any ? These 2 will be dispatched in a couple of hours, (so 5 pm-ish), but at this rate, hopefully more will be available.

 

Not far from Denbigh, North Wales

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Ideally, either 410 shotgun or my S410 .22 PCP, to minimise disturbance to the chickens. 12 bore can put them off laying for a couple of days, we've found.

 

Which is why larsen traps are so useful, of course. Silent, magpies aren't suspicious around them, and they come in to call birds very readily.

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An update :

 

Got my other larsen trap back from a friend's smallholding, put one of the captured birds into that.

 

The results, up to now :

 

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Plus the 2 call birds. Got the traps in quite a shady spot, just to reduce any heat stress in the call birds.

 

Seems to be going quite well !

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