dog man Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi all buzzard had 10 poults out of one of our pens this week what do you guys do to try keep them out we have put bags up cd on strings but they still keep comeing back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 they are a right pain for sure, your lucky it's only ten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanj Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi all buzzard had 10 poults out of one of our pens this week what do you guys do to try keep them out we have put bags up cd on strings but they still keep comeing back Uh oh.......... here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Try leaving rabbits or carrion on tops of walls or hedges,or have certain spots as feed stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scimitar Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Try leaving rabbits or carrion on tops of walls or hedges,or have certain spots as feed stations. Good advice, I know of a few people who have feed stations for buzzards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffyshooter Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Is it possible to net your pens?? - we net ours to keep out corvids etc. that hassel the birds around feeders etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Try leaving rabbits or carrion on tops of walls or hedges,or have certain spots as feed stations. does not work, we have two buzzards visiting one pen daily, we have tried leaving dead birds on top of the feed bin outside the pen, the buzzard leave them in favour of killing poults Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanj Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Is it possible to net your pens?? - we net ours to keep out corvids etc. that hassel the birds around feeders etc. Ours are netted (they are relatively small) using scaffold debris mesh.......... absolutely sorts avian predators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 does not work, we have two buzzards visiting one pen daily, we have tried leaving dead birds on top of the feed bin outside the pen, the buzzard leave them in favour of killing poults the other issue is do you want them coming back daily for more, feeding them just encourages them to stay in an area. As well as doing what you can to increase cover in the pen etc we tend to make sure rabbits from vermin control are all picked and pigeons etc the same, the less about to encourage them to stay the better. Though we have a naughty local poisoning them if the RSPB are to be believed which probably helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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