wrens in and around the coops and runs.

Gallo del Cielo said:

I had terrible problems with sparrows eating the chicken feed too (you can read all about my battles on "My Coop" page). I designed and made a couple treadle feeders and they immediately ended the problem of wild birds eating the feed. You can find plans on how to build one in my signature line. A cheaper and quicker alternative to the treadle feeder is a trigger feeder. People seem to be very pleased with them and you can read about them here. Finally, if your coop is relatively wren-resistant with the exception of the pop door, you could put up vinyl strips over the pop door to keep them out and put the feed inside the coops. Vinyl strips like these are relatively inexpensive and would keep wild birds out while letting your chickens to pass through. There would be some training with each of these methods, but any one of them would help reduce feed loss.

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Howlet said:

or u can just go hunting :3 that is if u can.. i cant to emotional XD

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bucky52 said:

they are eating all the chickens feed.and fouling the coops and Waters.How do you get rid of them.I have welded wire and I inch poultry wire on my runs.they fly through the 1 inch wire like its not even there.i have hard cloth over the vents and doors of the coops.they fly through the small chicken door on the bottom of the coops.I 'm going through so much feed.the wrens are eating more than my chickens.

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