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Sorry Neatstuff
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. Got distracted by Warriors basketball game and the Voice. Been switching back and forth!

I had trouble with jays coming coming in the coop and eating eggs. Crazy smart birds. We tried to think of ways to exclude them and let the chickens have access, but no success. The jays are just too intelligent. We ended up shutting the door to the run and trapping the jays inside. Hand caught them and let them sit in a cage for awhile trying to scare them out of returning. Didn't work, so we relocated a couple of them. We caught them together which was good since they were a pair.

Starlings are smart too, but not quite the same way. You could try hanging a fringe or strings of beads across the door, and then teach the chickens to push through. (That could take awhile.) Are the starlings after the food? They make pressure activated feeders where the chickens have to step on a treadle to open the lid. Those are good if you have rats and mice problems too. Put an owl or raptor statue above the opening, might scare them from coming in?? Or hang old CDs or mylar strips. Starlings are nonnative, invasive species. In CA, they are not protected and the bird rescue folks won't waste resources on them.

This site has good ideas, but I would never pay those prices. You can buy a beach ball at the dollar store and make your own evil eyes!
https://www.bird-x.com/starling-control-pages-282.php

If you got mites, get on it! They are horrible. If you have any questions about treating, I can share my horror stories.

Sorry I missed you.
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Warriors won! Set the record for longest string of home game wins. Most ever!
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And no one here cares!
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Goodneatstuff said:
I'm trying to figure out how to keep the hordes of starlings out of my chicken house. They have pooped all over the place and I think have brought mites to my chickens, I've never had either problem before!
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In SC I had to resort to feeding twice a day, only what they could clean up in 10 minutes. That was how I started on FF. I put a light on a timer, it came on one hour before dawn so the chickens could eat feed before the birds woke up. And then I fed the the second feeding when I came home in the afternoon. After about two weeks, the birds stopped coming around.....
 
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Tippylou said:
Wishing, am I bad because I couldn't bury him until this evening? I couldn't seem to find the proper place...I let him sit in a box till I could come to some resolution. I should have buried him before now. I feel bad because he didn't have a name yet. I let my animals name themselves when it comes to me, but he died without a name.j
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I am sharing your pain. No animal deserves to die such a horrible death. But, you are not terrible for not burying the kittie immediately. Finding the perfect spot for burying, is your way of bringing proper, loving closure to a kittie that you love. I am sure that the kittie knew you loved him. Even though you had not named himdoes not mean you loved him less.
 
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Mornings, Cant believe I went to bed at 9 last night. No change in the open egg. still moving around in there. I cant tell anything about the humidity. I think the sponge is still damp but not sure. @ sticky chicks still alive but not as loud . probably getting weaker. The others are at least doubled in size.
 
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