Hawk Saucer

[walkswithdog]

Okay I love the flat use of them!!! I hate reflections in my eyes. And bumping into things I REALLY don't need.

Now I need to hit the grocery store for gallon jugs of something!!! Guess it's time to make cheese again. Waste not want not and we don't drink milk any more.

And mirrors I can do!

Thanks for reviving the thread.

I also need corn for the crow feeder platform.

 

[hoosier]

Thanks, ivan3. I am going to try this method. I have mine just strung through the middle, but I don't like the reflections.

oldtimegator: How large of an area does a mirror protect?

 

[babalubird]

Those little free-bee, unsolicited CD's from your mail box have lots of uses. I will definitely remember this one when we do get to the farm and get our chickens.

We found yellow jackets nesting in our barn, when I stuck my hand right in the first nest underneath my horse's feed bin. Ouch! We searched and sprayed every nest in the barn, about 3-4. Then hung these CD's about every 6 feet in the breeze along the open side of the barn. Did not see one single yellow jacket nest after that.

So I think they have many very good uses.

Connie

 

[kathyinmo]

What about a tin roof on a coop; is that reflective enough to keep them away?

How close together should they be for a large area? I mean is it like a "cob web," effect, or just every once in awile put one up?

 

[ivan3]

Kathyinmo wrote: How close together should they be for a large area?
What about a tin roof on a coop; is that reflective enough to keep them away?

4-6 ft. apart (between discs on one line) and lines should be 4-6 ft. apart (depends on how open the area is - less natural overhead cover the more discs).

We have two big Shagbark hickories in the chicken run (and many outside the runs). The turkey run shares a common fence with chicken run. The only time the hawks get interested is on windy days in the spring and fall. The CD's act like flash bulbs as they jitter around, unless the tin roof moves with the wind it will probably work as well as human urine or hair, sprinkled outside the runs to deter ground predators, i.e., after sufficient exposure to the smell of chicken and urine simultaneously, the beasties begin to associate the smell of the offensive odor with tasty chicken and end up salivating instead of skedaddling; same with the roof - shiny? maybe, but the reflection doesn't keep rapidily altering its angle and, so, becomes something like a neon diner sign.

The Red Tails, here, look down into the runs, but never stoop. And they don't stick around too long waiting.
I'd suggest a couple of turkey hens as well. They are always the first to ID aerial preds and their warnings send the chooks retreating to their coop.​

 

[kathyinmo]

Thanks Ivan. Turkey hens huh? Well, I just might have to try that! Now I am out searching for free discs! Do they still have free AOL discs? I will sure be looking!

 

[ivan3]

The turks can't be beat for eyeballing the sky. For some `reason' they don't like B-2 bombers and we hear about it both night and day. None of the turks so much as whine when the Med. Center's chopper flies over the house. Go figure.

Free, or nearly free CD's/DVD's (garage sales, recycling centers - old music/game CD's from the kid's collections...)

 

[kathyinmo]

WOW, I came upon a deal at WalMart. They had those pinwheels on a handle, made of shiny stiff foil (like foil balloons but stiff). Now I have pinwheels all around my run. I also got a couple dozen freeby CDs to hang around. So, I will need to go around the area they free range in, and hang up more shiny objects I guess.

 

[bburn]

I have seen those shiney pinwheels....will have to watch for some! My run is covered with galvanized wire.....4x6 I think. But I think I wll pick up some of those pinwheels and weave them into the wire....for just in case. I do just in case a lot!

 

[babalubird]

No, your tin roof isn't shiny enough and it will continue to get more dull with weathering. The object needs to move and bounce a bit so the reflections bounce and move like a living thing also. The idea is to make them think it's the eyes of a large predator.

Connie