Is it ok to kill pest birds like finches and doves that eat your feed

[HawaiiCoyote]

You don't need to cover in chicken wire. You can cover in aviary netting, which is different. I have a 50'x100' run and it only cost me about $100 to cover the entire thing. Most people have a much smaller run.

Or this.

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

The list goes on and on. Good luck keeping the birds out of your feed.
-I’m out.

 

[MamaBelle5]

I mean, aren't aerial predators a concern as well? You must have hawks/eagles/owls where you live? If doves can get in for feed that easily, can't a hawk get in as easily for its prey? Some simple precautions might be worth the effort and cost tenfold.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

FYI, even a toothless dog can still scare the daylights out of some birds.`

 

[Bryce Thomas]

I mean, aren't aerial predators a concern as well? You must have hawks/eagles/owls where you live? If doves can get in for feed that easily, can't a hawk get in as easily for its prey? Some simple precautions might be worth the effort and cost tenfold.

I have chain link fencing. Birds of prey that can get in are no concern. 2 grackles thought it would be smart to pick on my hens and steal some feed but my rooster beat the shit out of them which was actually pretty satisfying to see. I didn't let Koa my rooster kill them but I made sure they were scared enough not to come bock. They have never been seen again

 

[MountainWoman73]

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“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

 

[Bryce Thomas]

I mean, aren't aerial predators a concern as well? You must have hawks/eagles/owls where you live? If doves can get in for feed that easily, can't a hawk get in as easily for its prey? Some simple precautions might be worth the effort and cost tenfold.

Also I have a coyote, 3 unidentifiable hawks I have seen(all different species), 1 great horned owl, 2 massive ravens nesting nearby, 1 roadrunner and that's the exotic stuff that lives in my country backyard

Also a tiny coopers hawk tried to get into the coop and he sure did. He got attacked and nearly had a heart attack out of stress getting beaten by a bantam silkie hen. That's right. He lost a fight to a bantam hen that didn't even have a sharp beak or spurs, my rooster cheered her on, eventually I got him outta there and it was all good again (the hawk didn't hurt any of my girls)

 

[Bryce Thomas]

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“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

I actually just finished reading that in my high school english class. I think by mockingbird they meant black people but im not good at dissecting racism in books

 

[Chickenwalls]

I think if you eat the meat it should be fine but check with your game warden to see if it okay to do it. Don’t want to be fined or arrested for killing animals out of season. Normally more predatory animals it fine but birds are different.

 

[Chickenwalls]

I mean, aren't aerial predators a concern as well? You must have hawks/eagles/owls where you live? If doves can get in for feed that easily, can't a hawk get in as easily for its prey? Some simple precautions might be worth the effort and cost tenfold.

I believe in all state or at least most state it is illegal to harm owls since they were killed so much to make head dresses and other native people garnet