mudd dobbers

[kentucky jay]

im trying to enlist my kids in the chicken fun !!!! but i got dobber nests everywhere !!!!!! right now its too cold for them but does anyone have any ideas how i can prevent them from nesting in my coop ....kids wont go in coop with mudd dobbers in there !!!!!!

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Sounds like my kids! First, if it's mud daubers they won't sting, so be sure and tell them that. I've never found a way to keep them out of the coop myself, but they will not build low mud nests if there are chickens in the coop because the chickens will eat them. I just ignore them myself.
Good luck!

 

[CMV]

I don't know how to prevent them, but if you figure out a way- let me know! I have them all over my house in the seams under any overhang. I usually try to blast them off with a pressure washer every fall, but couldn't do it this year because of our drought. Last thing I need to do is run my well dry because I don't like to look at bug tubes in the eaves.

 

[Spookwriter]

No ideal...but a quick google search said something about tacking
some of those dryer sheets around...that mud daubers won't build
near them.

 

[kentucky jay]

thanx spookwriter ...i'll try the dryer sheets ,,, should they be used , or does it matter ?????