femalecbrown wrote: Has anyone tried hanging old CD's from this to scare off birds? Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks again.
Yes, and it works nicely. If you don't have 6ft. fencing you can place the CD's on poles (glue them on with with the springs taken out of ball point pens - work the wind). See thread below:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=44145
As has been mentioned, it is more than possible to prevent almost all predation. There are many good threads about electric fencing (if that is an option), trapping, etc. (preemptive trapping and retirement of vermin will not keep more of them from showing up, but will reduce the overall frequency of predation), double layer hardware cloth in window frames (attached with wood screws and washers), buried fencing, baby monitor, rifle/shotgun, etc.
We are predator heavy and keep three havaharts set ALL the time. We only free range the flocks when we are here and keep a rifle handy. We simply decided we wouldn't be some KFC where we'd serve up our girls alive and screaming from the `lope through' window; or waste any more time than was absolutely necessary dissuading/retiring the vermin.
Good luck!
Yes, and it works nicely. If you don't have 6ft. fencing you can place the CD's on poles (glue them on with with the springs taken out of ball point pens - work the wind). See thread below:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=44145
As has been mentioned, it is more than possible to prevent almost all predation. There are many good threads about electric fencing (if that is an option), trapping, etc. (preemptive trapping and retirement of vermin will not keep more of them from showing up, but will reduce the overall frequency of predation), double layer hardware cloth in window frames (attached with wood screws and washers), buried fencing, baby monitor, rifle/shotgun, etc.
We are predator heavy and keep three havaharts set ALL the time. We only free range the flocks when we are here and keep a rifle handy. We simply decided we wouldn't be some KFC where we'd serve up our girls alive and screaming from the `lope through' window; or waste any more time than was absolutely necessary dissuading/retiring the vermin.
Good luck!
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