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| Have the same problem in the barn. They're fouling the creep feeders, waterers, water buckets, gates, panels-- literally everything you touch.
I called the USDA Wildlife Control Services last year, since in the past they had a program you could subscribe to. The guy was nice enough but told me the USDA is getting away from that except for municipal and institution bird problems and was at that time only doing ag Starling control in one county (not mine, of course) in the state; but he did have the agent stop out to give me some hints. I appreciated it but none were very helpful, although did find out that the USDA uses an Avitrol version for control that is stronger than the average certified person can buy. Avitrol is a deterrent that makes them sick so they leave. If that concept would work I'd just give all the birds Chipotle gift cards.
I haven't found any fly bait type suggestions but, although very tempting, I don't want a bunch of birds falling out of the sky in public, expecially non-targeted birds, and then have the animal rights fruit loops exploiting it for all it's worth. If you Google Avitrol you'll see a bunch of petitions to outlaw Avitrol. Instead of signing a petition maybe these keyboard activists could come to the farm and each catch a dozen Starlings and take them home, or volunteer to clean and disinfect everything in the barn twice a day, or just Paypal me some money to pay for all the Starlings' destruction.
So after going off on this rant I'll get to the point: Last week I ordered a Bird Gard Pro. It is suppose to be here tomorrow and I plan on setting it up immediately. I'll report back my results and update as necessary. Keep in mind that these Starlings in my barn are pretty entrenched so it will be a good test for this device. | |
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STARLINGS what to poison them with and where to get it !!!
