Starlings - How to Keep Them from Becoming Pests Starlings can duck right through any gaps in the wire, and because they can’t easily fit through the holes in the wire itself, they get stuck inside the coop or outside run Because chicken wire is so weak for a wire fence, a murmuration of starlings can easily ruin a good fencing job done with chicken wire
poison starlings | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens I wrote about the repeating house sparrow trap I got from a guy named Blaine from TX It can work for starlings to nce you trap you can kill them with some exahaust fumes or fumes from I think I read some sort of lighter fluid dropped in the bag Or you can donate the birds to a local wildlife sanctuary that will feed them to meat eating animals
How can I scare away starlings without scaring my chickens? My first encounter with starlings (BTW, the Internet suggest a group of starlings is known as a "filth" seems appropriate) was nearly 40 years ago when I tried feeding wild birds for the first time It was a suet ball ground beef fat mixed with cheap bird seed
Starlings and really cold weather - BackYard Chickens Starlings - starlings and more starlings Eating the chicken feed, bird poop everywhere!! We have done hardware wire, and bird netting on the chicken run We have one of those Grandpa feeders, but when we first got the girls did great for the first week, then the 2nd week when you raise the
I DETEST starlings. . . . . and yet I fell guilty. . . . - BackYard Chickens In fact, starlings are my HANDS-DOWN FAVORITE BIRD I have kept them as pets - they are so clever and entertaining, and started me down my path to total bird-takeover when I was 12 However, they can be pests and the fact is there are far too many of them
Starlings | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens In my 40 years I have never seen anything like it, last year I can't tell you how many starlings I trapped inside the coop and destroyed I was hoping it was an isolated incident but apparently the few that escaped before I could shut the pop door told all their relatives, friends and neighbors about the free food because it appears the problem
Starlings in my Coop!!!! - BackYard Chickens I have, what started out as 10, over 50 starlings in my coop every day eating all of my chicken feed! I don't know what to do! Not only is it getting expensive but I'm afraid of lice mites and other diseases from the wild birds My coop is a chain link kennel around a inclosed coop that I lock them in at night
LOOKING FOR BABY STARLINGS IN TENNESSEE - BackYard Chickens Unless you are a rehabber and advertise so people know to bring stuff to you, it would be difficult to find baby starlings that random people just happen to have 3 With all that said starlings are an invasive and non-native species so they are NOT protected While I wouldn't typically encourage this in any way, starlings are a nuisance bird
found baby starling . wat to feed it - BackYard Chickens * Starlings are flying insect catchers, bug eaters You can feed it ground dry cat or dog food-- good quality-- mixed with very warm water, by eyedropper Small amounts, say, 1 3 to 1 2 a dropper to start, fed very frequently, starting daily at about 5:3o am Be warned; it is VERY HARD WORK rearing ANY nestling
European Starlings for Sale - BackYard Chickens Hi everybody, I have a small number of captive bred European Starlings for sale Right now they are about 4 weeks old and just starting to eat on their own while still taking hand feedings They are fully feathered and flighted and eating a diet of moistened kitten kibble and ground corn