Equipment shed bird problems

IH4386 · May 3, 2018

Hi all, was wondering what some of you do to keep the birds out of your sheds. I have the balloon bird eyes in each of the big doors and also the bird be gone audio system and it doesn't seem to phase the sparrows from entering and making nests, just wondering if there is a better way. Yes I do keep doors closed and still they find their way in under the sliding doors.

caterpillar guy · May 3, 2018

Sealing it off on the bottom of the trusses will eliminate perch places. Is expensive though. Need to close the clearance up at the bottom of the doors more depending on how much you now have.

SweetFeet · May 3, 2018

Cats...

tim s · May 3, 2018

That's what we do here,,use shop liner tin under the trus,,seal in the edges so they can't get above it,,also keeps any that do get in when the door is open from finding a place to roost.

Jegs · May 3, 2018

I second the cats idea, we have a few living in our barn, no birds or rodents. Unfortunately the occasional possum or Raccoon will get in there after the cats food and the cats wont mess with those guys!

Elmo · May 3, 2018

22 ratshot

jeffcat · May 3, 2018

Cats are a very helpful answer. Another is food source. Spilled grain etc. We used to have a crazy pigion problem. Set up a sniper nest in a building about 80 yards from the ridge of the main barn. With perfect alignment I could pop two with one shot. The cats just love the afternoon snack.

Elmo · May 3, 2018

22 ratshot

flying belgian · May 3, 2018

I put grease every where they might perch. They will not land on grease. One tube goes a long way. It is cheap and easy to do. Have to refresh it about every 4 years.

Dick · May 3, 2018

What about those fake owls? I see people put them around their buildings to keep the birds out.. Don't know how it works. Maybe someone else will have some input on the owl idea..

Dick

Mark Poss · May 3, 2018

I put a couple of gallons of gas in the 37 A start it up and close the doors .Come back the next day and don't see anything flying or crawling

Dan in North Houston · May 3, 2018

The store had two kinds, a big owl and a smaller one that had a motion sensor that would rotate the head and hooted whenever something got close to it. We couldn't decide which might work better, so we bought both. They kept the birds away for about a week. After that, one built a nest right beside the one with the motion sensor.

504 · May 3, 2018

I have had birds in the past(open shed),I adopted a cat this winter and the birds are few and far between.

fixerupper · May 3, 2018

I hate birds in buildings almost to being an obsession. The only way to permanently get rid of them is to seal up the building and keep the doors shut and sealed. It will take a long time to get the job done. Like what was mentioned rat shot works and is kind of fun but I can't find it anymore. I have successfully sealed all of my buildings but the little buggers are always watching for a way in.

showcrop · May 3, 2018

A stable that I used to deliver hay to had that problem. They tried everything and finally fastened chicken wire under the trusses. At church I was having problems with crows pecking at the windows. From this forum I got the suggestion of fishing line strung along in front of the windows. that worked very well. It would be worth trying the fishing line because it is so easy to install. The birds can't stand running into something that they can't see.

john *.?-!.* cub owner · May 3, 2018

I have seen strips of cloth hanging from entrances birds use to discourage them from coming into an area.

OliverGuy · May 3, 2018

I like that

TimV · May 3, 2018

I had also looked for .22 LR rat shot without success for a while, but our local hardware store recently got in a shipment, so it may be coming back in stock in your area again. I've had some success with catching starlings in live traps like you'd use for chipmunks. Not probably a great solution for a large equipment shed, but adequate for the occasional one that decides to take up residence in my house roof and makes a mess everywhere.

Mark-Mi · May 3, 2018

Shoot em

I have a old Crossman .22 caliber pellet gun. Two pumps and flat head pellets won't hurt the tin a bit.

A few of their buddies missing the rest get the idea to move on.

carvel minne farmer · May 3, 2018

(quoted from post at 16:59:08 05/03/18) What about those fake owls? I see people put them around their buildings to keep the birds out.. Don't know how it works. Maybe someone else will have some input on the owl idea..

Dick

it works very well dick, the wife got me one for our big leanto that the barn swallows would move in each spring and crap all over everything, put up the big owl and no more swallows :lol:

VicS · May 3, 2018

My Dad would open the big sliding door and make a lot of noise. All the birds would leave. Then he would shut the door, and set a 2x10 about 2 ft on edge inside the sliding door. The door was about 4 in above the ground. Then he would leave and go to the house and have coffee. I have seen him get up to 20. Do it about 1 once a month. I have 3 spayed Cats. They keep the birds down to a reasonable level, in two sheds.

fixerupper · May 3, 2018

I nailed three sparrows with a pellet gun the other day. The end doors are open in the Morton shed in the spring when I'm taking machinery in and out. Three sparrows snuck in. I wait to close the doors in the evening when the birds are trapped inside then I have fun with the pellet gun. Will have to check again in the hardware store for bird shot or rat shot.

rockyridgefarm · May 3, 2018

Too late for you to do the single best thing you can do - Drop the purlins between the trusses and eliminate their most favorite perching spot. Make sure the top of the posts are either cut off at a 45 degree angle, or cut flush with the top of the truss to eliminate their favorite nesting spots. I did this on a shed I built a couple years ago, along with laying OSB and tar paper down before I laid the tin. Sparrows sometimes go in, but they don't stick around. They don't have a place to perch between the tin and trusses, and they don't have any nesting spots.

Dunno if you can see it in the pic, but this is the shed.

macec3(TX) · May 4, 2018

I had a problem with birds roosting in our car garage. They pooped all over the truck. A man told me to get one of those plastic hawk decoys. He said DON'T get the owl. I got a hawk, put him/her in the garage and the problem was solved.

allisfan · May 4, 2018

An old man we used to help house tobacco would shoot a couple of black birds and hang them up in the barn, said the live ones would not come in with the dead ones hanging there. It seemed to work for black birds.

Paul from MN · May 4, 2018

I have a plastic owl and it works for me.

Mike M · May 4, 2018

That's a real good reason to go to overhead garage doors ! I won't use sliders for several reasons.

pete black · May 4, 2018

Low pound test fishing line strung up in their roosting path. Invisible to the birds yet will deter/distract them.

showcrop · May 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 07:59:20 05/04/18) Low pound test fishing line strung up in their roosting path. Invisible to the birds yet will deter/distract them.

Yup that is what I suggested on this thread yesterday.

Texasmark1 · May 5, 2018

Several years ago Wrens decided to make a nest in one of my old tool box trays. Next year the same nest was used.....by the same bird??? then a couple of years of none. Then this year two are here. Had a hatching and found 4 just hatched birds on the floor dead....had a cold snap overnight and I guess it got them....don't know what else. Next thing you know they were back making more babies. I think they are cute and I like to watch them foraging around the place for spiders. Songs are beautiful.

I don't go for poop all over things either, but these guys and gals don't do that. On sealing up the place, lots of luck with them. They can crawl through the tiniest places.

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