Tractor Shed Pidgeons

eye4iron · Sep 23, 2018

Pidgeons have taking a liking to my tractor shed. Droppings everywhere. I am in the process of closing there entrance holes. Is there a good method of getting rid of them before hand? I flushed them out in the open with wasp spray and then shot one with a BB gun. I am reluctant to use bird shot in the shed.
Does anyone else have a good idea to get rid of them.

Tony in SD · Sep 23, 2018

As a kid, us grandsons would shoot them with a shotgun as they exited the barn. We then cleaned them and gave the dressed birds to Grandma. She liked to eat pigeon.

neverfear · Sep 23, 2018

Yup, Did the same many times with my cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's. Never seemed to be a shortage of them either.

JD Seller · Sep 23, 2018

I spot light them at night. They usually will be roosted next to wood post/boards. I shot them with .22 shorts. Just watch your angle so if you miss it hit the wood.

In the ones in the silos and places without wood or a good way to shot them. My wife likes "live" skeet. LOL I scare them out and she drops the hammer on them.

I hate bird crap on machinery. It eats the paint.

Gary Mitchell · Sep 23, 2018

Yup, same here. When I'd get granny pigeons, she have a couple of her elderly sisters out for pigeon pie. gm

Hay hay hay · Sep 23, 2018

Have you considered making a pigeon trap? That?s very easy to do with 1x2 fence wire To make a box trap.Use hog rings at the corners and a One way swinging door. bait it with water in hot weather, grain in cold weather.

marloweg · Sep 23, 2018

22 bird shot at night with flash lightt

ss55 · Sep 23, 2018

Until the entrances are closed, it's a loosing battle to try to eradicate them.

old · Sep 23, 2018

Sounds like you need a barn owl. Fake one some times works but a real one will work always

JMOR · Sep 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 11:36:34 09/23/18) Until the entrances are closed, it's a loosing battle to try to eradicate them.

xactly.......and once entrances are closed, then so are the exits. Then just remove the ones that couldn't make it without food & water.

Burkie · Sep 23, 2018

Close the doors and start a couple tractors. The birds won't fare well.

Butch(OH) · Sep 23, 2018

Just got done doing this myself and the guys are right. Effort spent on killing them is more or less wasted until you get the holes closed up, that is unless you enjoy the sport of it. When I got my barn all closed up it took a week for all the insiders to die and fall.

steve_in_mo · Sep 23, 2018

Exterminators attach a one-way chute to the last entrance/exit when they are
removing bats from a house. The chute has a gate that lets them go out but not
come back in. You can't kill most species of bat around here - not intentionally
anyhow. You also can't use the chute when there are bat babies around.

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