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i have decided that my loft will remain closed for a week or so and everytime i see this magpie i will get out my BB gun and shoot at it hopefully it will do 1
I wo9nder if you could basket all your birds and move them away from the loft. Leave the trap open and hope the Magpie come in...if he has found eggs before, then he will probably try again. Once yoy have dealt with him, release your birds back in the loft and they will be none the wiser. Good luck in sorting this.
I wo9nder if you could basket all your birds and move them away from the loft. Leave the trap open and hope the Magpie come in...if he has found eggs before, then he will probably try again. Once yoy have dealt with him, release your birds back in the loft and they will be none the wiser.
i cant do that as i have a pair on egg's due to hatch in next couple of days and another have laid their 1st egg today
i could try boarding the boxes up of these pairs and move the rest into my old rabbit hut for a few days only worry the hut is to small there will be 6 birds the hut is 2ft tall 2ft wide and 4ft long i am also going to use this when i split my cocks and hens
i may be able to get 1 a pal of my old man's use to keep a hawk and use to catch mags in a trap to feed the hawk i think it was many years ago when i use to visit him will give him a ring
if you know any gamekeepers they will have them and idealy you want a decoy bird from another area as the ones in your area will go into the trap to attack it!
yes magpies are classed as vermin as they kill all youngsters in the nest such as black birds thrushes,anything that has a nest in bushes or open land,a friend of mine caught 37 2 years ago it doesnt matter how many you catch theres allways onother to take there places ,they also feed on dead rabbits ect that lies dead on the roads after been run over by cars ect if youve a chance of getting rid of them you do so.cheers
my father usualy catches 40 - 50 a year but because they are territorial others move in from other areas although they don't get the problems they used to before the restriction was lifted.
No shame about it, its the way these birds live in the wild, roaming from nest to nest eating any eggs and youngsters they find. Around here they hunt in packs of 3/4. There have been stories on here and in the pigeon prress about magpies entering pigeon lofts and tearing apart youngsters in the nest. You don't wan't them in the garden, and you especially don't want them in the loft. I always chase them away.
Take the point that trapping it in the loft seems quite straightforward, but remember you have pigeons in there. Those that are in the loft will be terrified and if they get out, will stay out; those that are out when this thing visits, are likely to stay out too. So be warned, and be careful.
Ours stayed out for days after we had a squirrel raiding our loft, never realised it was a squirrel till we trapped it, no longer welcome in the garden best to deal with it asap
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