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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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baabamaal Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree


Joined: 28 Jun 2012 Posts: 98 Location: Bog of Allen
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Graham Gibbs Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Enniscrone,Co.Sligo
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Try the old Gamekeepers way of keeping vermin away.If you can kill just one then hang it on a stick in the plot it may work.I have tried this way with the Crows and Jackdaws and it works there.If not get an air gun and just pop em of. |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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It has been my experience that crows/jackdaws/magpies are clever enough to get this suttle message. Pigeons however are just plain stupid and will easily settle down to forage beside their fallen comrade.
Was in a garden today where a man had a magpie trapped in a cage, there were two opes in the cage for other magpies to get trapped in too.
The way it works is that you have to bring in the first magpie from another area so as the indigenous ones will attack the trapped one and subsequently trap themselves. Then wring their necks. Apparently the magpies will not attack a magpie known to them. He has caught 130+ so far. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that KS, I see you had mentioned that previously but it didn't register with me. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Had a friend over at the weekend with his double barrelled friend. Have a few less feathered rats to worry about now. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 7:51 am Post subject: |
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I have heard of a solution that can be sprayed on brassicas to make the taste less palatable to these feathered rats. Anyone heard or had any experience of same? My cabbages are being destroyed. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Blowin Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 930 Location: Drimoleague, Co Cork
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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This is interesting, Tagwex. We feed the birds generally and I've counted up to 23 pigeons, feral and wood, perched on the roof of the bungalow waiting for me to go out with the food - but they've NEVER touched the brassicas. Is there a moral there? Having said that, I've had a mini-disaster this year with my peas - only about 10% germination and all new stock (none saved from last year). Will hopefully buy more tomorrow if I can find them.
On a different topic, if you don't want to bother plucking them (or any other fowls), you can take a leaf out of the gipsy method. Just roll the whole thing up in a ball of clay. Place in the fire for an hour or so. The clay will then be hard and can be broken apart, taking all the feathers with it leaving just the cooked carcass. Works with hedgehogs as well, they say. _________________ A novice gardener on newly cultivated, stoney ground. |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ahhh Jaaaaaysus Blowin do you a) seriously think I am going to start feeding those feathered rats b) eat them and c) eat a bloody hedgehog??????
I heard somewhere that once a cabbage gets to a certain size then the pigeons wont go near them. So far they have decimated a good few on me. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Blowin Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 930 Location: Drimoleague, Co Cork
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 5:48 am Post subject: |
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Not at all. We put food out for any bird that comes along but inevitably pigeons will be amongst the callers. Pigeon pie used to be quite common in the UK years ago when farmers would go out shooting them. Gipsies ate hedgehogs and they cooked them that way. Merely trying to bring a little light to Wexford, Guv! _________________ A novice gardener on newly cultivated, stoney ground. |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Hmmmm me wonders how our Blowin knows about the gypsie culture! !!! _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Sue Deacon Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 31 Dec 2014 Posts: 2029 Location: West Fermanagh
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:17 am Post subject: |
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tagwex wrote: | I really hope that you didn't mean your neighbour Daniel. Ughhhhh! | Now there's an idea. Ever seen 'Mars Attacks'? The bit where the Martian heads explode? In the film it was a Slim Whitman song, but it might work with our friend Daniel? Failing that, I could lend you a cat.  _________________ Be humble, for you are made of earth
Be noble, for you are made of stars |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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You know what you can do with your cat. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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