Oh lucky you!! I have watched a pigeon family increase its numbers in my barn. They are afraid of NOTHING!!! I'll be watching this discussion to see if anyone...

I was reading about pigeons and people are suggesting hanging fake owls in the barn...??? Might work. Here is a chat thread of people talking about Pigeons....

i purchased two fake owls and the pigeons built lovely nest quite close to the fake owls....

You won't like it but the only way I know of is to kill them. Once you do this it seems as though others will not reinhabit the barn. Dave Richie ... From:...

I thought I heard that sometimes falconers will come hunt them in the barn to give rehab birds the experience too, but I wouldn't know how to find someone that...

thanks dave. i have heard that also. the problem is my arena ridge line is 16 feet tall so how would one manage that?...

thanks. i have found a product on line that seems like it should work. they are steel spikes which can be attached to trusses and or cross beams and seem...

I too have a 16 foot high arena. You can buy rifle shells for .22 rifles that are loaded with shot rather than a single projectile. This shot will not...

great suggestions we got a little lucky in that my husband found a hawk one morning who had hurt its wing. He was able to catch it by throwing a towel over it...

thanks again dave - i will let you know...

thanks for your suggestions. i especially like the fly strip idea as it seems very humane. i have pursued the roosting spike method and will see how that...