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Re: [usdfregion4] pigeons

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
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Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [usdfregion4] pigeons

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


Fri Nov 3, 2006 5:29 pm

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does anyone out there know how to get rid of pigeons in an indoor arena? and keep them out... 		JaJaxBob@...
Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
3:39 pm

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...
Margaret R. Hawthorne
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3:52 pm

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....
equestrian_girl
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4:28 pm

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....
equestrian_girl
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4:39 pm

i purchased two fake owls and the pigeons built lovely nest quite close to the fake owls....
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Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
5:22 pm

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:...
David A. Richie, DVM
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Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
5:36 pm

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...
Sheri Pederson
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5:56 pm

thanks dave. i have heard that also. the problem is my arena ridge line is 16 feet tall so how would one manage that?...
JaJaxBob@...
Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
7:39 pm

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...
JaJaxBob@...
Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
7:44 pm

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...
David A. Richie, DVM
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Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
10:15 pm

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...
Mike & Maggie Stoneci...
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Send Email 		Nov 3, 2006
10:48 pm

thanks again dave - i will let you know...
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Send Email 		Nov 4, 2006
12:46 pm

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...
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