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BigMarv1085

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I have planted my sweet corn twice and the crows pull all of it up. What do you gents use to keep them off of your corn? Shooting and using cannon are not a option
 
My friend uses a fine white netting. Makes a tent style row until the corn about 6 inches or so. It works good cause he's near a lot of houses. If you're talking a lot of corn and the tent is not fees-able than plant extra.

Kirk
 
Where do you live? There's a product called Avipel seed treatment that repels birds. It's labeled in Michigan and some other states for sandhill cranes,but it works on all birds except geese.
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Years ago, I used a creosote product on the seed. They only pull up one seed and don't come back. Used kerosene one year and it worked pretty well. Another time, I laid some short pieces of black pipe in the rows.
You might try some rubber snakes.
Richard in NW SC
 
the cresote product was called Crow Go, I put a syringe full of kerosene in it a little while ago hoping to get enough to get a few rows done, the neighbor told me he saw about 50 in the patch the other day, 2 were on the scarecrow. Richard G. how did you apply the kerosene
 

I put down between the rows a sheet of newspaper every 10 or 15 feet or so. Weight the paper down with a clod of dirt in the middle of the sheet. The wind will make the loose ends of the paper flap which scares the birds away. Has worked so far for years. No federal analysis required on the paper either.

KEH
 
Put the corn in a can and poured a little kerosene in and stirred with a stick.
Seemed to work fine.
Richard
 
I use a Great Pyrenees dog. Nothing sets foot on this farm that doesn't belong. She even chases geese that fly over.
 
Crows are smart. One of my friend's father in law has a pecan orchard. He has done all kinds of things to keep the crows out. Finally, one year he bought all the ammo we wanted, told us he would pay us a bounty for each crow we presented. The stories are endless, almost like Caddyshack. Those crows would have a lookout that would sound the alarm when he saw us coming. We would come in a different car or pickup and get somewhat closer, but as soon as a shotgun or rifle came out all we saw were a bunch of wings flapping in the distance. Tried staying all night one time. Got a few shots off but nothing close enough to kill. Never collected one bounty that year. He finally got a hired hand to stay out there all the time and throw rocks at them. It was the most effective solution at the time.
 
Plant it deep enough they won't get it. Tilled ground I have gone 4" (inches) or slightly more if the ground is warm enough. Notil - between 2-3" and be sure the seed slot is closed.
 
In my garden I lay rows off by hand and use a string to keep them straight. Stake at each end, tight string between. Several years ago I got lazy and didn't remove the string from a few rows after I planted. Crows would not touch those rows. Got the other rows pretty good but not the ones with the string. Been leaving the string in place ever since, about 6" to 10" above the ground. Pull it up when the corn reaches the string. No problem with crows.

For field corn, they get into it but there is so much corn, and relatively few crows.
 
We use aluminum pie plates hanging by strings to bamboo poles. If your artistic draw big eyes on the plates with black magic marker. Works for us. Good luck they are smart birds.
 

I was with my cousin once when he was finishing up planting at the center of a field. He had about a half bag of seed and he added a quart or so of diesel and mixed it good and put it in his planter for the crows.
 
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