Keeping birds out of pole barn

tractormiallis · Mar 2, 2015

I have an enclosed machine shed. Now, I do not go out there every day, but today I found about 6 birds flying around, and with birds, you know the mess they make. Is there anything that I can hang from the trusses or something that will keep them out? I think they come in by the door tracks.

old · Mar 2, 2015

Owl decoy I have been told works well. I.E. in other words a plastic owl

Nick167 · Mar 2, 2015

I know a few people who put chicken wire across the bottom of the rafters it doesn't keep them out of the barn but it does keep them from roosting and nesting up there

jim castleman · Mar 2, 2015

My one pole barn is 48 x 143 and I have a big balloon with an owl picture on it at each end. They are hanging from the truss inside of the big sliding doors. Same balloons have been hanging there since 1985,since it was built, and I have never had a bird in the building. They used to have them advertised in farm magazines, since I am mostly retired I do not get many. I remember they were $10 dollars each when I purchased them.

flying belgian · Mar 2, 2015

Take a grease gun and lay a line of grease on the rafter. They will not land on the grease. Might seam like it would take a long time to do but you will be surprised how much you can get done in half an hour. I've had mine done for twenty two years now and it is still effective. That first application just may last forever.

rick1 · Mar 2, 2015

i have tried everything but the grease on the rafters.i have a battery operated one at work i might try that.chicken wire would probably work also or bite the bullet and put a cieling in it same sreel siding that the roof and sides are.i tried the plastic owl but it ended up with more crap on it than anything else.they have made a mess out of all of my hay equipment.
RICK

donjr · Mar 2, 2015

Sting a few strands of monofilament fishing line at random paths across the roofing areas. They can't see it and move on soon after hitting it a few times...

Wemedeeres · Mar 2, 2015

In my father in laws Morton buildings, Morton put some little things up on the rafters that look like a rod that's a foot of so long, it's actually a little trough you pour some liquid in called rid-a-bird. I don't know if you can even buy it any more chances are you can't, but when the birds would land on that rod the chemical would get on their feet and kill them, I don't know how long it takes but it sure cuts down on them flying around and crapping on everything in therei if your not in there for a few days.

showcrop · Mar 2, 2015

I had a stable hay customer who was having problems with birds. they tried all kinds of plastic scary things and electronics etc. but nothing worked until they put chicken wire under the joists. At our church we had crows wrecking the window screens. I put up the fishing line and they stopped.

Dick2 · Mar 3, 2015

Tried the owl and also a rubber snake; neither worked. The only thing that worked is to figure out a way to block all the openings that allows the birds to enter the building.

Use wood, metal strips, heavy rubber belting - whatever it takes to keep the birds from entering. Only open the doors when you are taking out or putting in equipment - don't leave the doors open for any length of time.

Buckeye · Mar 3, 2015

I put up this plastic bird netting under my trusses in this barn to keep birds from roosting. It is an open building that I keep and feed bulls in. It works very well.

RLH22 · Mar 3, 2015

I used to use a product called rid a bird it was a chemical you put on I perch it worked real good I don't know if its still around or not

Dan in North Houston · Mar 3, 2015

We tried the owl decoy with the motion sensor that makes it hoot and rotate its head. After about a month the birds built a nest beside it.

Mike M · Mar 3, 2015

Best thing I found is to get rid of sliding doors and go to overhead doors that seal up and keep them out.

Spudm · Mar 3, 2015

Same thing with the birds over here too. Sliding doors seem to be the culprit, however to change them to overhead doors with openers,require I lose at least 12-18 inches of height. Not sure what to do right now....

fixerupper · Mar 3, 2015

I don't have livestock anymore which helps a lot with the bird problem. I do have every building sealed up tight so no bird can get in. Took awhile but I got the job done. The Morton shed will get a few birds in the spring from under the doors so I keep a .22 loaded with bird shot stored in the corner. Its my spring sporting event.

Sparrows were figuring out the small chicken door and getting in the chicken house till the cats discovered a good way to get a mid-day snack is to sit by the chicken door after a sparrow has gone in.

Dave H (MI) · Mar 3, 2015

This is going to sound like a real smart a## response but I want to be clear up front that it is not intended that way. None of us here can see your barn or know 100% the situation. Only you can do that. So the solution to your problem is that (remember, not being a wiseguy here)...you have to be smarter than the birds.

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