keeping birds out of shed

mosi nee dave · Apr 10, 2011

How do I keep birds from nesting in my pole shed?trying to keep doors closed but hard to do seeing its the shop.Thinking of getting a plastic owl and mounting next to door?

Paul from MI · Apr 10, 2011

Tried lots of stuff, hung plastic sheets from trusses, fishing line, etc. Nothing worked. Let me know if you figure it out.

47farmallM · Apr 10, 2011

pellet gun

Anonymous-0 · Apr 10, 2011

Destroy the nests, they will go somewhere else, at least my Swallows did.

john *.?-!.* cub owner · Apr 10, 2011

Pieces of tape from a VHS cassette unwound and either stapled at door ways or tied around rafters work great. They shine in the light, and are so light even a breath of wind so faint you cannot fell it on your faces causes them to move and wiggle. birds won't come anywhere near them. The only time they will not work is if the birds are already actively nesting, then they will come in no matter what unless you remove the nest and smear a little grease where it was. They will NOT come in to start one in a new location though.

showcrop · Apr 11, 2011

A hay customer tried everything over the course of probably ten years then had wire screening put up to undersides of trusses.

workhorse · Apr 11, 2011

I moved a couple cats into my warehouse, and the birds moved out

Nancy Howell · Apr 11, 2011

Hang plastic snakes. Birds were destroying all my peaches until I hung some plastic snakes in the trees.

sotxbill · Apr 11, 2011

Tried hanging a cat from the trusses and my wife got mad.. Cat wasnt too happy either. The cat kept getting loose and leaving. Now the cat wont rub against my leg and let me pet it anymore. Guess at least some good came out of it.

DoubleR · Apr 11, 2011

I tried about everything mentioned except for the casset tape hanging. About 5 years ago a wild (female) cat moved into the barn. Not long after the birds all moved out. I have not seen a mouse or a rat since either. I keep about 5 of the cats around now and feed them enough dollar store cat food to still keep them from getting lazy. I did have to build a ramp out of the livestock tank as a couple slipped and fell in getting a drink of water when the tank got down a little. They have lots of hay and straw to keep warm in the winter and they always have steer feed if they get too hungry. Never liked cats too well but they do a good job for me.

Adirondack case guy · Apr 11, 2011

My Friend that ownes this CNH Dealership had bigtime problems with birds pooing all over everything in this storage and display building that I built for him. We boxed in the top plates, and stretched bird netting under all the truss structure, so there was no place for them to roost and build nests overhead. They still get the ocasional bird that lands on the equipment, but the machines arn't covered with poo any more.

Inno · Apr 11, 2011

Cats........at least two of 'em. The two we have make a heck of a team.

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