QUOTE(ChanK @ Jul 13 2010, 09:56 PM)
15) THAT DVS HAS COME OUT WITH ONE METHOD WHEREBY THEY CAN MONITOR WHAT KEEPERS ARE DOING IN THEIR FARMS...IF THE KEEPERS DARE TO THROW EGGS AND HARVEST THE NESTS...THEY WILL KNOW!!!....USING THE RFID TECHNOLOGY.
Until and unless DVs intend to implement some of the nonsense in the GAHP ....abt tagging every bird, egg, chicks and nest.
This is utter stupidity. RFID technology, she knows not.
It's best she talks abt things she know about and not going off and sounding strange.
Please invite me when you start tagging your birds.
Get yourself a RFID reader and see if your birds are in your neighbour's house and your neighbour's in yours.
Since all are tagging their birds and traumatising their birds, they may just fly to mine cos' I will not be silly enuff to adhere to stupid guidelines.
Added on July 14, 2010, 10:53 amQUOTE(dragon's nest @ Jul 14 2010, 09:35 AM)
Thank you very much, tuckfook and west wing for your answers.
I want to report the result. My birdhouse has window-type entrance with metal spikes installed and I've installed the mercurial vapor floodlight yesterday and the result is : failure. The spikes can prevent only pigeons. The owl did NOT have to perch on anything, it just glided through the entrance, into the roving room, then to the nesting room, tried to grab the birds from their nests, scared them and chased them to the roving room and caught them there and, out , it went. So, the myths about perching before entering, the fear of bright light, the formidable electric zapper are just myths. Also, it did not fly low. It can go to the ceiling for the birds in their nests. So, now our options are fishing nest on the entrance after it went in (in this case our own birds are also at risk, and we have to be careful not to fall down too), or the automatic gate. Does anybody have other methods? Thank you.
If owls attack only at night, then drape the mist net over the entrance at night.
Dun wait until it has gone in, prevent it from getting in.
You can get fish jaring from fishing tackle shops for abt RM15 each of maybe 10m length.
Remove any anchor weights if the jaring comes with them.
Anchor 1 end of it from the roof and let it drop on it's own weight over the entrance else it will not collapse upon owl impact.
Cut it to app length , dun thik u will need the whole 10m.
Use 2 sticks to anchor it from the roof so it will be away from the entrance to prevent getting caught on anything that will prevent collapse
The holes comes in inches so you need to ask for the appropriate size, IMO 4in is a good overall size unless your owl is turkey size, the go for 6in.
They are very fine, even bats can't detect them.
Manually drop it to the ground upon catching owl.
I would thk your birds dun fly out at night to have a good time in town, so shd be bird safe.
For safety, get yourself a safety harness from any hardware store, cost less then RM100 for an elaborate set.
Get a good strong rope (also less than RM100) to anchor the harness. If you do slip and hanging by your rope and harness, how?
Make sure you dun drop yr hp when hanging over your BH wall
Maybe a helmet so you dun bang yrself silly?
If you are fit, you can rig the rope to rappell down the sides (that I dun know, may someone else can help with the rope catches for rappelling)
Good luck.
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