Strategy for Starlings?

[nate77]

Since it got cold starlings have decided to roost in my chicken coop, and crap on everything including my chickens.

1 or 2 at a time with the pellet gun isn’t cutting it. Suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Claymore. Lots and lots of BBs... All at once... Very very fast

 

[Kdf101]

When I was a kid, my grandparents strategy was to hand a BB gun to each grandkid, with instructions to only shoot starlings.

 

[Remington 90T]

My first shotgun shooting was pigeons in the barn. We picked up the smallest soybeans we could find in the bin and grandad would load the 12-gauge shells with them. great fun and never damaged the roof.

 

[Leadeye]

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[johntheplinker]

Have you tried one of the owl or hawk "scarecrows" they sell in farm stores? I've seen some that the head will slowly move so they look more realistic and I know you'll need to move it around else they'll get used to it.

 

[chuckp]

Ever try a 22lr smoothbore shotgun? They are great for shooting indoors. I have shot many of rodents indoors with it. Its like shooting sand and with enough distance will do little to no damage past the intended target.

 

[Magyars]

I have a single shot 20 ga. With a 410/45 Colt insert. Make my own or buy 45C shotshells.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Do you have a door on your coop. Shut that and make your own crime scene Mafia style

 

[Pepi]

I've got a Scoped Beeman R7 177 that will smash starlings all day long

 

[tmschuller]

Group effort! Some bread on the ground to keep them close and then Bonnie and Clyde them.. then burn them all afterwards. I hate starlings.

 

[patience0830]

Seal any opening they can use to enter. If you can enter the coop after dark and there is room to swing a raquetball racket . . . . well. Grab any that remain on their perch by hand and pull their little heads off. Raquet the fluttering vermin that remain. Build a repeating trap when nesting begins.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Seal any opening they can use to enter. If you can enter the coop after dark and there is room to swing a raquetball racket . . . . well. Grab any that remain on their perch by hand and pull their little heads off. Raquet the fluttering vermin that remain. Build a repeating trap when nesting begins.

Only thing I could picture reading this.

 

[Hkindiana]

The French just eat them

 

[Mij]

Dag gum things are like mice in the winter, barn or coop, let us know if you find a good way to keep them out.

 

[nate77]

Wish I had clear shooting lanes around my crabapple tree, that tree is loaded with them. Guess they have it all here, food, shelter, and water from my chicken waterer.

 

[ghuns]

I have several old outbuildings that aren't well sealed, but I've never had winter starlings.

In the spring, they take up residence in the maple trees surrounding our deck and porch. It's really amazing how smart those things get after you start shooting. If I'm feeling sporting, I get out Grandpa's 20Ga Wingmaster. If I just want them gone, 12ga 3-1/2 turkey loads to their nests.

 

[yetti462]

They are very smart and wise up quick. I battled them until I sealed up their entrance.
One would roost up in a tall poplar and watch for me. They even changed their pattern to flying in at night after I left my sniper station.

 

[nate77]

They are very smart and wise up quick. I battled them until I sealed up their entrance.
One would roost up in a tall poplar and watch for me. They even changed their pattern to flying in at night after I left my sniper station.

No way I’m sealing up my old 1800’s barn, I’ve never had them before hopefully they move on after the cold snap.

 

[bobjones223]

Ever try a 22lr smoothbore shotgun? They are great for shooting indoors. I have shot many of rodents indoors with it. Its like shooting sand and with enough distance will do little to no damage past the intended target.

What is the effective range on the smooth bore 22?