WHY FARMERS HATE CROWS!
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- In todays video i explain "Why do farmer hate crows?" They are a right pain in the A$$
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You mentioned growing up on a different farm. it would be interesting to have a farm history vlog one day. How your dad became a farmer, how you came about getting the farm you are in now. I would find that interesting, and I think others would also.
I was just about to say the same thing! Would make for a perfect Sunday vid👍
I think what he means is that the farm had a different layout to what it is now. Maybe wrong but that’s what I have interpreted
Clunk I can do a history of the farm I grew up on and how we got back to the main farm☺️
@@TomPembertonFarmLife yes please 😂
@@TomPembertonFarmLife We'd love to see that
Nice to see another video addressing a common farmer problem, I remember seeing an article in the farmers weekly last year on this topic talking about the use of clear plastic to wrap bales rather than the traditional black wrap. Apparently the effect was that the birds were then being scared off by their own reflection and therefore causing minimal damage to the crop, the other benefit was that this type of clear plastic could be recycled rather than paying to dispose of them. Saw some bales wrapped like this for the first time a couple of days ago in northern ireland so perhaps that could be a solution with added benefits to the environment.
A tarp prevents the crows pecking the bale learned this from experience .
In Arizona, all the farmers I know who grow hay are using the 3 x 4 x 8 bales. Not many mess around with round bales anymore. My brother builds the steel hay barns and they just stack them under the hay barn. Never seem to have any problems with that, except on occasion if there is a driving rain, sometimes the farmer will have him put a wall on the West side to keep it dry.
@@karozans willing to bet there is a tad more rain in england than arizona
@@MrBiggiefuckinsmalls Not much. Maybe double or triple. In Arizona we can get between 13 and 20 inches of rain depending on where you live. In the UK they get about 55 inches for average rainfall. However, in Arizona, we get all our rain in a 1 month span with very high winds. Several years ago a small town got 6 inches of rain in 2 hours. It was declared a natural disaster.
But I don't see how that is relevant. One rain can ruin hay.
Or a green silo sheet you use ontop of plastic one
in belgium we actually use white or light green wrapping, it doesn't completely fix the issue but we rarely have bales with holes in them
Never knew about the problem farmers could have with their bales- thanks for this video. I don’t like crows on my small land either.
I loved to climb my grandpa's haystack. On the 4th of July my aunties and I would climb up and spread a blanket and lay down and watch the fireworks. Good memories!
My neighbor use a green plastic mesh on their ag bags to keep the birds from pecking holes and it seems to work very well. Once the ag bag is empty they just put the mesh away till they chop next years crop
Refreshing to hear you talking an element of farming with nature and giving a bit of room. Nice one
Smear a couple pumps of grease on each bale on top of the stack and they’ll stay away
Or sump oil. This also helps with stopping kids climbing on them.
The bale plastic is much thicker on the short sides. Put them upright and your problem will be more or less solved 😉 we put them on that side as soon as we are done making them. We only have 2-3 bad ones a year and we make a lot.
but then is it worth buying a different attachment and flipping them over and most likely ripping then
Crows still peck though we stand them upright, and still have a problem.
pokrdotbkini then put a net over them, we make around 3000 a year and almost never have that issue
FarmerDrama how about a little muscle power 😉 if this girl can do it so can you. If you don’t have the power, there is a simpel tool that flips them over without tearing them.
stalanamcara if you can push your silage bales over by hand you really should get another baler operator
Hey Tom and everyone reading this comment, on our farm we hate crows how we put up with them is bale net to put on the bales. I hope this will help.
I just wish I had Tom's energy. I know I'm older but I will take half at this point. Love the videos but the cows are still the star😁
We have crows at the school I work at. They’ve figured out how to open kids lunchboxes 😅 school bags stay out side in port racks and it’s pretty common to see a murder of crows attempt to break into the school bags for the lunches.
In the Netherlands we put a wooden owl or a other natural enemie. It works pretty good. The only thing you've to do: move the owl sometimes.
Same here. For our. Garden.
all your videos are magic Tom , just keep doing them & i bet im not the only one who waits for the next one to go air-side !!! Hows that tom , woffling on a bit eh keep at it tom , all the best ................................................
I actually really enjoyed the convo or waffling as u call it at the end.. Never heard about farmers setting aside a small section for wildlife so they dont bother the stuff they dont want them to. smart.. interesting chat!
Top tip for that put grease on top of the bales and then then they won’t touch them
the grease will melt
Try grease on the loader sounds like it needs it badly
Tom, if you thought the bale was gross, can you imagine what the cattle thought of it, I can nearly smell it from here. I used to paint ‘sod Off RAF’ and crosses on the rest. We used to get seriously low flying fighter jets practising going under the radar.. I used to occasionally climb over the bales and tape any damage. It was worth the effort.
Hi Tom he have had some green net to cover the bales put 2 tires underneath it then the sheet and one or two tires on top and they can’t thought them we use it to stop pheasants as we live in the middle of a shoot also good on our silage clamp . There a good job I would recommend them
Solution to crow problem: u should paint circles with dots in the middle to represent and eye it should work because it helps us with ales not been poked.
fillys 0nions yeah that doesn’t work
Ya no
Get grease from ur local farm shop, it's made to put on it
Aidan Ryan nah grease might corode the plastic and it will be so messy and greasy in the winter feeding bales with grease all over them
@@aidanryan8956 let us know if that works
Hi Tom love ur videos I’m really interested in ur farm shop would love a video on the milk process and the butchery part of the shop keep up the good work
The “even id munch on it.” Got me. 😂😂😂😂
@6:52
Tom "My girlfriends going to love me!"
Me could help but think of days gone by saying "SMELL MY FINGERS!" 🤣🤣
@7:43 as you are talking about keeping the corvids under control you get a raptor (peregrine or sparrowhawk) flying over your left shoulder in the background, looks like it had pushed up a pigeon or two.
We found the white on black just gave them a target, x marks the spot and they don't miss. Netting works great. Quick, clean and reusable. Just my 50 cent worth. Great videos keep em coming.
I feel the same way about badgers! They dig up your garden and scoff loads of our fruit a veg 😡
Not to mention super spreaders of TB amongst outside cattle.
Skunks also destroy gardens.
Ben Pattinson you need to do your research my friend there is no scientific proof that badgers pass on TB. That’s an old farmers wives tale so they can carry on killing them just like they shoot anything with 4 legs and class it as a pastime
@@reeslodge24 😂😂😂you’re joking right? You do accept that badgers carry TB I assume? And that they roam across grass fields doing their natural business on the grass? Grass That the cows then eat.
@@reeslodge24 www.tbfreeengland.co.uk/faqs/
Direct transmission can happen, e.g. through nose to nose contact. There is also evidence that indirect transmission is possible, e.g. through contact with saliva, urine, droppings, pus from abscesses, etc. We know bovine TB is transmitted from cattle to cattle; from badgers to cattle and cattle to badgers; and badger to badger.
I love the waffle. It really interesting and you give us a lot of information that create the bigger picture.
The rule with bread is if you can see mold on it then there is spores, or those tiny “roots” it makes, in the rest of it... don’t know if the same is true for hay but at a person with no experience in the field that would be my worry.
Wait what
You can’t just eat around the mould?
@@ellisberry8747 No, the mycelium is usually a lot deeper than the fruiting body you can see on the outside. You shouldn't eat any part of bread that has mold, some other foods can still be safe.
oops 😀
@@ellisberry8747 Yeah I think we have all done it, most of the time it is harmless but there is a few strains of mold that can do serious damage to your body or get you tripping, so just try to avoid eating any of it.
why did i start laughing when he said "ooh a bin liner" 1:58 hahah
Love how your guys are working with the wildlife!!
I never mind waffling. Also love waffles. Especially if you add a little vanilla and blueberries......yeah. Now i just made myself hungry! Have a good one!
Why don't you cover your bales with a massive tarp and issue is solved Bro.
In Arizona, all the farmers I know who grow hay are using the 3 x 4 x 8 bales. Not many mess around with round bales anymore. My brother builds the steel hay barns and they just stack them under the hay barn. Never seem to have any problems with that, except on occasion if there is a driving rain, sometimes the farmer will have him put a wall on the West side to keep it dry.
@Aussie Chunda yeah i was about to say.. how do you keep water out, but you corrected yourself..
Hello Tom from USA I'm Tina I live in West Plains Missouri and I love your videos and your dad is so sweet
We put net over our bales to stop the crows
Is it name a clone Jesus
We had to do that last year because they peked the bails and tape them up
Same
Would using a different color wrap help?
@@Tanrenth We have a very light green, and also blue color wrap and have to say we never have crows picking the bales. Also it is better to stack the bales on their flat sides
Had to read this several times as I kept reading the title as Why farmers hate cows and was so confused 😂 I got there in the end 🤦♂️😂😂
You're a natural Tom. Keep up the good work!
When I used to make baled silage I always used to put a fine mesh plastic net over the heap. That stopped damage from Crows and also Starlings which was a much bigger problem in those days (1980 until the mid 1990,s). The net usually lasted for 2 or 3 seasons as long as we were careful to fold it as we used the bales.
put scaffolding net on the bales and the crows aren’t able to land on them
We suspend net over our si/haylage bales to stop that happening
Hello Tom, you can place pit cover over the bales. The material is realy strong. And they don't get trough.
Great video Tom. Yes the crows see big bales and think as you said oh grub lets peck. We had this problem a few years back till we changed to white plastic. Never had a mother crow peck since. We also stack them end up now that helps to. Keep them coming Tom
Telly needs a wee lube up but grate vid we pure green sheets over it hope they don’t poke holes in the wrap but we can only do our bit and they can always peck holes in it hat rats in it cuz we didn’t put stone down so didn’t make that mistake again we always learn grate vid keep them coming
We stick our bakes on their ends. The wrap is thicker at the flat ends. We used to paint our bales a few years ago to try deter them but it also stops people stealing them because rewrapping a bale aint worth it.
Sorry about crows but I love how you have a! tool for every job! New day new adventure!
When you cut the plastic off the bad bale, I swear I could smell that silage juice .
I'll bet you can still smell it on your hands now.
I thought it was eggs
Did anyone else gag when he rung out the hay? Lol. Love your video man!!
Poked by Crows is my favorite band.
Putting old tyres on top of the top bale of a stack can help, crows will usually land on the highest point, even better, drape a big bale net over the top (With the tyres on). 25 meter by 8 meter rolls are under £50 and will cover 150 bales... Crows cant touch them. 🙂👍
My dad just shoots the buggers 🤣🤣
@@jckaos9869 your great for farmer P.R. and you sound very intelligent. Not!
@@mrsgbee8246 I shoot the buggers too, but never seem to get them all!!!!🤔🤣
We put tarps over them and tie them down good. We also don't put our bales directly on the ground. They are on top of double stacked plastic pallets. That is because we get so much rain here that we do NOT want them sitting around in puddles. Cover them with a tarp, stack them off the ground: issue solved.
Tom it’s nice to see how Covids don’t just effect game farming but dairy as well. That is real money and I feel for you. People not in agriculture don’t understand how animals can have a massive effect on your business
What? When dealing with animals, animals can have massive affects on ur business?🤯 who would know thanks for stating it🤯🤯
How very true ! Who would have thought that releasing 57 million game birds into the countryside wouldn’t have an effect.That having no berries wouldn’t have an effect.That finding 5 buzzards and 5 egret....poisoned/shot,in3 yrs wouldn’t have an effect. Do ever stop to think about the “people not in agriculture” subsidising your “business” with £3 billion+ all the tax exemptions,the £100 million compensation for TB,the fields used car boots,camp sites,grazing your ponies........with all your subsidies,what don’t we have to import ?
@@mikehutchison4892
Hi Mike, I’m not in agriculture but I live in the countryside and have been brought up understanding how the countryside works. I agree that any protected bird that is persecuted the people who do this should be prosecuted but like any community there will always be some bad apples. With regards to game birds have you every really understood the amount of conservation that goes on within the shooting community, these birds are fed grain so they don’t need to eat berries. I don’t get subsidies in the profession I work in and I pay my taxes to support these, but you have to look at the bigger picture that farmers are the custodians of the countryside and if they need some financial help with that then I’m ok with it.
Corvids* COVID can have a big impact on business, but it is Corvids.
That bale is mainly good for filtering solids from effluent, or bulking up high N compost.
Tom you need a tanco bale shear....best Investment if you are feeding plenty of bales....no hassle cutting/collecting plastic & netting when feeding and works well with diet feeders
get some white spray paint and spray white crosses or squiggly lines onto them, we've done it the past two year on our farm and there hasn;t been any holes in our silage bales since try it out if you want to.
A certain well known pest disposal firm does a deterrent which comes in sealant type containers which you can apply with a sealant type gun. It contains peppers and various irritants , the said birds walk on this if it's applied normally in an s type pattern. When they take off they retract their feet into their usual nether regions resulting in them burning their teds off. Net result is they don't tend to come back for a while due to the experience. Pros - might be preferable to shooting - keep conservationists happy/ farms located near built up areas etc. Cons will need the odd top now and again. Regards all.
Hi Tom, for those of us that don't know a lot about the machinery used on farms, could you do a guide video of what each one does from start to finish? EG starting with the mowers and then all the way until you feed the cows? Cheers from Australia!
What a mess those crows made!!! I was thinking putting canvas over the bales so those birds couldn't get their beaks through the plastic covers. But, maybe with canvas over the pile, it might get too hot and spoil anyway. I had no idea that crows would pick the bales like that. I like that you put the bales in the round feeders and we got to see what the cows did with the bales in the feeders. There was waste but not as much as I thought there might be after seeing the silage water come out of the bottom. Interesting as always!
Tom the word is silage effluent
Hi Tom, Im very young farmer from Czech Republic. I'm helping my dad on our family farm with cows and on Field. And I wont to do something like you showing peaple how farmer's are needed in this world how we feed them. Any tips for start. I won't start doing them now but after high school. Thanks for any tips.
It would be interesting to see how methods in Czech Republic compare with those in UK and other countries. Wish you the best.
Do it now
1 Video a month is enough start slowly
Your skid steer operator skills are A1
Just watched Schmee driving in a convoy of 5 Ferrari’s now watching you on an old Manitou feeding smelly bales 😂😂
We stack on the ends put a big white letter on them as a marker to say what field they are from and then we net the lot. We sell the stable yards so they have to be looked after
Feeding the cows the rotting feed leads to infection with hematitis
That reminds me lol. A net is the only thing to keep them away.
I hope your nets are bat friendly. Farmers should like bats because of all the insects they eat, right?
Linda Workman so you’d put a tyre on the bales and a net rests on that so it does not affect bat’s or birds, they just can’t pick on the cover as theirs a barrier, it’s not to get them stuck in it which would be cruel of course.
Another great informative video. Why don't you cover the hay bales with heavy duty tarpaulins? It would be great to have the hay bales wrapped in thick recyclable plastic bags, thst are vacuumed and have a heavy duty zip lock to be opened & closed easily.
As someone who knows 0 about agriculture this is so interesting!
Who knew farmers had issues with crows. I always thought scarecrows were a myth. Always learning something new on your channel!
Plaster the top of the bale with grease and that will stop them. We do that to our bales stacked in the yard and not one hole made by crows. The shine off the grease stops them plus they are terrified of getting grease on their feathers.
My four year old son loves your videos! He puts on a hat and grabs his toy cow and tractor and pretends he's Tom talking to a pretend camera lol
I would say about you’re hedges cutting then so they don’t get tall and thin can be better as small birds like thicker hedges for nesting so really you just need a balance between uncut hedges for berries and tighter cut ones for nesting
We place 1 car tyre on top of top bales when stacked.works a treat.and we dispose of crows every week to keep numbers down
Tom mate. You could change the colour of your wrap colour and it stops them. We use a light green colour plastic wrap and the don’t touch them
Set aside sounds like a good idea. Good luck with the crows. Thank you for sharing.😷👍
Crows are very smart, you got to appreciate that a little.
I feel your pain.......we invested in some very heavy duty tarps works well, no crow pecking though there, we just have to figure out how to stop the bears ripping bales open...... 🐻🐻
Crows are hard to deal with because they are extremely intelligent. They actually have the mental capacity of a 5 to 7 year old child. They learn quickly. They can even learn to talk and be conversant, understanding what words mean and understanding context. They can be taught tricks. So, with that in mind, you could train those Crows to stay away from the bales. You can bribe them with Shiney stuff. They love things that glitter. They most like want the straw for nesting material. If they find bugs in the bale, thats a bonus. You might try setting aside a bale just for the Crows. Hang beads and bottle caps, bits of foil, They love bits of foil, all around "their" bale. So they get rewarded for poking that bale and no reward for poking the others.
In Sweden ve often use white or light green wrap and we do not have to much pokes in our bales
tall hedge will always be gappy in the bottom but lay the hedges and will thicken up and be stock proof
.243 works a treat!
Here in sweden we use ligheter colors on the plastic to avodi crows
Awesome keeps the eco system continuing very responsible farm management thanks tom your video's always teach and are so cool to watch 👍💕😍
Fishing line from the top of the shed to the wall, and hang old cds on swivels, no crows! It kept them out of our chook pens and gardens
I get the boom looked at ..i really don't like that cracking 😕 👍
You see your silage drum on the telihandler at the beginning when you are talking about the crows? Yeah you should always keep them closed if you aren’t using them, you could trip and fall into the attachment
Nice driving Tom you are a class act.
on this small farm in west by god virginia we leave the crows alone...we want them around, they keep the hawks and owls away....and coyotes they seem to follow the coyotes around...so they are kinda a natural defence..
What we do to keep crows of the bales is white paint round bales like paint and x on it allbrpund the bale,. I love ur videos so much
You could also solve the crow problem by covering the bales with some sort of sheet, perhaps an old lorry sheet, Ian on "A farming life for me", covers his bales to stop the crows with some sort of cover, problem solved without harm to any animals or birds :-) (Just Do it)
Silage effluent is the water that comes from the bales. I know you probably know but just couldbnt think of it in front of the camera!
Put one squirt of grease on your bales, works great
I'm no farmer but what you said about wrapping bales in white plastic seams a good idea.Can't you arrange to use white with the company that does the wrapping for you??
Got to love crows.... .....NOT! bit off topic but noticed your manitou is a little creaky. Iv started using jcd blue grease. Originally used it on a custumers relatively modern jcb because we were struggling to stop the rear jib pivot and axle pivot creaking. Made a real difference and is only a little dearer than standard grease
Not only a good farmer,but a good entertainer/presenter
Hey Tom the hoof gp sent me. I’m from Australia and I’m impressed cheers
Love your talk about to combine happy cows and happy wildelife. Mooore of that and your work whit that!
Im a milkfarmer to (in Gotland) and we do a lots of work for the wildlife 🙂
I hate crows too! When I was at Epcot, in Florida, the crows were stealing ketchup bags from the outside vendors.
We store our bales standing (on the round part) and we never had probles since.
Even if we leave them on the fields until the next day.
If u leave them laying they have holes within hours.
Maybe it helps u a bit aswell
We put yellow or green spray paint on the bails to deter them and it work better without paint
Heard you on the BBC worldservice, made me smile a lot! Grts from Belgium
They are also experts at picking out all the corn from the cow creep.
We just refer to it as the mobile crow feeder now.
you have enough room for pipe arches pvc or steel then woven wire fences rolled across and attached with screws and large washers .