HOW TO GET RID OF STARLINGS!!! DIRTY BAST#*^S

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6 ай бұрын

In today’s video we are going to war with the starlings the dirty birds that make a mess of the place every year. We setup a banger which is our main battle plan against the starlings to keep them out of the yard. We also explain a few things about the birds and bit about the wildlife
Hope you enjoy, any questions hit me down in the comments below, thanks for watching! G'Luck
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@gerrybrown 6 ай бұрын

You are clearly a magnet for the birds Phil!

@albert12322 6 ай бұрын

Please can you give some history on your Castle. I've seen you mention it before and again today and would love to know more. Merry Christmas to everyone and keep making the great videos Phil.

@marianpradler1479 6 ай бұрын

Hi Phil. In my Yard are also Starlings. But never ever that Mount of this little Bast.... As I started my Holstein Bulls Operation the Problem became bigger and bigger, as like as in your Yard. My Veterinaryan told me to put some cheap LED Bulps into the Shed's with a electric clock to shine all night Long and to feed the Cattle by Coffee Time (16:00 roundabout). Bulls not really Day active If they good the Chance to. My Bulls eating all night Long and are sleeping Most of 70% of the Day. Starlings no longer a real issue. There's never really the Chance to eat and crap cause some Bulls searching for the rests and if they get fed. Everywhere Bulls at the Barrier. Then it gets dark and Starlings going up in the trees. Try feeding later and put night Lights in the Shed's. Greetings from a Holstein Beef Cattle Farmer from Western Germany

@fergalgriffin3960 6 ай бұрын

You could use windbreaker mesh to close off the shed with doors? Have it like a curtain that could open when feeding. Rolls of it are cheap enough

@alt8120 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas and a happy new year to everyone at the Steward farm xx

@user-ow4nn8pp4t 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas and a happy new year to everyone at the Steward farm

@paddy294 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas thanks for your videos and keeping us entertained

@denis-mf3cx 6 ай бұрын

Hope you and all the family have a great Christmas.

@sandymcghee3328 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year farmer Phil hope you and all the family have a great Christmas 🥳🥳🥳

@ghostrider7688 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Phil , Liv and all the family 🙏🏼

@stephenaubrey4041 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Phil , Liv and all the family, from Western Australia

@martingibbs9277 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you all and a very happy new year. 🍾🍾

@ciaransmith5825 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to all the family 🎄🎅

@diggerdave.6587 5 ай бұрын

I worked on a dairy farm when I was younger. We had a local learning difficulties guy who would spent all day every day walking around the units letting off a 22 blank firing pistol, it seemed to work as he was on the move all the time.

@keithwalker5392 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Farmer Phil and all your family, look forward to 2024

@bigben6655 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to all the family Phil have a good one cheers my man.

@marklynch8291 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and happy New year Phil and family

@danielcooke7911 6 ай бұрын

Kites can make them bugger off, but gotta love a banger! Happy Christmas Farmer Phil and Father Phil, Your amazing wife and Bro, everyone one an All! 🎉🎉🎉

@davidrichardson7656 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas farmer Phil and all the family 🎄

@kevinryan3475 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to you all in co Longford

@patkelly7999 6 ай бұрын

Great stuff Phil, Merry Christmas to Ye All, and Thank You👌👍🙏🎅🌲🙂

@philipfitz7713 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to you all have a good one 🎉

@lesterhertel2945 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Thank you for the wonderful video 😊😊😊😊😊

@VelEire_ 6 ай бұрын

Only way we solved the issue of bird dirt in the feed was stop using the Keenan. Threw silage out in blocks and scattered ration ontop… take the shoulders out of ya going shaken out buckets of meal again… but they weren’t long disappearing about a month and the yard was as good as clear

@tomgreene1843 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to all in Longford!

@barrymallon9373 6 ай бұрын

Great vid. Happy Christmas to u and the family phill

@petelamps6055 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and family, all the best in the new year phil. Those birds are a blood curse

@andrewwebb2691 6 ай бұрын

Merry christmas

@farmerslife2612 6 ай бұрын

That was a great video farmer Phil Happy Christmas

@deanbrennan3380 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas phil and a happy New year 👍

@paulnewman2115 6 ай бұрын

Well done Phil brilliant video thanks

@Will-qc9xh 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas phil

@padraigking5185 6 ай бұрын

Good stuff

@user-or8yz8by4l 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄 (class video)

@bernardobrien2196 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to all the family Phil really enjoy your videos keep up the good work all the best for 2024

@andrewfreer5797 6 ай бұрын

Like it how you caught one and are using it as a microphone.

@annielane6018 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. Try to get some R & R and family time. Much love from Launceston , Cornwall. 🎄🎅🐄🐄🚜🐷😍😍🤩🤩

@jameswilson9142 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas good luck with the starlings they are hard to shift 🎉

@philipmartin7176 6 ай бұрын

Happy christmas Phil and father Phil and liv and family you have come a long long way from the video of the 165 in the old shed next the dung stead ive been following your journey from the start keep up the good work and all the very best in 2024 🌲🎉😉👌🇮🇪

@annielane6018 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas and New Year. Try to get a little R & R . Enjoy your family time. Maybe we'll see some improvement in the weather. Hopefully next year will be better than this. Much love, from Launceston, Cornwall . 😍🚜🍻🐄🍾🎄🚜🎅🎶✨✨🎄🕊🎅🙏🙏

@johnsweeney1712 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Enjoy your Christmas and good luck in 2024. Keep up the good work.

@kt3537 6 ай бұрын

Merry Xmas 🤠🎄

@farmerfiachraagrivideos 6 ай бұрын

Great video Phil the mics improve the videos so much well done 👍

@adrianshjadesheehan9991 6 ай бұрын

Were plagued with crows they shite everywhere happy Xmas to ye all Phil tks for all the enjoyment ye bring us Stewart family top class

@joepowdely 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy new 24 . A friend of mine has a diary farm he has a family of semi wild cats in the yard he half feeds them to keep around it seems to work for him .

@kevinveinotte3454 6 ай бұрын

We are also plagued with starlings-year round. They are a non-native invasive species over here. Somebody released a handful during a Shakespeare reading in New York and now we have billions. They have displaced the native bird species and do so much damage around farms. Kevin from Nova Scotia--"across the pond"

@DAZ28111 6 ай бұрын

Aye, good 👍 luck with the bandits🐦 🐦‍⬛ There can be very annoying Best wishes to you and your family's for 2024🎉

@cdemo1186 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas Philip,and all the Steward family. 🎅

@gerardbonus5354 6 ай бұрын

Interesting observation about the Crows vs Starlings. Last year's birdwatch showed and over all decline in all birds, with Starlings nearing dangerous low levels. Merry Christmas.

@garymadden2656 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all 👌

@DinnyVaughan-qp9ut 6 ай бұрын

Fair play for leaving the hedges uncut, birds and all sorts of wildlife thrive in that type of environment,it a huge problem in Ireland to many hedges cut back every year leaving nothing for wildlife

@TerriblyNice_Not 6 ай бұрын

Putting up owl boxes might help eventually. I also wonder what the impact of going too hard on the birds would be with insects. You can't really push one thing down in nature and it not pop up something else in its place

@markryan6578 6 ай бұрын

Hedgerows only produce food on the second year of growth thats why if cutting hedges, cut half of them every second year. Merry Christmas to all.

@MagnumCamNZ 6 ай бұрын

Damn sky rat's! We have issue's every spring with them in shed's and they get under bonnets of tractor's etc. 17min for the lil sods to build a nest under a bonnet here in New Zealand. Merry xmas team 🍻🚜🐂🐶🔧🇳🇿

@patodwyer721 6 ай бұрын

Nice one Phil Maybe you need a hawk or something to scare off the starlings Happy Christmas Phil and family

@davidh6543 6 ай бұрын

Maybe a stupid idea but would it be possible to lay your hands on a captive bred Kestrel or even a barn owl, set up a roost box in the castle. Would help keep the mice down too.

@Dermot501 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas Farmer Phil & Family🎄Thanks for all the videos this year 📹🚜🛠🐂All the best for 2024👍

@timizod8966 6 ай бұрын

Hey Phil thanks for all the videos this year, we will look forward for all your videos 2024. A very happy Christmas to all the Stewart family.

@684ih4 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Phil and family, bangers are only effective when used in conjunction with shooting, as you can't shoot starlings I can't see it working. The other most common birds in and around yards are usually sparrows which I expect are the flocks of small birds you are seeing. Look up China's attempt to wipe out sparrows in 1958,( not drawing a comparison with your banger 😄) but not the result they hoped for.

@johnsutherland6322 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas phill they birds a a bloody horrible nightmare

@robertgraham6053 6 ай бұрын

I guess the small birds at the spilt grain are Chaffinch, Greenfinch and Goldfinches may be some House Sparrows there too. Your over grown hedges are there safe heaven for nests and food. The Tits family don't generally eat seeds. I agree the Sterling's are a right pest. I grown Swedes to feed the sheep Phil and the weeds that grow in the swede field . Feeds thousands of wee finches , redpolls and Siskins. Nice to do a bit for the wee birds. 👍🏼have a good Christmas down there from up here in Ballymena

@OdhranGoulding-jr1er 6 ай бұрын

We got a few cats and since we have I’ve not seen a mouse rat or any birds in our yard just taught it might help

@DannyRice01 6 ай бұрын

Phil I know the dogs would hate it but a half dozen cats about the yard would be a help! In Australia 2 million wild birds are killed a day by domestic house cats apparently- no clue who counted them. Maybe a second banger on the other side of the farm too on the new stone pad? Ye could also put chicken wire up on some of your shed entrances and over doorways instead of sheet tin and keep them closed. The more difficult it is to fly in and out the more cautious they will be. A very merry Christmas to you and your family!

@FARMERPHIL3690 6 ай бұрын

Dogs have us without cats😅 so I don’t think that would work😂

@HootMaRoot 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family. We had a massive problem with bird flu this year in the western Isles of Scotland, many of the egg producers had to cull their hens and when I was out on rivers and lochs fishing I had never seen so many dead seagulls in my life and the majority of the year hens had to be kept under netting/indoors as not to mix with wild birds

@michaelcoffey8008 6 ай бұрын

Wonder if u put feed out for them somewhere that is easier for them to feed they might leave cattle feed alone an eco friendly way maybe

@VelEire_ 6 ай бұрын

Nah tried it myself. Field was just littered with crows

@stubuddle5561 6 ай бұрын

A very merry Christmas to You and all the Stewart Family. Keep up the great videos 🍺🍺🍺

@massey420 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas Philip,and all the Steward and thanks for all the videos over the year

@michaelstaunton1632 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to ye all there now & thanks for all the great content in 2023 👊👊👊

@DianeD862 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you Farmer Phil and liv and Father Phil and Mammy Phil and everyone in your family.Suppose your have a great weekend and see you soon.💟💟💟🥳🥳🥳🥰🤩🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩

@tommurphy3544 6 ай бұрын

Sparrow hawk scares them off

@rhysgavin4255 6 ай бұрын

Hi Phil I was just wondering what is the story with the tear up mower sitting beside the dead Ash tree

@FARMERPHIL3690 6 ай бұрын

Works but has many problems

@philipmcdowell5282 6 ай бұрын

I for once feel like an expert here as i have been tormented with starlings in my sheds for years, i tried the predator bird speakers, balloons and kites and owls and a flashing light that made my parlour look like a night club.i now just the odd day put the bird caller on as they just get beaver and use to things but the best ive found is i bought a powerful blue laser on ebay for 100 quid carry that with me and they scarper better than if i made a loud bang or anything.god i hate them so much, i probably scared mine off to go to your place, sorry 😂

@FirstnameLastname-qe3ry 6 ай бұрын

I mind when i was 10, i was running around the yard with a tin whistle, putting my lungs to the limit screaming the thing off scaring birds. It worked until i was told off and laughed at

@oliver69cork46 6 ай бұрын

Why not put on roll down nets at the entrance to the building, had maize and crows and starlings were unbelievable. Put up a roller mechanism which rolled up and down netting,problem over. Admire your environmental consciousness about the ash trees,well done.

@user-rw2um8ro2p 6 ай бұрын

Great video Phil my grandfather hated the starlings dirty dirty birds a very happy Christmas to you and your family thanks for all the videos over the year

@richardparkinson8651 6 ай бұрын

Merry Xmas to you and your family ❤

@brendanbannon78 6 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work, Philip. Merry Christmas

@michealdeering4194 6 ай бұрын

Will you be doing a video looking back on 2023?

@brendatutor2781 4 ай бұрын

I watch I farm we farm and he plays a radio with mostly talking to keep birds away

@redhat4249 6 ай бұрын

Ask the dairy farmers to user Murray gray bulls on the cow's...... it's a amazing cross easy birth size rapid growth rates. On dairy and beef animals ie Jersey and Hereford cattle good convention of feed. I have pictures and market I think still have recorded the sale prices, my dad was a beef farm with sucklers and did dairy handreared

@FARMERPHIL3690 6 ай бұрын

Never heard of that breed before

@barrett2288 6 ай бұрын

The TMR is part of the problem. We used to fed meal in a TMR but were tortured with starlings and moved back to feeding twice daily at the trough. How much meal per head are you feeding? Could you make twice daily meal supplementation work?

@FARMERPHIL3690 6 ай бұрын

We don’t have the feed space to work without tmr

@sjuckan1985 6 ай бұрын

Best 1 i keep them away yet was 1 of them disco lights, it had small red & green dots spinning around & moving about & it kept them away 🤷🏻🤷🏻😂

@olliehegarty504 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to e all Phil and a happy new year. Have a good one from ollie that's in lanzarote for Christmas 😂😂😂

@TheGazmurphy 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas

@RetireMentalityChallenged 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas! If you could find a way to make the banger operate on demand using a sensor of some sort or at the least make it more random. Lack of regularity will slow down the adjustment process for the birds and stretch out that period.

@davidkeprt9433 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas 🎄

@homesweethome6583 6 ай бұрын

You're correct and smart not cut back the hedgerows , cows and calves lie down under them at night and bad weather and heatwaves

@michaelcoffey8008 6 ай бұрын

That's a shitty video 😂😂😂thank you Philip for all your great videos hope u and liv n family enjoy the Christmas looking forward to more in new year

@philipgill4391 6 ай бұрын

What's the story with the mower out the back of the shed? Is the bed gone ?

@jackoflaherty495 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas!!! 🎄

@frankcasey1673 6 ай бұрын

Great videos Phil happy Christmas 🎄

@markyoull6744 6 ай бұрын

great video all the best have good one

@user-eh4il5dq2y 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to you ❤❤

@williedunne6015 6 ай бұрын

Are thay unveted starlings

@kennethalcorn7104 6 ай бұрын

Lead works

@seantormey3531 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to you and your family.

@patrickmartin7688 6 ай бұрын

What about playing a tape of their predators, like a peregrine falcon,most birds are terrified of them,

@thomaskilpatrick8531 6 ай бұрын

Our border collie hates birds with a passion, won't let them land if he's about

@irvenrathburn9421 6 ай бұрын

Good video Phil, I hope you can get the birds under control. Every living thing is afraid of what will hurt or kill them! Get yourself some life size Plastic Hawk's get the ones that move in some way that is the key if they don't move it won't work and move them around the farm.