WHY FARMERS HATE CROWS!
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3 жыл бұрынIn todays video i explain "Why do farmer hate crows?" They are a right pain in the A$$
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@LordClunk 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@rusty5548 3 жыл бұрын
I was just about to say the same thing! Would make for a perfect Sunday vid👍
@maxbarker6480 3 жыл бұрын
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
@TomPembertonFarmLife 3 жыл бұрын
Clunk I can do a history of the farm I grew up on and how we got back to the main farm☺️
@nataliemartin759 3 жыл бұрын
@@TomPembertonFarmLife yes please 😂
@KimberlyWetherbee 3 жыл бұрын
@@TomPembertonFarmLife We'd love to see that
@nigelbagguley7410 3 жыл бұрын
A tarp prevents the crows pecking the bale learned this from experience .
@karozans 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrBiggiefuckinsmalls 3 жыл бұрын
@@karozans willing to bet there is a tad more rain in england than arizona
@karozans 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@richarddalton1536 3 жыл бұрын
Or a green silo sheet you use ontop of plastic one
@stijngmail 3 жыл бұрын
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
@fireoking 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@PapaW-NI 3 жыл бұрын
Refreshing to hear you talking an element of farming with nature and giving a bit of room. Nice one
@rossdabosss2192 3 жыл бұрын
Smear a couple pumps of grease on each bale on top of the stack and they’ll stay away
@danielroe845 3 жыл бұрын
Or sump oil. This also helps with stopping kids climbing on them.
@sarahworkman3223 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@Andaman1979999 3 жыл бұрын
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
@meghanplamondon8639 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@karid.4371 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@jimbarbwe1985 3 жыл бұрын
@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.
@nathanmillington7051 3 жыл бұрын
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
@madisonmarie7392 3 жыл бұрын
The “even id munch on it.” Got me. 😂😂😂😂
@alexdowds65 3 жыл бұрын
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
@gagt5spd 3 жыл бұрын
You're a natural Tom. Keep up the good work!
@stevejones4054 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@wallaceloan4169 3 жыл бұрын
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
@seanscanlon6427 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ashleyhall1375 3 жыл бұрын
Love how your guys are working with the wildlife!!
@markasple3133 3 жыл бұрын
Top tip for that put grease on top of the bales and then then they won’t touch them
@Stephanq1 3 жыл бұрын
the grease will melt
@williedunne6015 3 жыл бұрын
Try grease on the loader sounds like it needs it badly
@BobSchoepenjr 3 жыл бұрын
Heard you on the BBC worldservice, made me smile a lot! Grts from Belgium
@donnafink6262 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting and love the waffling.
@dirkjanbeldman8209 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tom, you can place pit cover over the bales. The material is realy strong. And they don't get trough.
@stephenthomson7299 3 жыл бұрын
Good video once again, always a pleasure to watch
@bredalennon1111 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@mfanwelikeit3760 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@fmfpallis1 3 жыл бұрын
Nice driving Tom you are a class act.
@andarve1989 3 жыл бұрын
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 🙂
@petessite 3 жыл бұрын
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 ................................................
@debinbc 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome keeps the eco system continuing very responsible farm management thanks tom your video's always teach and are so cool to watch 👍💕😍
@michaeledwards9253 3 жыл бұрын
I love the waffle. It really interesting and you give us a lot of information that create the bigger picture.
@rsmith6909 3 жыл бұрын
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😁
@tinanealrose5641 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tom from USA I'm Tina I live in West Plains Missouri and I love your videos and your dad is so sweet
@benmurray2546 3 жыл бұрын
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
@gregbailey2781 3 жыл бұрын
Top job mate
@RangaLovesABeer88 3 жыл бұрын
love it mate keep up the great work
@debshep8141 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry about crows but I love how you have a! tool for every job! New day new adventure!
@rianfahy9805 3 жыл бұрын
Love the vids keep the great work up
@a427rracer 3 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else gag when he rung out the hay? Lol. Love your video man!!
@wendyrowland7787 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@roryfitzsimmons5422 3 жыл бұрын
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
@lisadavis3526 3 жыл бұрын
We love watching your videos and have done since day one there awesome
@mfalme 3 жыл бұрын
Your skid steer operator skills are A1
@aaronmonaghan4233 3 жыл бұрын
Mint looking tellhandler
@normfergus8472 3 жыл бұрын
As always informative
@mikeallison85 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@Tommymellett 3 жыл бұрын
Good vid Tom highlight of the week
@danielslingerland7831 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@c.l.j.jardell5811 2 жыл бұрын
Same here. For our. Garden.
@caseylegrove8995 3 жыл бұрын
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 🤦♂️😂😂
@randolphbutler1832 3 жыл бұрын
Set aside sounds like a good idea. Good luck with the crows. Thank you for sharing.😷👍
@kingskidspoodles1393 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for info. Never thought about Crows
@Tom-gr6nx 3 жыл бұрын
great video well done.
@lowrads3653 3 жыл бұрын
That bale is mainly good for filtering solids from effluent, or bulking up high N compost.
@tracychapplow5987 3 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video as always please keep the great videos and the amazing work you guys do love you guys you are awesome god bless take care stay safe guys.💙💙💙💙
@DaveRogers1985 3 жыл бұрын
@6:52 Tom "My girlfriends going to love me!" Me could help but think of days gone by saying "SMELL MY FINGERS!" 🤣🤣
@willowsverge3046 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@josephmcauley5047 3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@sueterry3584 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Tom the hoof gp sent me. I’m from Australia and I’m impressed cheers
@pokrdotbkini 3 жыл бұрын
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...... 🐻🐻
@alancornthwaite612 3 жыл бұрын
Morning Tom. Great videos. We farm very close to you to the north. Please grease the manitou.
@archienaughton5520 3 жыл бұрын
Very good video 👍
@BryanFallon 3 жыл бұрын
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
@Jackson183 3 жыл бұрын
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
@stalanamcara 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@will_fs1991 3 жыл бұрын
but then is it worth buying a different attachment and flipping them over and most likely ripping then
@pokrdotbkini 3 жыл бұрын
Crows still peck though we stand them upright, and still have a problem.
@stalanamcara 3 жыл бұрын
pokrdotbkini then put a net over them, we make around 3000 a year and almost never have that issue
@stalanamcara 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@gregshearer423 3 жыл бұрын
stalanamcara if you can push your silage bales over by hand you really should get another baler operator
@georgiaannbicknell6129 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@ellenwillxams9837 3 жыл бұрын
why did i start laughing when he said "ooh a bin liner" 1:58 hahah
@graememckay9972 3 жыл бұрын
I saw some blokes "hedge laying" If I remembered correctly. They cut and bend Hawthorne to make solid living stock proof fencing.
@patriciaangeles4816 3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way about badgers! They dig up your garden and scoff loads of our fruit a veg 😡
@benpattinson1 3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention super spreaders of TB amongst outside cattle.
@Angelaius 3 жыл бұрын
Skunks also destroy gardens.
@reeslodge24 3 жыл бұрын
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
@benpattinson1 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@benpattinson1 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@vladitious 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who knows 0 about agriculture this is so interesting!
@Open2OpenUT 3 жыл бұрын
Well ya learn something new every day! 👏👏👏👏
@slowmosounds8947 3 жыл бұрын
I really Enjoy Farm Life, you gained a subscriber
@maxwellwalker4936 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@archiehumphreys8783 3 жыл бұрын
Love you and your videos
@adamtoner1739 3 жыл бұрын
Not only a good farmer,but a good entertainer/presenter
@neilcrayston3609 3 жыл бұрын
Just watched Schmee driving in a convoy of 5 Ferrari’s now watching you on an old Manitou feeding smelly bales 😂😂
@nickcrawford4540 3 жыл бұрын
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
@digga1973 3 жыл бұрын
tall hedge will always be gappy in the bottom but lay the hedges and will thicken up and be stock proof
@erichtomanek4739 2 жыл бұрын
Poked by Crows is my favorite band.
@jamiewalsh617 3 жыл бұрын
We put net over our bales to stop the crows
@Jwlash07 3 жыл бұрын
Is it name a clone Jesus
@richarddalton1536 3 жыл бұрын
We had to do that last year because they peked the bails and tape them up
@robertfitzsimmons6822 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@Tanrenth 3 жыл бұрын
Would using a different color wrap help?
@_DutchFox_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@freya_equestrianxx5963 3 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to get some tp merch because I’m going to be wearing it a lot your my fav KZfaqr
@suebooa4783 3 жыл бұрын
Who knew farmers had issues with crows. I always thought scarecrows were a myth. Always learning something new on your channel!
@Duffman758 3 жыл бұрын
Try a blob of grease on the top of the bales, haven’t tried it but heard it works a treat
@curisitykilledthecatnone7730 3 жыл бұрын
Awwwwe what a cute dog!!
@eSwag0 3 жыл бұрын
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
@johnrichardson7860 3 жыл бұрын
We suspend net over our si/haylage bales to stop that happening
@odhranbyrne7434 3 жыл бұрын
put scaffolding net on the bales and the crows aren’t able to land on them
@stephencleary9615 3 жыл бұрын
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
@littleslappymakedaddyhappy3322 3 жыл бұрын
In Sweden ve often use white or light green wrap and we do not have to much pokes in our bales
@ronaldlucas5360 Жыл бұрын
Interesting video 👌
@joshdean8178 3 жыл бұрын
We put yellow or green spray paint on the bails to deter them and it work better without paint
@nathanu425 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@agrispeclad5593 3 жыл бұрын
Great video keep it up 👍.we have had a lot of crow damage as well and why are u feeding bales in August
@craighenderson4135 3 жыл бұрын
Why dont u add a lean-to shed onto there which will stop them completely? Good videos tom keep them coming.👍
@danieldarch2982 3 жыл бұрын
Can you take the cage of the golf buggy as the doors flap about in the breeze and it looks annoying. This is not a complaint it is a suggestion love your videos keep up the good work
@matthewwebb6120 3 жыл бұрын
Nice vid
@richardsymes7372 3 жыл бұрын
Try putting tyres on top of the bales it should work, or try get different colours of wrap
@katiemust5794 3 жыл бұрын
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
@appletreestables8401 3 жыл бұрын
Cows are da best and I love them so much I love the brown Swiss the most probs but I like them all I have a book all about them I am aloud to go help out with some soon . Any tips about them . ❤️❤️💕💕 thank you very much . And your you tube channel is very good xx
@jpelfrey325 3 жыл бұрын
I had my hay guy start using clear bags because of the same issue they were hard to find at first but worked out.
@1SafetyAngel Жыл бұрын
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.
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