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in expecting to be able to go into a bird free poo garden?

29 replies

Nelly123 · 12/04/2011 18:46

I have no idea where the feck the ?orrible sh##ting pigeons live. They have pooed all over my washing again. They use my gazebo as a toilet and I have to use the hose each day to clean the mess up.

How can I discourage them from flocking to my garden?

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lesley33 · 12/04/2011 18:49

Is someone who lives close by feeding them?

SantaClaragirl · 12/04/2011 18:51

Love the title! Smile Poo garden?!

Cattleprod · 12/04/2011 18:53

Get yourself a pet eagle!

happymole · 12/04/2011 18:53

fab title!!

Beamur · 12/04/2011 18:54

Or a large hungry cat..

musicposy · 12/04/2011 18:55

You need our cat. He will rid you of every pigeon for miles around.

Of course, your garden will then be covered in cat shit Grin

GKlimt · 12/04/2011 18:57

Same problem here. Tho' seagulls are the offenders and soil the windows as well as the garden. Yuck yuck

They seem to get 'diarrhoea' from when they start courting until the chicks are fledged.

My friends who have a farm have the silhouette of an owl to scare the pigeons away??

nobiggy · 12/04/2011 18:58

Poo garden.

Another trend that passed me by.

ashamedandconfused · 12/04/2011 18:58

you can get a hawk statue thing to scare them away

LoL at "bird-free poo-garden"

MitchiestInge · 12/04/2011 19:01

I love poo garden. I have a poo garden, my neighbours hate it though.

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Nelly123 · 12/04/2011 19:10

ha ha - fury and typing do not mix - it does need a sort out though.

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Nelly123 · 12/04/2011 19:12

They must live near. I will look into hawk statue. Hope full my garden will be pigeon and poo free. Thanks

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QuickLookBusy · 12/04/2011 19:15

Our garden is full of ducks and their shit.

I have given up using the washing line. Every single wash I put out would have something with shit on it, by the time it was dry.

I'm afraid I use the tumble dryer all year round.

SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 12/04/2011 19:15

I agree. Poo gardens are special places...birds have no right to visit!

Flowerpotmummy · 12/04/2011 19:22

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Tangoromeooscarlimalima · 12/04/2011 19:28

PMSL at title :D

PaisleyLeaf · 12/04/2011 19:30
Grin
schroeder · 12/04/2011 19:31

You need one of these

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Nelly123 · 12/04/2011 19:31

Scrap that it IS a poo garden. Just been out and it is full of sh*t again. GRRRRR

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Nelly123 · 12/04/2011 19:33

Thanks Schroeder x

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Chulita · 12/04/2011 19:33

Hach @ poo garden Grin we had one of those til we found 'scent off' but that was for cats rather than pigeons.

NestaFiesta · 12/04/2011 20:37

Get a lion.

No pigeons, no cats, no dogs. You can't lose!

(Um you'll need a shovel for the lion shit though)

Kallista · 12/04/2011 22:36

Declare a 'no (bird) fly zone'.
It will need to be enforced so get 3 or 4 cats (litter trained). If your neighbours are feeding the birds then your menacing moggies should soon put them off.

sickoftheholidays · 12/04/2011 22:37

put razor wire on your gazebo, that will stop the little f*ckers.

HansieMom · 13/04/2011 00:09

Someone has already mentioned an owl. We have one. Ours in inflatable but there were also plastic ones. It works! You need to move it around every few days so that the birds don't catch on. My husband made me a lovely round bench around a tree and birds were crapping on it. I put the owl in a nearby small tree and it kept the birds away.

When I was a child, we had a mulberry tree and had purple splashes on the laundry.