Cows Licking Window and House!

[Marchar]

As trivial as it sounds but just after some advice.

Our house backs onto a field in which there are cows. The house is built right up to the boundary and our kitchen window overlooks the field. The farmer, who recently acquired the field, has now put cows in said field. He had erected a barbed wire fence but it’s about a foot from our house wall and so the cows are still able to reach over the fence (undeterred by the barbed wire!) and constantly licking our house wall and window. I presume it’s the salt that takes their fancy as we live by the coast and the initial attraction to the house is because they are such nosey creatures.

Now I know in the grand scheme of things it’s a minor inconvenience, but I’m getting fed up of having a smeared window that I can’t actually clean due to the proximity of the fence to our house and having to go onto the farmer’s land and reach across the barbed wire fence to do so. I’m also concerned that the more the cows are able to reach my house wall and touch it, the greater the likelihood is of them dirtying it and/or damaging it which mean the need to repaint / repair.

I’ve read all sorts about it being the cattle owner’s responsibility for any damage caused by trespass (Animals Act 1971) but does anyone know if this would fall into that category or am I going to have to live with it?

Shake a tub of bisto at them?

I saw window film stuff that’s meant to repel water and dirt.. it’s for car mirrors but I’m not sure if that’d matter, maybe see if you could get something like that n stick it on to test it?

I’d say a trellis fence behind the barbed wire fence but they’d likely chew it.. not sure if you could find a sturdy one they couldnt munch, maybe plastic

I used to live in a short term let where the living room window, which was full length, backed straight onto a field without even a fence. Once a day the highland cow that lived there would come and give her bum a really good rub on my window! Probably didn’t help that I gave her the odd apple.

Could you cover your windows in washing up liquid? Harmless but doesn’t taste quite nice. Sure if you do it for a while Pavlov will kick in and they’ll start avoiding it.

What a bizarre problem to have!

I would think this is a risk for the cows having access to glass.

Spray lemon/garlic on walls/windows. Failing that tea tree is particularly vile.

Failing everything you might put some sort of bars outside your window then you could safely have your window open too.

You can access his land to maintain your property so i would be buying and applying some form of protective coating for additon wear and tear protection.

Shake a tub of bisto at them?

It's vegan

@thisnamechanger but the cows arse on a plate with a bisto covering won't be

Now I want steak.

Super soaker?

I mean they might try and luck it even more because it's made of plants like when my rabbits try to eat sellotape

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@thisnamechanger 😂😂