You know, during this last cold snap, I had hundreds of starlings mobbing my food in the rear of my barn where the chickens are. I have a 30x30 foot section of barn that I added on that I call our chicken family room. It faces east so that cold northwest winds dont reach them, but the morning sun does. I built doors that are pressure treated plywood up to 4', then I have welded wire up to the top at 8'. There is an opening from the top of the doors to the header, roughly 18". Don't you know that those flying rats found it to be a great place to stay out of the weather and fatten up on the chickens food and water. There is a hay loft above about 10 feet from the back wall. I climbed up there, set up a couple bails of hay and sat and waited on the starlings. They always land on top of the door before going in. I taught them that this is not a safe place for them to be. They pooped all over the place, including it the water. I am afraid the chickens may end up with bird flew. Since it got warmer, they have quit coming. I need to put chicken wire over the welded wire to assure they won't come back. But they will always find a way. They are filthy!
That is a very pretty boy and I would bet he likes to let the girls know all about it!
