Feeding Red Kites Pt2
Discussion
.. Logistics problem.
At the weekend I set up my Red Kite feeding table.
I borrowed my neighbors ladder and put the top of an old wooden coffee table on top of my 15 ft high hedge baited with choice chicken legs.
For two days there was no action bar the odd crow and magpie pecking at them and then this morning I heard lots of flapping and upon inspection the chicken had been taken.
Now it's time to re-bait I realise I haven't thought this through properly.
I can't borrow the ladder every 2 days and I am a little stuck as to getting the chicken up to the table.
I had initially thought it would be quite easy to throw it up but there are 2 significant drawbacks to this.
Firstly my accuracy at flinging chickens is not quite as good as I assumed it would be thus most will end up in the hedge to rot and smell.
Secondly I realise quite how extraordinary I would look in the local community regularly hurling meatstuff into the air. I can imagine the local youth spraypainting my house with slogans like "chickenboy" or simply "
".
Anyway, any suggestions as to how one might get chicken onto a coffee table perched on a 15foot hedge without a ladder would be gratefully accepted.
I've no doubt there are plenty of you out there that have faced identical problems.
At the weekend I set up my Red Kite feeding table.
I borrowed my neighbors ladder and put the top of an old wooden coffee table on top of my 15 ft high hedge baited with choice chicken legs.
For two days there was no action bar the odd crow and magpie pecking at them and then this morning I heard lots of flapping and upon inspection the chicken had been taken.
Now it's time to re-bait I realise I haven't thought this through properly.
I can't borrow the ladder every 2 days and I am a little stuck as to getting the chicken up to the table.
I had initially thought it would be quite easy to throw it up but there are 2 significant drawbacks to this.
Firstly my accuracy at flinging chickens is not quite as good as I assumed it would be thus most will end up in the hedge to rot and smell.
Secondly I realise quite how extraordinary I would look in the local community regularly hurling meatstuff into the air. I can imagine the local youth spraypainting my house with slogans like "chickenboy" or simply "
". Anyway, any suggestions as to how one might get chicken onto a coffee table perched on a 15foot hedge without a ladder would be gratefully accepted.
I've no doubt there are plenty of you out there that have faced identical problems.
ferg said:
I've always used a long stick with a small shovel attached when I've needed to get any poultry related item onto a coffee table that has attained an altitude in excess of 12 feet.
HTH
HTH
Edited by ferg on Monday 26th June 13:16
Nice idea but everyone know sticks only grow to 11 feet so even with a small shovel it's only good for about a 12 1/2 foot set up.
blindswelledrat said:
Nice idea but everyone know sticks only grow to 11 feet so even with a small shovel it's only good for about a 12 1/2 foot set up.
Oh bugger, I bet I look really stupid now. Like they taught us at primary school, "Only a fool,
Forgets the
11 Foot rule"
Maybe a seesaw and an anvil...........
borrow the ladder once more, screw a couple of bits of wood with a dowel running between them to the table top, long loop of rope around it - tie chicken with string to rope and use it as a pulley to dangle it over the table. Should also keep the bird their for a minute or so to get a decent look at rather than enabling it to snatch and run.
ferg said:
blindswelledrat said:
Nice idea but everyone know sticks only grow to 11 feet so even with a small shovel it's only good for about a 12 1/2 foot set up.
Oh bugger, I bet I look really stupid now. Like they taught us at primary school, "Only a fool,
Forgets the
11 Foot rule"
Maybe a seesaw and an anvil...........
Seesaw v anvil just leads to much lengthier graffiti on my house eg "seesawanvilmeatpropellingweird
". Think man think.
build a chicken coop at approx 20' higher than the hedge.
Buy 2 r/c helicopters and borrow another 'pilot' each morning.
The co pilot flies one chopper to scare a bird off the coop and you fly the other chopper into it as it falls so that pieces of fresh chicken land on the table.
You cannot do it any simpler IMO.
Buy 2 r/c helicopters and borrow another 'pilot' each morning.
The co pilot flies one chopper to scare a bird off the coop and you fly the other chopper into it as it falls so that pieces of fresh chicken land on the table.
You cannot do it any simpler IMO.
Davi said:
Blokey said:
Buy a remote controlled helicopter, adapt it by adding a small radio activated hook/pincher, use helicopter to make morning food drops onto the table.
hmmm so that's £20 for a ladder from B&Q or £2000 for an RC heli capable of lifting a chicken...
Yep , but a ladder is a luxury and I've now realised the Copter as an absolute neccesity.
Or even better if I could find a remote controlled red kite to avoid arousing suspiscion
Carrera2 said:
build a chicken coop at approx 20' higher than the hedge.
Buy 2 r/c helicopters and borrow another 'pilot' each morning.
The co pilot flies one chopper to scare a bird off the coop and you fly the other chopper into it as it falls so that pieces of fresh chicken land on the table.
You cannot do it any simpler IMO.
Buy 2 r/c helicopters and borrow another 'pilot' each morning.
The co pilot flies one chopper to scare a bird off the coop and you fly the other chopper into it as it falls so that pieces of fresh chicken land on the table.
You cannot do it any simpler IMO.
chimpanzees are excellent climbers and can easily carry a morbibund fowl. Purchase one of the PG chimps from Twycross zoo and train it climb up each morning and restock the table. During downtime the little f**ker can make you tea. Assuming you like PG Tips that is Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff