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.
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.
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
At you all. Re Conveyor belt: The reason for the height is to keep the table away from our cats. And as everyone knows cats LOVE conveyor belts and know how to operate them as sure as they know how to hunt.
Re Rhino. I spent the rest of the weekend trying to kill the two I've got out the back. Impossible. Have you felt how hard they are???
Davi said:
s2rr Kitty said:
I think you should search eBay for a 'dumb waiter' from a hotel.... a simple pulley & rope system should suffice - the boys on here are over complicating things with remote control contraptions & conveyor belts as usual.
Oi! I think you'll find I suggested exactly that earlier. bloomin wimmen
You're just annoyed because she shortend your entire rambling paragraph to the words 'dumb waiter'
ferg said:
s2rr Kitty said:
Don't worry Blindswelledrat does not really want to feed red kites..... I'm sure it's a thinly veiled attempt at generating interest from the opposite sex...
I hope that's not true. Not after I (and others) have spent a not inconsiderable amount of valuable time trying to help....
Ignore her. She's just jealous. It's an insecure woman thing.
We all know that feeding kites and the problems contained within take priority over women.
They just get bitter.
She is either my wife pretending to be someone else, or another woman with a husband who likes escalating foul.
Edited by blindswelledrat on Monday 26th June 14:18
Just looked at RC Heli's on ebay and they start from as little as £125. I've emailed a few sellers and tried to sound as casual as possible.
Hi
I know this will sound like a strange question but do you think this Copter is capable of carrying objects such as, say, a chicken?
Many Thanks
Tom
On the edge of my seat waiting for response.
blindswelledratonebay said:
Hi
I know this will sound like a strange question but do you think this Copter is capable of carrying objects such as, say, a chicken?
Many Thanks
Tom
On the edge of my seat waiting for response.
I am really, really not. 
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