How do you get rid of pigeons around the house?
I have this house and I have pigeons flying everywhere and laying eggs on the roof. Sometimes the eggs will roll off and land and crack on the ground. I had a Owle on the roof but the head is now missing 
(. I got pigeon poop on my sidewalk and can't sit outside because of them. Is there anyone out there that might have some cleaver and inexpensive way of getting rid of them?
LOL ... a cleaver (as in an axe) sounds one way! I guess that it's a neighborhood problem, though. I have heard that a model of a hawk suspended from a wire will scare them off. You might need to string a wire between two tall trees, or something (or a tall pole like a TV arial, maybe). Your 'hawk' should move in the wind, though.
Maybe a model hawk/eagle on the roof instead of an owl would work ... but I think they get used to a fixed thing - it should move.
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*thinks for a while* I GOT IT! put a scarecrow on top of your ROOF! or… you can find out what they are attracted too… and get rid of that…. maybe they are attracted to the heat ocming out of your roof?
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http://www.lewes.gov.uk/faqs/2102.asp
Buy a BB-Gun, When I was a kid you couldn’t lure a bird into the yard, we scared them all away.
Happy Hunting
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keep clean the pigeons
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JUST USE CRAKER NEAR THEM ONCE. I MEAN BLAST IT.
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is someone nearby feeding them? usually why they keep coming back. used to have similar problem – solved it by shooting at them w/BB gun. If someone nearby is feeding them, talk to them & ask them to stop. If that person(s) refuse your request, see if local ordinance against feeding pigeons & contact local authorities to put a stop to it. Understand your pain, gone through same thing myself. It’s a real health hazard not to mention the mess it leaves. I did everything I could think of including getting a cat. Eventually had to contact city hall to have neighbor stop feeding birds & shot down rest of pigeons. Know it sounds cruel to do that, but was left w/no choice – it was either my family & my health or the birds.
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personal experience
fire crackers or a BB gun/air rifle/uzi
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Hose them down. Haha!
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Roll rat poison into little balls of bread and feed it to the pigeons, sit back have a cup of coffee and watch the little buggers fall from the sky. May seem a tad cruel but any remaining pigeons will definately get a bad vibe from your house and move onto pasteurs new.
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You need to get pigeon spikes put on your roof, it stops the pigeons landing on the roof!
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pellet gun works every time
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probably a stupid answer but shoot them?
fireworks
bangers
bb rifle
pellet gun
hoze
or get a preditorial cat/dog that kills anything that moves?
but u may need 2 do it quite often cos pigeons r very stupid animals and have short memories …..
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Buy a thrash metal album (Lawnmower Deth works well here) and blast the muddy funsters out. Alternatively, start laying out bread for them, laced with bicarbonate of soda.
As Barry Scott would say, "BANG! and the dirt is gone." Bwahahaha.
Also, you might consider some mesh curtains or something for the open windows and doors…
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Bicardinate Soda….
Pigeons cant fart so they exploded. Feed loads of itin bread. Then run away!!!!
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you could get your local council to shoot them thats what they are doing here in Liverpool England
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stop feeding them and ask local council about it or just get a cat: )
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we had the same problem with seagulls and pigeons so we contacted our local bird sanctuary and he came out and flew his hawk around once a week to scare the other birds off and make them think it is an unsafe place to nest etc. some people charge for the service some are happy to do it as their hobby for free.
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show them that picture of you.
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Buy a big shed for your garden, and you can keep the pidgeons in there, and maybe race them.
You may make some money out of it.
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feed them poison and get animal control to clean up the mess. Or just call animal control with your problem. They do have animal control in the UK right?
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I don’t know how about pigeons, but I know how they got rid of sparrows in China during the Mao Tse-Tung "occupancy". They took the drums and whistles and gone out. Sparrow can only fly for 60 seconds, after this time it gets heart attack. Heard that there were trucks cleaning it off.
Sad. And, please, don’t try it on pigeons. Neither neighbours.
As far as I know, there is no human way to get rid off them.
Actually I remember seeing that people install some kind of sharp bars sticking vertically up on every edge of the roof. This will probably make it difficult for pigeons to sit on your roof (unless the roof is flat) and finally they will go somewhere else.
I like suggestion that somebody in your neighbourhood feeds them. It’s worth to check it.
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I would say that having seen your pic, You should invite me around to your home, and I will get rid of the pigeons for you, (eventually)
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your pic
Yep, put a picture of yourself on the roof , that’ll keep em’ away!!!
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Spikes on the roof – that would put a cat among the pigeons.
Damn, that’s it! a cat! silly me!
pigeons = rats with feathers (yeuch!)
I like most animals, but pigeons, seagulls and rats I can’t stand.
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Put one of those electronic pest ultrasonic devices in the attic.
Birds are very easily annoyed.
Make sore they are not feeding anywhere around the building.
You can also get watch-owl with motion detector built in!
It flaps and hoots when something enters the "zone" like a motion sensor light!
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Hi, Yes, I checked your answers already and you have the answer already — someone nearby is feeding them. I used to go to a Jack-in-the-Box drive thru that had a little patio and it was fun to feed the pigeons a scrap of your hot dog bun. But, it got to be ridiculous the amount of pigeons the place attracted. It wasn’t the hot dog buns — someone was scattering seed for them on the parking lot of the Jon’s market. Now, there are still pigeons there but not nearly as many.
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real life experience
call animal control thats your best bet
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Pest control.
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try to get yourself a cat. this may help you to get rid of the pigeon.
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ring their necks… pay money to get an exterminator in and shoot the buggers.
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If you intend to get the job done on your own, stop them first from multiplying. They multiply fast.
Find a way to climb up safely to their nests and get rid of the eggs, eat them (they’re good for health)- or destroy them or hand over to someone who’s ready to eat them, if you aren’t going to.
Install nets – you’d get them at any store that sells pet supplies or a hardware store close to you. They’re easy to catch – once you trap them you can again either consume them or get rid of them far away from your own house (they can find their way back otherwise).
Scaring them with recorded gunshots etc will help getting rid of them for a brief period. Not permanently.
Cats will be effective too, but you will have a tough time cleaning the pigeon droppings and the cat’s kill (you never know where the cat’s going to stash the booty,eh!).
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Buy a pellet gun and shoot the little sods. But if you don,t want to get done by the RSPCA go to your local pest control department and they will come round a spray your roof and for some reason the pigeons don,t come back
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find out places pigeons like the best.. and then spray it with a misture of some insect replellant and turpentine.
shall make ur house smell for 2 days but pigeons shallnot return
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LOL … a cleaver (as in an axe) sounds one way! I guess that it’s a neighborhood problem, though. I have heard that a model of a hawk suspended from a wire will scare them off. You might need to string a wire between two tall trees, or something (or a tall pole like a TV arial, maybe). Your ‘hawk’ should move in the wind, though.
Maybe a model hawk/eagle on the roof instead of an owl would work … but I think they get used to a fixed thing – it should move.
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