[USCC] Eliminating Buzzards from windrows

[Myron Hirschman]

Sherrian,

Static pile composting of the organics allows you to cover with ground yard
trimmings.  This will reduce the problem.

Static pile composting is the favored technique among farmers for livestock
mortalities, using plenty of bulking agent (often sawdust or ground wood) to
reduce or prevent vector attraction.

Now that you have a trained set of buzzards , housekeeping and using plenty
of cover will be necessary.

The next, much more expensive, step would be to either compost those
materials indoors or cover those rows for 30-45 days with a tarp system.

Good luck 

Myron Hirschman


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Subject: [USCC] Eliminating Buzzards from windrows

  

Does anyone have any suggestions to discouraging buzzards from perching and
digging through windrows?  Since organics are evenly distributed through our
windrows it is impossible to bury them entirely and we are plagued with
buzzards digging through the rows every evening. 

Best Regards,

Sherrian Jones

Division Manager

Texas Pure Products

972-742-0413 cell

972-390-7743 fax

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