I Used Kool-Aid To Get Rid Of Birds

I've been having a big problem with Ducks on my Golf Green. Today I tried some Kool-Aid to get rid of the birds
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[@byronbooth2419]

Hey Ben, I use to work on pontoons on the Brisbane River. So many pontoon covered in duck and bird poo. The only customer that had a system that worked was a motion sensor hooked up to a sprinkler. Every time a bird landed on his pontoon it would trigger the motion sensor and squirt water and they would fly off.

[@tx5brent]

A neighbour of mine did the same thing on his front lawn to stop the roos eating it, it worked. It also sprayed anyone who walked past on the footpath

[@davidvesseur]

@@tx5brent 😂😂

[@GarageSupra]

The only problem with that is the range motion sensors work within. He would need to set up a bunch to cover that area and supply electricity. A IR camera hooked up to as raspberry PI might work better but you dont want things in the way of the green at all which is also another issue.

[@redtwin1968]

That "duck poopie collector" lays some sweet stripes to boot!

[@cameronrolfe9494]

Yo mate, what up, welcome to a lawn experiment vid 😂😂😂

[@Richorob]

😂

[@LawnRight]

I wonder if you applied in the evening it would be a little bit stronger for the overnight session. Maybe cool aid can do a future sponsorship and start selling it in 10 litre tubs.. What about pouring some into the irrigation system? Good "lawn tip vid" mate ;-)

[@samuelhart9959]

I’m an avid duck and goose hunter. I wouldn’t mind giving you a hand. Can’t promise that my method is going to be harmless to the birds.

[@psallanward]

Hi Ben, another good vid today. We visited a caravan park who had a huge Cockatoo problem and they solved it by playing a sound track of predator bird sounds on a loop. To us it just sounded like a walk in the forest but the Cockatoo’s haven’t been back. They had stripped the trees of all there leaves previously for several years. Gone now.

[@xtractify]

That's what they do at some food manufacturing factories, play a loop of bird noises

[@kaizen_5091]

Its so good to see effort made to deal with this kind of issue being mindful not to harm both animals and humans alike.

[@garethparry6673]

Besides the whole green etc. looking amazing👌. UK January and your summer season it’s going to look incredible 👋. PS, your dog looks like the happy dog on the planet, you and his bond is👌👌👌

[@182plunky]

I love the song choices on your videos.

[@Lej]

Keep an eye out for ants!! Awesome vid.

[@Hawks2015]

You need a Border Collie and he will chase everything which moves lol

[@fxrparlour1061]

Happy you found solutions for collection and hopefully deterring the birds! I struggled to get through my dinner watching this vid...rough! Oh, You can try a floating crocodile in the pond to help spook off the birds.

[@zbeasty]

Can you add some sort of injector into the line from the water tanks to the sprinklers? Then it would keep the entire area covered and would be as simple as turning the sprinklers on.

[@calebevans8437]

Yo mate what up welcome to another lawn tip vid... you forgot to say it bro😂 if this worked well and didnt wash you would have bumped kool-aid sales up so well they would have to become a sponsor 😂😂😂

[@aaronkokesch3593]

A couple thoughts. You can get motion activated sprinklers that work for deer really well. I work around agriculture fields here in the states. I have seen them use metalic streamers and and CD's that will twist and move in the wind. They also use bottle rockets to deter birds as well.

[@peterwest323]

@00:50 - That was a bit of a gut punch for me: "pretty old technology -- from back in 90's". oof

[@cameronlenton160]

Great way to start the weekend. Coffee and a new lawntip vid.

[@chrisfink1]

Time to add a fertigation system with grape koolaide injection 😂

[@scotttomaszewski2799]

Got about a half catcher of poo on your first pass

[@mikewarmbold3820]

I don't know about ducks, but geese hate anything that flaps in the wind, especially if it is reflective. We used caution tape with good success and you can hang the aluminum throwaway pans you make pies in. Problem is you have to look at that all the time. In America you can also pay services that bring border collies because geese hate their scent. See it on golf courses a lot because it lasts for months. All very weird, but may work for ducks. Just get a border collie 😂

[@CharlesC-us6wk]

China used to have a big duck problem, now we have Peking Duck.

[@markbass7652]

I'm sure someone has mentioned this but my local golf course that I drive by has a pond/water hazard right next to a green and they have a solar water spout. Which probably has a 10m in diameter range. Im guessing the ducks are coming in due to the water so maybe there that you gota do the work. Good luck bud. Love the vids.

[@1suzukiryder]

The green must smell delicious with that kool-aid. Might attract other pests

[@LawnTips]

Let’s hope not haha

[@1suzukiryder]

@@LawnTips is it sugar free?

[@ldjl3322]

The is a product that swimming pool operators can buy to put in their pools that ducks hate (duckoff). Basically, you put it in the water, and the duck feathers get heavy and hate it.

[@dirtbiker1432]

I mean ducks taste really goood.... probably the best deterrent you can get 😂

[@lachlanpurdue801]

Hey mate, I work at a swimming pool and we used to have issues with ducks. What we do is have a reflective pyramid that spins around and shines light on the ground from the sun which deters the ducks. If you google eagle eye bird deterrent there’s a good website that explains how it works

[@thisoletommy9628]

Hey Ben, look up laser bird deterents, usually used for sporting fields, crops and commercial/industrial solar farms. There is a few Australian companies that are currently doing them. Easy install, set and forget and humane.

[@SpudRunGolf]

Kool-aid is awesome. Especially grape.

[@LawnTips]

Still need to try it

[@putzytart]

We had a pool that backed on to a golf course with a small lake and the ducks would come into our pool all the time. Plastic owl perched on top of a broomstick and we never saw another duck again.

[@andrewlangford88]

Dump a heap of cool aid onto your water tank. Or rather have a seperate tank hooked up to your sprinklers, just run it for 2 mins every day or something

[@matthewthomsen2586]

Gel blaster - worked a treat around the pool No ducks harmed but startled enough to be wary and stay away

[@randomroen]

I've said it before; gas cannon / bird scare gun.

[@MajorTnarg]

dude what an unreal fix for the duck problem, shame you can't get it easily in Aus but man what a solution haha

[@jleisk1]

Could you chuck all the kool aid into the dam? The 🦆may stay away from the area altogether

[@chrisdutoit6234]

You will run into an ant problem soon.😂

[@angelabesaw5289]

use sugar free kool-aid - I hope ants dont like artificial sweetener!. I just bought bunch from dollar tree store. We use it on the beach at our lake place - ours is the only goose-poop free beach along the lake shore - it works!

[@jlush444]

Nice Ben Sims. Classic. 👌👌👌

[@parkmatonark]

It's got what plants crave. The thirst mutilator!

[@jamespatriciamargetts3535]

We’re down in Tassie and remember going to a blue berry farm down south and they used lasers to keep the birds away from the fruit.

[@precisionleadthrowing4628]

you can use green laser (as long as you check with CAA and make sure it will not stray to the air) or you can solve the problem with led pills - 22 air rifle works really well - FX Impact or FX Crown and as a bonus you have a lot of free food. Just check if it's permitted and make sure you have safe shooting angle and solid backstop (and if the pellet would skip it will not bounce off to the highway. The second method is probably the most simple and most effective because they ducks will learn fast. Laser works but it needs maintenance if automated but it can be fun however the ducks will come back eventually

[@GregAlexanderOfficial]

Would applying the Kool-Aid with the tackifier you used to keep the seed in the bare patches work?

[@jordhurdes]

We used gas guns in the vineyards, completely harmless. Although crows start to get use to it

[@emersonsims9503]

Could you use a surfactant like wetout to possibly make it stick to the turf for longer?

[@MrGameMasterSir]

We use coyote decoys in the US to keep waterfowl away. I honestly don't know the effectiveness, but I see them all over courses in the Midwestern States.

[@velcroman11]

The pooper scooper seems like a good tool for wiping the dew off the green as well.

[@r_cab314]

The leveling rake works well too.

[@jared6208]

The local hockey fields here use plastic snakes to stop the ducks pooping on the pitches. 3 or 4 they just throw on the pitches once play is finished for the day

[@damodoesall6240]

Can we get a short about the pooper scooper close up etc?

[@lawnpanda]

an entire video on duck poo....awesome...let me know if you need more. I can buy that stuff like candy and ship it to ya.

[@ashwilliams5783]

Surely this starts a weekly series. Which duck poop deterrent is most effective

[@l.e.6263]

Golf course next to Pebble Beach has huge wild turkeys’ poo everywhere.Workers whack it off green with flex stick. No clean up.

[@dylan8285]

Mate a thing of look-aid like that in the states here is only a couple bucks. The statues should work cause ik placing little rubber lizards around a deck or a patio keeps birds for pooping on it. But there like dealing with deer u have to continue to do different things and be consistent

[@SuperJ3R3MY]

6:05 SSSSSSSHHHHHHnity !!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍

[@DanielPurdon]

A vineyard I used to work at, used to use a propane scare cannon to deter bird feeding on the grapes through the day time, set on a timer. Might work for ducks too?

[@zcmini000]

Good idea, but this is his house where he lives with his family. Not sure if they'd like a cannon going off in their backyard every day!

[@DanielPurdon]

@@zcmini000 yeah I’m well aware it’s his property, it’d be an easy solution and can use it as needed. After a little bit you don’t realise it’s there!

[@clayhb2]

Brother if you can't get it in Australia you should have kept a little to drink! The kids would love it

[@JarrodMcCauley]

Can’t wait to see some build vids

[@GR19611]

Maybe a device that will create random motion and noise in the dark would be enough to make them s-it their pants and stay away. Fox skin on a spring with a trigger timer?😂 i am sure you can play with something. Fox skin on a remote control car during day time.?

[@JStarke240]

Try a good quality Cyote Decoy. It is supposed to deter the little guys and also would be a conversation piece. Assuming the neighbors don't get concerned with seeing it.

[@johnpeo]

Try adding some washing up liquid in with it it'll help stick to the leaf

[@thegreenandgoldlife1464]

Modern problems require Modern solutions 😂

[@mitchhalse3427]

Dude I reckon you should buy the additive and put it in a dosing unit with the irrigation! Hear me out but I say it’ll be a great investment!

[@brettro8210]

Just have peaking duck regularly 😂

[@timabraham1768]

I seen somewhere they used a motion sensor laser to deter birds away.

[@Striperman]

Motion sensor hooked up to a sprinkler and fertilizer tank filled with Grape KoolAid

[@rjhyou2821]

you already have the sprinkler system for the green. Just add a motion sensor (and put the cool aid in your tanks )😆

[@joeb5924]

Use sensors here in the UK, predominantly for cats etc but you can change the tone to deter ducks etc not sure how many you'd need for your green though 😅

[@markjensen6865]

Hey Ben, be keen to know where you can purchase the scoopers from?

[@LawnTips]

Hey mate, You can get them from David golf. They are called a bms core scoop

[@markjensen6865]

@@LawnTips Thanks Ben, much appreciated and keep up the good work

[@wmvaux]

Why not just spray the fringe area, as it would probably stop them from getting on the green. They would have to fly on to the green to get on the green. Maybe film and see if they come on the green from the same spot and then use something in that area.

[@VRSTLPerformance]

Hey brother starting my putting green journey this week. Any advice on doing it all bent vs prg surround and bent green? Im still so undecided if I should send it all bent or not 🥲

[@spankyslawncarellc7822]

If using a statue or scare crow you need to move it around so the birds don't get used to it. I did this when I had Koi ponds

[@carasmith7358]

There’s something you can put in your pond that stops them from going in the water if you deter them from the water they will move on to something else

[@carasmith7358]

Don’t use if there is ducklings though they will drown

[@KatosNZ]

I do wonder if you can use the duck poop for some sort of fert?? Like surely its high in Nitrogen?

[@jasonsampson916]

Just get a gas scare gun and duck light like every rice farmer ever

[@jadam42]

You need to make a bent grass grape kool-aid hybrid species.

[@brabhamg]

Bruh, you need a band-aid sponsorship, can’t remember the last vid I saw without one on your finger!! Is it ok??

[@ReelLowDad]

Oh Yeah!!! 😂

[@Striperman]

Use Boron 😂

[@tacte-cool1331]

Have you tried Kool-Aid-22LR 😊

[@TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

You forgot to take your geiger counter out of your pocket, lol

[@miraboi1]

If ducks don't like the grape smell then why did the duck walk up to the lemonade stand and say to the man "Got any grapes?" Was the duck checking for grapes before proceeding with his purchase ? Just changes the whole meaning of the song now.

[@LawnTips]

Brah 😂

[@TheMustangs05]

we gotta see a kool aid taste test.. add tons of sugar the american way

[@JBA512]

Be good if you could run it through ur sprinkler system

[@markedward5941]

Maaate, that duck paste will speed up nutrient fed blooms in your dam .

[@michaelshallue1801]

Get another dog.....a border collie?

[@tertiusgous8348]

I have a good goose pie recipe😂

[@gregcarnall9097]

Would a statue of some predator left on the green through the night solve it? Im not sure where you get one from :)

[@chrisrosie0584]

Sounds like you have frogs, they eat spawn and tadpoles. Get rid of the food source they'll go elsewhere. So any water plants they can reach etc to. Gotta make it uncomfortable for them.

[@TheEqualOpposite]

Imagine drinking something that literally repels birds...

[@leighelliott5097]

Get a rifle mate haha

[@kimothemo]

Where do the ducks come from?

[@FTKSoky]

the sky

[@ivanc3654]

Mummy ducks.

[@joshuabassett2534]

Gas banger like they use for crops would keep them off

[@LawnTips]

I had a look online at those. Expensive suckers! Would work though

[@GR19611]

​@@LawnTips car horn on battery with cheap timer.

[@ajc389]

When is duck hunting season?

[@GR19611]

Floating device activated by timer and remote conrol? Old car horn on car battery going of every hour?

[@mince07]

Could you get a trained bird of prey to come in once? Or how about an air rifle? :)

[@MrThuggery]

Use a surfactant as well?

[@jasont9045]

I did not have Kool-Aid on my Lawn Tips bingo card If your green runs through a wall I will not be surprised

[@mikewilliams1198]

Koolaid in a fertigation system

[@velcroman11]

Don’t you think the Kool Aid would wash of the leaves and build up in the ground??

[@corycronk9434]

Duck blind and a shotgun

[@Vanrock92]

A permanent solution can be found from these guys. Used in agriculture to keep ducks out of produce. A Google of: Bird Control Australia Not affiliated with them just a customer.

[@andrewkennedy9704]

Well isn't that ducking amazing.

[@korzym]

Of course you did mate, of course you did…

[@australiansmoker4328]

Just put up some hawk scare crows or alike mate

[@bradb-rad3624]

Get a blueberry gun or scarecrow