Organic Dairyman: Birdhouses

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A long string of pink bird houses line the Bansen dairy farm. Not merely for decoration, these bird houses provide nesting grounds for the swallows that feed on flies, using nature to control insect pests naturally.

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[pioneerliving]

That's very interesting, getting the bird to control the flies. That's a great idea about adding cedar shavings to the bottom of the bird house too. Really nice video thank you.

[cookingupastory]

thanks, pioneerliving. I love seeing how people work *with* nature to improve conditions. The cedar shavings were a nifty idea!

[cookingupastory]

Many different swallows feed on mosquitoes too!

[PropagandaBuster]

Excellent video. Thanks. May I ask: can you tell me how wide the hole is on the bird house? Also what type of latch are you using to hold the front of the bird house in place? Thanks.

[cookingupastory]

You can ask, but I may not have the answer(!!), PropagandaBuster. At about 30 seconds in, look close, the latch is 2 nails on each side, bent over and swiveled out of the way to take off the front. At around 55 seconds in you can see him swivel them into place. Now the hole, my guess is that is less than 2" in diameter. I'd suggest googling what size hole swallows like in their nesting 'boxes'. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck, if you decide to make one. Will you paint it pink!?

[PropagandaBuster]

Yes I will make the boxes, thanks for the info. But why pink?

[cookingupastory]

Just cuz it was the most used color to paint the boxes in this video!

[xzanadu89]

your a very awsome smart caring person!good for you!

[ochagirl]

Great job!

I wanna live there. That's my kinda life. <3

[OurHumbleLife]

I loike this sort of info~thanks 

[kingofwc]

Interesting story about birds and their usefulness. I just love birds..God's amazing creatures.!

[rimma4]

Very interesting ....Thank you.

[MrSunny29]

Sweet , wonderful

[respectbluder]

y not jus use a venus fly trap

[capedchameleon]

This is very inspiring and interesting! I love ideas like this, it gives me hope for the future.

[rhoula]

Great video I love it. I may need to install few dozen bird houses to get rid of the flies in my backyard.

I wish there was something I could do about Moskitoes