Birds destroying my crops

[Artie]

Hello fellow islanders
So, I'm having some trouble farming. Birds keep eating my crops
How am I suppose to make a scarecrow with a watermelon if the darn buggers eat all of them planted seeds?
Also, the farming exp is somewhat unrewarding
Any help?

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Fence your farm. Birds can't fly over fences.

[Artie]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Fence your farm. Birds can't fly over fences.

Wow, what? That doesn't make any sense! Hahaha
I would never have guessed that
Thanks!

[Artie]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Fence your farm. Birds can't fly over fences.

Dude, i put a fence around my crops and they still died
:(

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by Artie:

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Fence your farm. Birds can't fly over fences.

Dude, i put a fence around my crops and they still died
:(

Dev must have changed it. Or did you have a gap? All the fencing must connect and be on the same height level.

[Artie]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Originally posted by Artie:

Dude, i put a fence around my crops and they still died
:(

Dev must have changed it. Or did you have a gap? All the fencing must connect and be on the same height level.

Oh, I had maybe two different fences connected. I also had a gate
I removed both these things and it looks like it's working

[GameOverRIP]

There is scarecrows. build a few of them and you have no pest issues

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by GameOverRIP:

There is scarecrows. build a few of them and you have no pest issues

Artie is trying to grow pumpkin to build scarecrows put their crops are getting eaten before they can harvest.

[andrewdbatty]

Fence your field off and trap a Dogo inside the fence, they chase the birds away

[Ruruwawa]

Seems like birds do fly over the fences since the latest update. I tossed in a few scarecrows and they work perfectly. Each scarecrow protects an area of 11x11 (pretty good!), which I never learned back when fences which ground-to-sky force fields. :D

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by Ruruwawa:

Seems like birds do fly over the fences since the latest update.

Are you sure? I haven't seen a single bird in my town since the update and it's completely fenced. Even in parts very far away from a scarecrow.

[Ruruwawa]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Originally posted by Ruruwawa:

Seems like birds do fly over the fences since the latest update.

Are you sure? I haven't seen a single bird in my town since the update and it's completely fenced. Even in parts very far away from a scarecrow.

Yep, I watched one fly over the fence and eat a crop. Maybe biome makes a difference? I'm based in the Fir Forest. I didn't lose a single crop before the update with a fence and no scarecrows.

[wiwisat]

put fence around it and trap a Dingo and place it inside. the birds either won't dare it or the dingo will attack the bird

[GameOverRIP]

Fences have seemed to stop everything on my end. with scarecrows i had an amusing couple of days where the magpies were trying to land but then they'd freak out and they kept looping LOL