A bird fertility control program based on ovocontrol has exceptional utility in larger areas where traditional bird control methods such as physical barriers or poison are neither appropriate nor cost effective.
Pigeon birth control pellets.
The dove egg laying cycle is similar to the pigeon s but dove eggs hatch in about 14 days.
Ovocontrol ovocontrol p is a ready to use bait that controls the reproduction of treated birds causing the population to decline.
The program works by installing a feeder and a camera on translink property at stations where there s a pigeon problem.
Following the steps above place the real eggs with fake eggs.
Wikimedia commons hundreds of people have signed a petition aiming to ethically control pigeon populations in ixelles by among other measures giving them contraceptive feed.
Learn the science behind our effective pigeon birth control.
Ornitrol administered to pigeons acts in the same way as a human birth control pill if the drug is not consumed every 6 months female pigeons become fertile once more and continue to breed unhampered.
A pilot study to see if feeding pigeons birth control can lower their numbers at vancouver s skytrain stations has expanded to include eight stations in the region.
A petition to manage pigeon populations in brussels through birth control has gathered hundreds of signatures.
The process can be a bit trickier with doves because they will sometimes lay their eggs in nests with existing eggs.