Bird in my chimney liner

[Colleen and Jeff]

We had a Hampton 300 insert installed in Dec of last year. We've had a number of problems with the shop that installed it, in fact they came out in January to shove some insulation behind/above the stove and fix the hang of the door so the nice enamel wasn't being rubbed off every time we opened it. They were really not pleased about having to come back. Anyway, now there is a bird in the chimney or liner. Any quick tips on how to get it out? Is this worth calling the installer/dealer about? I assume in addition to getting the bird out (preferably alive), we need to improve the situation at the cap to prevent more from coming in. Thank you in advance

 

[begreen]

A screen on the cap will stop this. Did you see this thread?
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/73960/

 

[cmonSTART]

Wow. Another one.

 

[wkpoor]

Its that time of year. The bird will get tired and eventually make its way to the stove. Open house door nearest the stove then the stove door. Most of the time the bird will fly right out. Other option is to remove the stove pipe and bag the opening with a clear bag. When the bird tired and falls into the bag you can remover keeping it in and release outside. How do I know all this, I get to do it about 30xs a season. Why do I put up with it, cause I get one free cleaning that is a better job than any brush could ever do.

 

[Colleen and Jeff]

Thanks so much. Dh is scooping out ashes now. I didn't know if the openings were large enough for a bird to get into the stove from the liner. I sure hope it'll come out on it's own.

They supposedly put a screen on. At least they showed me one.

 

[firefighterjake]

Option 1:
1. Start fire . . . preferably with cherry or apple wood.
2. Remove nicely smoked bird.
3. Pluck feathers.
4. Serve with rice risotto and a fresh garden salad.

Option 2:
Deploy the ferret.

Option 3:
Take WKpoor's advice . . . and be sure there is a screen of some sort on the chimney. For the life of me I cannot understand how many folks have this problem -- three years of burning and not a single bird has thought my chimney would make a nice home.

 

[Hogwildz]

Sigh, rolls eyes. Maybe we need to start a screen fund.......

 

[wkpoor]

three years of burning and not a single bird has thought my chimney would make a nice home.

I can count on the birds like I count on spring coming. Must be this part of the country has a species that like vertical holes. Only they don't realize the chimney is a long way down.
One yr I had honey bee swarm on the chimney and make a hive inside the Chimney right at the top. All summer I could see them come and go. And what a roaring noise they made on the bottom end too. Long about Oct I had a dilemma to deal with. So I went up after dark in a lift armed with all kinds of nasty spray things including a couple of Milwaukee sprayers full of jet fuel. I eased over the top (me and a buddy) and let them have it full force. Didn't work entirely as good as I had hoped. Ended up building a fire and just burning them out. The stove I had then didn't even have a baffle, good thing, as the whole hive came crashing down right into the stove on top of the fire. Honey does burn! So do bees!