Crows Kill Chicken

[goosedragon]

Mighty Ducks eh?

Run the movie "Birds" for them. a mob of crows can be very bad. Have you seen them mob hawks and egles, When they mobed my poor goose they made passes at me but I had a broom and made a clean sweep, ~gd

[Mary]

Glad to hear your ducks are assertive and went on the offensive. Always makes me happy to see or hear of the prey defending themselves from the predator.

This morning I was hearing a single chirp repeated from across the ditch. My domestic birds all stay on this side of the ditch. None of my birds were in sight nor could be heard, not even the geese. I walked out in the direction of the chirping. I spooked a hawk from the apricot tree beside the ditch. It was a gambles quail making the alarm sound several yards farther across the ditch in my fallow garden from the safety of a brush pile. Once the hawk flew away the chirping stopped and in a few minutes all the normal bird sounds of the neighborhood were heard again.

[Gercarson]

I used to think the crows kept the hawks at bay too - and gave them more freedom than they deserved. Oh well.
Now, when I see a crow I KNOW they see me - all I have to do is pick up ANYTHING that might resemble a shotgun or rifle and just point it in the direction of the crows and they scatter. I've used a piece of pvc, a rake and a broom - all they see is the "barrel" of a gun and high tail it out. I've not had crow trouble for two years now.

[muhammadfarms1]

Put your chicks seprate with crows. That's way to save your chicks from crows.

[judyc]

Mary,

How old is your Anatolian? I have a female that I couldn't trust with chooks OR lambs. I finally kept her tied on a 100' run near the chicken house. When she had her first heat, I had her spayed and sent her to my daughter's house. She didn't work out there, (bullied the Corgis) so I brought her home. I left her on the line for a few days before fitting her with an Ecollar. I never got to use it! She has shown no aggression towards the fowl or sheep or calves. I guess she finally grew up. She will be two years old in September.