chickens attacking a crow

[packman65]

Hi i am new here and i have a query i was awoken this morning by crows circling above the hose making an awful racket so i looked out of my window to see my four chickens attacking a crow is this normal ??

 

[sourland]

Generally crows are too smart and aggressive to allow chickens to attack them. Perhaps the crow was sick? If this were to happen here, I would suspect West Nile virus.

 

[packman65]

i did save the crow from what looked like might be certain death and when i released it it flew away as far as i know there are no such viruses here in Ireland
could they have been just over protective of there run??

 

[sourland]

May have been just a dumb crow that made a bad mistake. Chickens do tend to protect their 'territory'.

 

[packman65]

Ty had them for 2 years now and never saw them do it so was just curious

 

[Rocky64]

The chickens should be grateful to crows, as crows chase and harass hawks and owls( if it's out in the day, or the crows find it's roost).