I found this adorable little article (at least, adorable until the end) in a Swedish magazine and took the liberty of translating it into English.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/...in-i-honshuset-var-lite-radd-for-andra-krakor
Åsa The Crow Moved Into The Hen House: "Was A Little Bit Scared Of Other Crows"
This May, a crow moved into a hen house in southeast Gotland.
She quickly settled in with her new friends and got the name Åsa.
- She felt a bigger connection with the chickens than the crows that flew past, says Tina-Marie Qwiberg, owner of the boardinghouse that took the little fellow on.
This May, Tina-Marie Qwiberg was on her way to the Gotlandish boardinghouse and restaurant Gula hönan when she suddenly saw a fuzzy little fellow on the road. There sat a tiny, broken young crow in the middle of the road.
Tina-Marie started looking for crows' nests nearby, but when she didn't find any, she decided to bring the little young bird to work.
- I thought she wouldn't survive if I left her there. And then I remembered a story from my childhood about someone having a crow living among the chickens, says Tina-Marie.
Scared of other crows
Luckily there was a hen house at Gula hönan, and there the little fellow - who was to be named Åsa - got to tag along. The new chicken friends made Åsa thrive and after a while she started to believe she was herself a chicken, Tina-Marie thinks.
- She didn't know anything else. She felt a bigger connection to the chickens than the crows that flew past. She was a bit scared of the other crows.
Anita took the amazing picture
One of those who have had the opportunity of seeing Åsa in her chicken home is visitor Anita Englund, whom [a newspaper] have written about.
- My initial thought was to chase the crow off, since I've head they can be after bird eggs, but then something within me told me to let it be. Fortunately, says Anita to [another newspaper].
She also immortalized the unique sight and has long been enjoying the image herself, but last Monday she decided that more people need the opportunity to appreciate the cute sight. She posted the image in a Facebook group and the response was quick.
"Diversity enriches"
As of this moment, the image has gotten over 1300 reactions and tons of praising comments.
"Animals have more sense than humans. They can accept different races", one person writes, for instance.
"Lovely. Diversity enriches", another one comments.
Unfortunately, Åsa is no longer with us, since she was taken by a hawk last week. Tina-Marie misses Åsa, of course, but gets happy when she hears the reactions of the image.
- It's fun that you can read so much into an image. It's a shame I can't tell Åsa, I'm sure she'd be proud as well.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/...in-i-honshuset-var-lite-radd-for-andra-krakor
Åsa The Crow Moved Into The Hen House: "Was A Little Bit Scared Of Other Crows"
This May, a crow moved into a hen house in southeast Gotland.
She quickly settled in with her new friends and got the name Åsa.
- She felt a bigger connection with the chickens than the crows that flew past, says Tina-Marie Qwiberg, owner of the boardinghouse that took the little fellow on.
This May, Tina-Marie Qwiberg was on her way to the Gotlandish boardinghouse and restaurant Gula hönan when she suddenly saw a fuzzy little fellow on the road. There sat a tiny, broken young crow in the middle of the road.
Tina-Marie started looking for crows' nests nearby, but when she didn't find any, she decided to bring the little young bird to work.
- I thought she wouldn't survive if I left her there. And then I remembered a story from my childhood about someone having a crow living among the chickens, says Tina-Marie.
Scared of other crows
Luckily there was a hen house at Gula hönan, and there the little fellow - who was to be named Åsa - got to tag along. The new chicken friends made Åsa thrive and after a while she started to believe she was herself a chicken, Tina-Marie thinks.
- She didn't know anything else. She felt a bigger connection to the chickens than the crows that flew past. She was a bit scared of the other crows.
Anita took the amazing picture
One of those who have had the opportunity of seeing Åsa in her chicken home is visitor Anita Englund, whom [a newspaper] have written about.
- My initial thought was to chase the crow off, since I've head they can be after bird eggs, but then something within me told me to let it be. Fortunately, says Anita to [another newspaper].
She also immortalized the unique sight and has long been enjoying the image herself, but last Monday she decided that more people need the opportunity to appreciate the cute sight. She posted the image in a Facebook group and the response was quick.
"Diversity enriches"
As of this moment, the image has gotten over 1300 reactions and tons of praising comments.
"Animals have more sense than humans. They can accept different races", one person writes, for instance.
"Lovely. Diversity enriches", another one comments.
Unfortunately, Åsa is no longer with us, since she was taken by a hawk last week. Tina-Marie misses Åsa, of course, but gets happy when she hears the reactions of the image.
- It's fun that you can read so much into an image. It's a shame I can't tell Åsa, I'm sure she'd be proud as well.
