How to attract crows to stay?

[ConchRepublic]

I have a flock that comes and goes from our area, when they are here we have no hawk issues at all but the day they leave we usually get a couple that start eying our coops. Is there a way to get them to stay in the area, instead of moving off and coming back after a couple weeks or months like they normally do?

 

[Silverduck]

We feed them, usually every morning. They are eating before we can get back in the house. I give them leftovers, bread, crackers, dog food, whatever I can find or have left over. They will eat just about anything.

 

[LAMchop]

I think food is the key to keeping them around, like Silverduck said. We live close to a communal roost, and every morning crows make a pit stop here because they know that's when the dishwater gets tossed out. They love to pick through it for yucky bits of food

. If we left more food out they would probably hang around all day.

 

[Fowl97]

coould you hatch some and keep them or is that illeagil idk just asking

 

[12GAGirl]

They love to eat corn! I always have crows eating my deer corn!

 

[Kanthaka]

I feed the crows unshelled peanuts and that keeps them around.

 

[Tala]

plant corn

 

[caspernc]

I have a crow family that are a constant to our property. I used to love them because they don't like herons, so helped keep my koi safe. But in reading about crows, they kill chicks and eat eggs so I was trying to figure out how to keep them away. I even read about crows going into the pop door and getting eggs! What is worse crows or no crows? I know all of their calls and the brood raising calls. I will kind of miss them if they are bad. But they will murder alot of different preditors. Does this need to be a different thread?

 

[Tommie D]

Maybe try a Crow decoy, it might just work for your hawk issues.

 

[Liamm_1]

so I take it that crows do not bother chickens and keep the hawks at bay?
I've wondered if the crows I see are eyeing my chickens, so no?
Also, how can you tell the difference between crows and ravens, as I'm not sure which we have flying around here?