For the past week, I have had a crow that has been standing guard on the telephone lines and my fence teasing and taunting my baby chicks, turkeys and ducks. It will take off and turn around and do a nose dive into the chicken yard and land on the ground. It will then walk around and tease and taunt my babies. All of the mama chickens, turkeys and ducks will put up a fight and run it off but it continues to come back. I do not want to have to keep all of my babies locked up but I am afraid that this crow may harm them or possibly kill them. I guess any animal that is trying to do harm to your animals is a predator huh? I have never heard of a crow being listed as a predator, so I am not sure. I have a BB gun that I shoot it with to try to scare it away but it comes back. I cant stand guard all day. The babies are in an open area that is about ½ acre. They all have their own separate chicken houses and duck pens that they go in to at night for security. I would hate to have to lock them up all day but I will if thats what I have to do for their safety and security. All together were talking about 120 babies.
Should I be worried that the crow will kill them? What should I do?
Should I be worried that the crow will kill them? What should I do?