It was HORRIBLE!!

[newtofarmlife]

Hi There
I had my chicks out in their pen today and I came in to grab my camera to take pictures of their first outing and as I looked outside to my horror there were 3 crows in with them and as I started screaming one picked up my baby and flew off...I chased it as far as I could hoping maybe it would drop her but it wouldn't..it flew into a distance tree and started eating her in front of mine and my 7yr old daughter,needless to say it was EXTREMELY traumatizing and I don't know what to do...I was wondering about a net but I don't get paid for another week so I was thinking maybe put some flashers on some string??Not to sure if that would work or not...please feel free to give any suggestions

Many Thanks to all

 

[Brelansmama]

Holy COW!!! That IS horrible!! I am so sorry!! How old are your chicks? I let mine out on nice days, in a dog run with no top, they are 4&5 weeks old, should I worry?

 

[nzpouter]

put the chick indoor for a few days, tie a piece of meat with a string pegged in the ground, shoot the crows.

 

[Feathered Landings]

So, so sorry.

Have you looked on Craigslist under the "free" section? I've seen a lot of chicken wire and stuff of that sort on there...maybe you can find someone giving it away. Until then, I'd leave them in just to be safe.

 

[Tala]

I think crows are generally good guys, for adult chickens that is.

Cover your chicken pen.

 

[the_eagle69]

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What do crows taste like?

 

[Slywoody]

Crows are all dark meat and fairly tough. Taste rank too. Depends on how you fix em'........

 

[amartinlb]

I use an old screen, full window size, a plastic tarp from painting or raking leaves. Crows are brazen, I saw a baby bird stolen from a birds nest - did the same thing chasing it and yelling to no avail. Sorry, it's worse when its personal.

 

[nzpouter]

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What do crows taste like?

crunchy if you deep fry them...

 

[MissPrissy]

Sorry this happened to you and your child. It is certainly a hard lesson to learn when these things happen. The pen without a top made them fair game to any predator around. Instead of being traumatized it is really a good idea to try and teach the children about the food chain and how everything needs to eat and takes any opportunity to do so if given a chance. I know we don't expect these things to happen but they do and we need to learn from them as much as we can.