Anyone have any ideas how to deter menacing crows?
Weve had crows out here before and they have been no problem.. ate the chicken/duck food, chased hawks, etc... Then they disapeared.. I "think" they went down the road... a guy started pasture raising pigs and leaves tons of fruit/veggy scraps out so I see tons of crows out there now instead of here... THEN.. starting yesterday, after I put out a new doghouse (hoping the ducks would use it as a nesting area) there have been 3 large crows in the duck pen.. Then I noticed that eggs have disapeared.. I probably would never have noticed except for the egg shells in the driveway... No duck or chicken could have gotten there to lay them...
So, any ideas on how to deter them??? Ive got a couple fake owls im going to put out on the fence near the nesting area.. (hopefully the ducks dont get freaked out)....
Last year I had ducks laying eggs out in the open and no problem.. The only problem I had was occasionaly finding baby chick carcasses in the duck pools that I had in a certain area... I moved them over about 20 feet and no problem afterwards..
Weird, huh????
Weve had crows out here before and they have been no problem.. ate the chicken/duck food, chased hawks, etc... Then they disapeared.. I "think" they went down the road... a guy started pasture raising pigs and leaves tons of fruit/veggy scraps out so I see tons of crows out there now instead of here... THEN.. starting yesterday, after I put out a new doghouse (hoping the ducks would use it as a nesting area) there have been 3 large crows in the duck pen.. Then I noticed that eggs have disapeared.. I probably would never have noticed except for the egg shells in the driveway... No duck or chicken could have gotten there to lay them...
So, any ideas on how to deter them??? Ive got a couple fake owls im going to put out on the fence near the nesting area.. (hopefully the ducks dont get freaked out)....
Last year I had ducks laying eggs out in the open and no problem.. The only problem I had was occasionaly finding baby chick carcasses in the duck pools that I had in a certain area... I moved them over about 20 feet and no problem afterwards..
Weird, huh????