Some, well maybe a lot of folks don't like crows. I started feeding the local crows years ago when I saw they chase a large hawk off. Now I grab a slice or two of bread, break it up, walk outside and call them. They must have excellent hearing because they show up very quickly. I like to watch them gather up the pieces of bread. They pick up one piece and carry it over to another. They pick up those two pieces and then to another. They gather up as much or more than their beak can hold. They are very smart. I lost a litter of bunnies in a freeze. We had Flush Clean Trays that hung under the rabbit cages. I was flushing the trays into the pasture when I spotted the dead litter. I dropped on in the tray and flushed it out for the birds (recycling). A crow picked it up and put it down a couple feet away. Then I flushed another, then another and so on. The crow came back to that same spot and waited for each one. When there was no more it then gathered up it's stash and few away with it. All this being said, the crows nest close to our farm. Mostly in the Eucalyptus trees and in the Cottonwood trees.
My husband was coming out of the barn one day, when he walked into the breezeway just outside the door, he saw the chickens running for the cover to the breezeway with a large hawk at their tails. Just before the hawk grabbed one a crow hit it from behind, it flew off without the chicken! My husband said this all happened very quickly. We see hawks fly over all the time with crows right behind them. So, I feed the crows!
My husband was coming out of the barn one day, when he walked into the breezeway just outside the door, he saw the chickens running for the cover to the breezeway with a large hawk at their tails. Just before the hawk grabbed one a crow hit it from behind, it flew off without the chicken! My husband said this all happened very quickly. We see hawks fly over all the time with crows right behind them. So, I feed the crows!