Crows - ever happened to you?

[Keren]

Just wondering if anyone has had problems with crows biting the tongue of a calf which is being delivered?

We had one years ago, and chalked it up to being bad luck, a bit of a freak incident.

This year in about a week we have had three kids get bitten. We also had one about three months ago.

Its a pain, because the poor little tackers cant suck, so we have to tube feed for a week, then bottle feed for a week, then they can get back onto their mums.

 

[I luv herfrds]

Haven't had a history of crows, but magpies years ago were getting on the cows backs and pecking at the brands and causing them to bleed. Father in law had a quick solution, a .22 round.

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

Hope this is not a thing like Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds" which came out a number of years back...lol.

 

[Medic24]

Gees, never had the crows thing happen..........had yotes and dogs , and wild pigs waiting for calves to be born, but crows?

Folks, it's a cruel world out there...and a bit of spiked corn or .22 helps to keep the balance tilted on your side.....Yikes did I say that? ;-) :cboy:

 

[grannysoo]

Bullets are cheap........

 

[Keren]

Yeah bullets are cheap but the problem is the bl00dy things tend to land in between two goats! Have one flying around with a mussed up tail, but thats all so far. Still got around 30 to kid down so it will be all hands on deck to keep the crows away.

 

[hillsdown]

Usually as soon as you get the 22 they disappear.

Magpies are horrible here this year.

 

[3rdgeneration farmer]

Not on cows, but crows reak havoc here on sweetcorn.

 

[js2743]

few years past buzzards was killing new born calves all around my area we was lucky to not loose any but had a close call. i heard a loud shot and then the phone rang it was my uncle he said he just killed a buzzard trying to kill a new calf for me.

kept a close watch out from then on and i helped thin out the buzzard population every chance i got and still do.