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Whatever you do, DO NOT KILL THE CROWS! The entire murder of crows WILL remember you for that and WILL go after you for it!
Instead, I highly recommend you put up some kind of trickery to scare them off of your actively-farmed area without them realizing it's you. Such as, for instance, having motion-detectors make owl noises sporadically whenever they detect motion.
Hang a few artificial "dead" crows upside down with their wings spread out.
Nope– animal just just eats egg right were it finds it hmmmm yummy yummy yummy
Damn i haven't watched your videos in a while now, you look very fit 🔥 and abby dog is so big now omg!
You can get any bird to stop eating eggs by filling some with cayenne pepper. Make a small hole in an egg ( I use older eggs that I can not sell or hatch out) and scrambled the insides. At the other side I make another small hole and blow out the contents of the egg. Then I use Elmer's glue because it is kids safe so it should be non-toxic to birds. I let that dry. I make a big batch of these for laying and hatching season every year. After that drys, I take a small funnel and full the egg shells with cayenne pepper and hot sauce. Then I glue the small pieces that I took off earlier back to seal the hole. I watch where my birds lay the eggs. I get out early to collect the good eggs and replace with my special eggs. I do try to get them to weight around a normal egg. It's worked on all types of wildlife that are egg thieves, and it has not harmed them.They learn that my birds lay crappy eggs and they stay away from them. It takes about 30 days, just because some animals are really stupid. But it does work.
Can you stop them? There answer unfortunately is no. Corvids are brilliant birds, as bright as a 7 year old child. They learn and remember humans faces and will teach their offspring about the people they know. If you are kind to a crow, it will teach its offspring to recognize you and that you are a good person who can be trusted. If you are bad to them, they will tell all of their friends who will teach generations to come about the bad person who is dangerous, what they look like and instruct their offspring to target you for pranks and just generally make your life miserable. It is best to not get on the bad side of these creatures. They can use tools to multi-step problem solve, much like orangutans and other great apes. They can can untie a knot to open a door and then find a stick of just the right length to roll a nut close enough towards them to be able to grab it with their beak.
Try befriending them, they will offer you gifts if they like you. Putting out a feeder may deswade them from taking your eggs, all intelligent creatures are lazy. We would all rather grab the easiest snack then work hard for a smaller one of equal value. As long as they feel what your offering in the feeder is of equal or greater value than the duck eggs, they will have no reason to go after the eggs. In theroy anyways, they are fickle birds lol. Good luck Morgan, they may be a menace at times but try to appreciate them for how remarkable they are and don’t focus too much on how much you have to work around them.
careful not to make an enemy of the crows, they might be mean to you haha
Crows and ravens absolutely LOVE eggs. I have a feeling from the start.
Our dogs love the catnip lol
Sounds like it's time for arts and crafts Morgan to step in and whip up a scarecrow or two.
Toby Dog and Abby Girl getting into that nip.
it is a bittern pill to swallow – you should mass produce a murder of bat houses to help reduce the fly population – you probably don't want owl houses? maybe on the back 40 – you should add manure to fields and proactively do some major clearing – both for diversity and some paddocks and also some forage strips for native animals – think about going hunting this fall
It's always fun listening to your stories. Glad so see what I would assess as feeling good.
MOLLY MURDER MITTENS BEANS!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hey hear me out. SCARE CROWS! Why are they so good at it? Cause they’re OUT STANDING in their fields!
I would be seeing Molly Murder Mittens everyday if i had her t-shirt!! (hint hint)
Crows can be the worst enemy or your best friends! Be careful! Some good comments here on them! Rosie, chicken Mom of the month! Love Molly’s videos,,cutie murder cat! So glad both farm furrbabies are doing great! 🤗❤️🐾
Hi feed three ravens that live on my property and hang out in the oak trees by my house. Sometimes I give them eggs that I’m not too sure about that might’ve been older hidden the funniest thing ever though one day I gave them a goose egg and they couldn’t even pick it up. They kept flying up and looking at it and trying to pick it up. Finally, they decided to eat it right in place. Normally they would pick up a chicken egg and fly into a tree or over by the horse corrals and eat it, I’m not sure they were as amused as I was because the next morning they came all the way to my back door instead looking into my kitchen anyhow, I’m glad you found out what it was. There’s not too much you can do about them though they’re pretty smart birds and ravens. I believe might be smarter than crows.
Crows are MEAN to other birds. I saw a couple of crows attack and kill a pigeon once. horrible
Great solution against crows: you could TEACH them to not like eggs! I watched "eco-hack, saving desert tortoises from extinction" super fun or like someone said here; use river pebbles that look like eggs 🙂
Super looking forward to seeing your solution to the crow problem. I live in suburban Melbourne Australia, we have two ducks in our back yard and the Ravens steal their eggs regularly. Part of the problem is that the girls just lay them anywhere in the yard, rather than in a hidden nest and even when we lock them in each night. They wait till they are let our to lay. Highly annoying!
You can try to make friends with the crows, but it'll be tricky, and it might not dissuade the crows from attempting to eat your duck eggs.
I'm not sure what it is, but I feel like your videos would be something I'd watch on PBS on like a saturday morning. NOT in a bad way haha I like it!
make a movie
A snake?
Hey Morgan what do you feed your dogs? Mines a picky eater for some reason. 😂
I was going to say the same thing about doing any wrong to the crows cause not only do they remember but their children and their children’s children will also be taught that you wronged them. So tread lightly on your solution. Crows are smart. Maybe some puzzles with treats in them to keep them busy. Good luck with what ever solution you come up with!!
Scarecrow episode to follow, tubeman possibility?
Abby update please
Molly is your best camera operator.
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i set the cracked, overly funky, and deformed eggs out for the crows. I like to keep them around to deter predatory birds. I have them on trail cam hauling off the eggs, especially smaller eggs they can take to their nests intact
its funny when your farm dogs wear cones 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
heres your anser KILL THE DANG CROWS WITH A BIRD RIFLE
Time for a livestock guardian falcon
Love the kitty cam!!!’ ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜♥️
I guess you must not have weasels where you are at?? They will take chickens too though. We have them up here. (Alberta Canada)
Youve lost weight, nice
Anyone kinda sad Abby isn't getting snacks? 😂😂😂
i think the thefts could have been weasels they are small and sneaky enough to stay unseen by ducks and dogs but could easily squeeze through a 1-2 inch hole. I have 2 ferrets that steal wallets and golf balls through the smallest holes ever and cant squeeze into a 1/2 inch hole
😮 I have said it before. You need some scareCROWS! One near the chickens above. One by your geese. One near Alison's garden. Big, shirt flapping, & pinwheel holding. They need to be dominating with movement to keep those thieves away. 👍🏻
Crows and ravens are really smart so you're going to have to figure out how to outsmart them which will definitely be tough
He didn't say anything about snakes but snakes were ruled out because he wouldn't have found any shells. Snakes swallow eggs whole.
How about a Falconer? It would make for great videos
Put up scarecrows or owls