Bl**dy Crows!!

[Kleiber]

This isn't so much a question as a vent for my anger. As most of you know, I have a little farm in the mountains of west Wales and I've now got rid of all my sheep except one old ewe, whom I hand reared and who is as much a pet as my dogs and cats are, and her daughter. Well, I went up to their field this morning to check they were OK and I found poor old Molly cast, on her back, but, thank goodness, still alive. She must have gone over only a short while earlier, as cast sheep can die very quickly. Anyway, when I got to her and got her back onto her feet, I saw that the damned crows have pecked her left eye out while she was down. I know they do this, but I've never had it happen to any of my sheep before. The old girl doesn't seem too distressed by it, strange, I know, but she's grazing normally now. Thank goodness they didn't do it to both her eyes, otherwise I'd have to put her down. I just feel so sorry for the poor old thing. K

[Kleiber]

Before I go, Trim, I'll ask around. A couple of friends of mine are music teachers & I might even have some lying around somewhere. My late hubby used to play the guitar. Speak soon! K x

[wolf63]

<<<<Hiya Kleiber>>>> hope you and all the animals are well. Sorry about Molly. I hope that she manages to survive to be a really, really old sheep.

[tinpotLizzie]

I'm having constant problems with magpies. They get into the nest boxes & rob our hen's eggs whenever they can & pinch their food all the time. I bought one of those dummy hawks which worked for a few days, but the b-----s just sat up in the trees & watched my antics changing it's perching place daily! Once they sussed out the bird was a dummy, things returned to normal! Intelligent birds crows!

[bondgirl007]

Im sorry i just have to say when i first started reading this i thought you were on about cows LOL

[Kleiber]

Hi, all. Update on Molly - she survived the night fine - her daughter seemed to guide her up into the corner of the field, under a big beech tree, where the crows couldn't see her. I went up to check them again this morning & her eye is one hell of a mess, but it's difficult to see whether she's lost it completely. Time will tell, I s'pose. Bless her, she was following my voice this morning and when I got closer, I approached her on her "good" side, so she could see me and all she wanted was her ears tickled!! She's always been very affectionate with me, like I said, I hand reared her from a tiny orphan and when she was little, she'd only take her bottle if she was sitting on my lap. That got a bit awkward as she grew, but she's still very sweet. She's about 8 years old now, so I'm hoping that she can just live her life out in relative comfort. Must admit, when I went out to the pub quiz last night, I was very concerned as there were 3 or 4 crows just hanging round by her, but she was OK once she went up in the corner under the tree. Sheep aren't as daft as a lot of people think!
Oh, and bondgirl, I had problems with cows last year, too. Damn things stampeded through a drystone wall into one of my fields, knocked my postbox flying! Then someone else's sheep got in & ate all my vegetables.

[bondgirl007]

Oh, and bondgirl, I had problems with cows last year, too. Damn things stampeded through a drystone wall into one of my fields, knocked my postbox flying! Then someone else's sheep got in & ate all my vegetables.

aww i hate cows and now i also hate crows i hope everything is ok with molly :)

[Kleiber]

That was weird, wasn't it? My answer ended up in your reply! K