How To Stop Crows/Rooks/Magpies & Other Wild Birds From Stealing Eggs

** How To Stop Crows/Rooks/Magpies & Other Wild Birds From Stealing Eggs **


We get asked a lot, especially from FREE RANGE poultry keepers - How Can I Stop Crows/Rooks/Magpies & Other Wild Birds From Stealing Eggs???





Many replies from people and other poultry keepers are just unbelievable at times with comments like (shoot, kill, hang a dead crow outside of the coop, use live traps, use bait, use larsen traps) and these are just to name a few. We get that vermin NEED controlling that's totally understandable (for disease prevention) etc etc, but simply just to kill or lame innocent wildlife because they encroach upon our flock is shocking to say the least and those condoning it in our opinion SHOULD be prosecuted to the fullest the law allows. It is "US" poultry keepers that are encroaching on their natural environment and we should respect that and both should be allowed to co exist and flourish, let's face it wildlife is part of our eco-system and makes the world go round and just killing wildlife is going to have a massive effect and impact on that.





Now, there are many simple and effective ways of stopping Crows, Rooks, Magpies and other wild birds from stealing your chickens and/or other poultry's eggs without any such need for the above and in this BLOG we look at that, starting with this simple and effective way. Just simply cover the pop hole on your coop with a black plastic refuse sack or other similar material and cut flares in it so that your chickens and/or other poultry can still get in and out but it deters the wildlife from entering, if your chickens and/or other poultry won't go in or out then just simply pin 1 flare up for a short while until then get used to it being there.





As you can see, really simple but effective. Another favourite is using the cane and pop bottle method which many call a (windygo). Basically all you need is a bamboo cane, a pop bottle, some sticky tape, some material and a pair of scissors to make a (windygo).


*** Directions/How To Make ***
1. Stab the bamboo cane into the ground.
2. Get an empty pop bottle.
3. Cut two wings into the bottle.
4. Stick some flares made from plastic or other materials to the wings.
5. Place the pop bottle over the bamboo cane so that the cane goes inside the bottle.


DONE. When the wind hits the wings it then spins the bottle on the cane turning it a bit like a windmill if you like and in turn scares off wildlife and wild birds, simple but again very effective.


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STEP 2



STEP 3



STEP 4


The finished article should then look something like these (below) but again you can design or modify them in anyway you see fit. The purpose of this blog is to give you an 'idea' of what to do and how to make these and give just a few simple yet effective ways of deterring Crows, Rooks, Magpies and other wild birds from entering your coop and stealing your chickens and/or other poultry's eggs.

There are other predators that can also enter your coop and steal your chickens and/or other poultry's eggs as it's not limited just to wild birds like Crows, Rooks and Magpies. So our DOCUMENT Predator Attacks On Poultry & Predator Proofing will also give you tips and help you with that.

Thank you for reading this article/blog and we hope that you will find it useful and put these methods into effective but more importantly think twice about killing or laming innocent wildlife.

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