pheasant to keep off crows?

[janeyo]

has anyone heard of this?
There are some allotments opposite my brother's house, and he is friendly with on of the old chaps there. Old chap has a pheasnt (dead) hanging from a pole in the middle of his plot. My bro asks how long it is going to hang before he eats it. The pld chap laughs no much he nearly wets himself then says he has no intention of eating it, it's there to stop the crows from descending.

This is a new one on me, but would love to know if any grapes have tried it?

[lindyloo]

yes i have seen this many times in the countryside, but with dead crows.

[Mac]

I've seen dead rabbits on fences...but there are some strange folk up here!

[sewer rat]

yes i have seen this many times in the countryside, but with dead crows.

This is standard practice up here.

[binley100]

I've got a rubber snake .............it came with the plot .

[Glutton4...]

Yup - hanging dead birds, sometimes in rows, round here seems to be acceptable practice. Not as prevalent as when I as a kid, but you still see them occasionally. Used to be Magpies in cages, too.

[janeyo]

well thanks guys you learn something new everyday! And me being a country girl all my life and had no idea!

[Curlykale]

If anyone wants to try it, I know just the pheasant you can use - the one who demolished my very healthy, beautiful baby broccolli just after I had planted it out - and I'm sure I heard him laughing at me today.

[sewer rat]

Used to be Magpies in cages, too.

I see a lot of crow traps up here - large cages with either a "tame" crow or a decoy (plastic) crow inside - the crows or rooks fly in but can't get out and are duly dispatched - then hung on fences

[Snadger]

Does it work for pigeons?, or will it just act as a decoy and lure them in!

[Two_Sheds]

Crows don't eat vegetables though: why are they being killed?

[Princess Unicorn]

Poor crows I love crows.

Here I have seen the odd womble staked in the ground....maybe they are eating crops these days?

[stooriefit]

Crows don't eat vegetables though: why are they being killed?

Crows take pheasant and grouse eggs, in fact any birds eggs they can, the chicks also. They wait while a ewe is lambing,and while the lamb is helpless and the ewe distracted having a second lamb they will peck the eyes from the first lamb. Horrible Birds

[PAULW]

The crow wasn't killed there was a dead pheasant hung up to keep the crows away, IMO this would draw in the crows who eat carrion, and as two sheds said crows dont eat veg plus crows are not that common there is a country saying, if you see a flock of crows they are rooks if you see a couple of rooks together they are crows

[stooriefit]

Ah ken a craw when ah see wan!!!!