foreveryoung Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hello, was awoken again to an awful racket this morning, the girls are at the bottom of a 100ft garden. the other week I went out there as fast as i could in my PJ's, fell over as I missed the wall (its only a ft high and is in the WIR) to find next doors cat on the roof (they're not fussed bout those) and a magpie's croaking.... I thought it was another fox attack, walked back in shaking, my nerves were shot that morning... this morning all I herd was a magpie and a load of bock bockking...... are they really a bother to the hens????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Mine always give the magpies and crows a telling off. Can you rig something flappy up to scare the magpie away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 the girls are in a WIR with a poly carb roof and welded mesh on the sides (donno if the magpies can get through for the eggs??) ive thought about putting old cds over the run but we have a slows tree at the back (on school grounds so cant remove it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffodill Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Mine are upset by rooks -they really don't like it when the baby rooks are being fed near their run at least the rooks make more noise than the chickens so the neighbours cannot complain as the rooks start at dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Mine always give the magpies and crows a telling off. Can you rig something flappy up to scare the magpie away? at first mine use to get freaked, but now they do tell them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) the noise definitly sets your heart racing!!! Edited June 6, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 My chucks just stare at the magpie who has a nest in our tree and "clacks" at them. They exchanged pleasantries with him today and he was quite agitated. They were int he run so didnt feel threatened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
