blueandwhite Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 ... worse for the blackbirds. So my day off, let the chooks out and go back to bed with a coffee. A bird flies into bedroom window with a thud. I quickly put on my dressing gown and raced outside, assumed it was a blackbird as a 'mom' blackbird was going frantic on the grass. My chooks were clearly attacking it; a fledgling blackbird. The 'dad' was on the fence. I know you're not meant to intervene but I couldn't have got the over excited and possibly killer chooks in the run so I gathered baby bird up in my dressing gown and wrestled the chooks into their run. Managed to open the shed door and get the ladder out one handed! So there I was up the ladder, in my dressing gown putting the baby on the shed roof. It looked okay but was obviously shocked and the parents were still frantic. I watched from the patio for 10 minutes but it didn't move. I thought maybe I should try and get it to move it further along the shed roof towards the shrubs at the back so got up the ladder again. And it flew away! Yay and phew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 wow those brutal cluckers...I have a tiny mouse that gets in to the run from time to time, and I so want my girls to attack it but they seem terrified of it....silly girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Gavclojak you meany!! I'm sure the mouse just wants to be friends Well done blueandwhite - good deed for the day - I find having baby birds about very stressful and even though I know most of them don't make it to adulthood I'd rather not see it myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I know right....but the mouse was hanging from their gravity feeder.....just hanging....like Stallone, in cliffhanger...it was horrible....I wanted him to disappear....I wanted the girls to eat him but I think they are too spoilt and get too many treats...a mouse would seem like hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireabella Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 we've got a little mouse that visits sometimes too. I'm with you gavclojak but the mouse is just too fast for my girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottage Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You were right to intervene, don't worry. I always find this guide helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Three of ours cornered a grass snake yesterday. Poor little thing coiled up and hissing frantically. I managed to decoy them away by opening the feed store and shaking a feed bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Glad it got going again. Norty chooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandwhite Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Pottage - I'm glad I didn't read your guide first ... I would still be fashioning a nest now and attempting to attach it to a tree. Your guide made me smile. Guess we don't often see the 'hunting' side to their nature. Having said that my three are now hassling the life out of a pigeon on the bird table in the hope of getting a few crumbs he kicks off. Poor starving creatures they are - not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'm glad you managed to save the baby blackbird and that it eventually flew away. If adult birds fly into your windows you can pop them into a box and place it somewhere warm for a few hours. I have done this in my airing cupboard and have saved the lives of a thrush and 2 chaffinches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catriona Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Glad you managed to save it! We had similar a couple of springs ago - a baby sparrow had fallen out of our trees and was crawling across the grass straight for the Eglu run. I saw it from the window and had to make a sharp run outside to rescue it! I popped it in a small 'nest' box until we could figure out where it was from, managed to put him through on the other side of the fence into the neighbour's garden away from the naughty hens and hopefully in sight of his parents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 My Daisybelle eat 2 baby birds last year . I think they were dropped by a magpie or crow though. My kids were horrified. Circle of life I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
