Grey crows

Brown Podzol

I’m posting this here as I think sheep farmers have more issues with grey crows than other farmers in general. I have a dairy cow with a wound on her tail head that is open now with about 10 months because the f’n grey crows keep pecking at it. She doesn’t seem to have any feeling in the area as she doesn’t react when peck. Last autumn I put a horse coat on her and this stopped the grey crows but then she got maggots there and when I removed the coat the pecking started again. I have coated the area with Stockholm tar but take take no notice. Is there any product I can apply to the area to keep the fcukers away from her.

Birdnuts

Brown Podzol wrote: »

I’m posting this here as I think sheep farmers have more issues with grey crows than other farmers in general. I have a dairy cow with a wound on her tail head that is open now with about 10 months because the f’n grey crows keep pecking at it. She doesn’t seem to have any feeling in the area as she doesn’t react when peck. Last autumn I put a horse coat on her and this stopped the grey crows but then she got maggots there and when I removed the coat the pecking started again. I have coated the area with Stockholm tar but take take no notice. Is there any product I can apply to the area to keep the fcukers away from her.

If the tar's not working then probably your only option is to shoot the offenders. I'm suprised though as I find the tar pretty effective on lambs/ewes.

Lambman

The tar could be keeping the air away from it so takes longer till heal? Try a bit off grease on her back we're they land.

Brown Podzol

Tried the grease all around the area and even packed the wound with it to no avail, taking no notice of it, the wound is pecked raw morning and evening. I must step up the effort to try and shoot them, wont be easy with the long day and hundreds of them around.

Birdnuts

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Tried the grease all around the area and even packed the wound with it to no avail, taking no notice of it, the wound is pecked raw morning and evening. I must step up the effort to try and shoot them, wont be easy with the long day and hundreds of them around.

Try a ladder or a Larsen trap. You can get big numbers that way. The Curlew project I help out with has had much success with former.

Brown Podzol

Birdnuts wrote: »

Try a ladder or a Larsen trap. You can get big numbers that way. The Curlew project I help out with has had much success with former.

I rang the local gun club and I will have a trap tomorrow, Larsen I think.