Crow Attack?!

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I had my two boars, Alfie and Charlie, running around free range on my lawn today. I was obviously sitting there as i would never leave them on their own. Suddenly, i hear a flapping noise and look at Alfie who dives to the side and pegs it back to the hut. A crow had swooped down from behind me and had went for him.

Now Alfie is a huge piggy and i let them do it as we don't have birds of prey here and I'm always supervising. I didn't think a crow would do that. Has anyone else had this happen?

I don't think i'll do it now, they'll have to stay in their runs. It frightened the life out of me. I hope no one thinks i'm irresponsible :{.
 
You don't sound irresponsible at all sweetie, Crows are fast creatures, too fast for you to stop them.
Ive never heard of that before though....
 
Some biirds will attack guinea pigs, this is one of the reasons why I will not rehome to people who want to let their pigs run free in the garden.

Magpies will attack, I even know of a pig being attacked by a bird as he lay dozing against the wire of his hutch. There are sparrow hawks and lots of other birds of prey who will seem to sweep from nowhere and take a pig, I too know of several cases where this has happened.

My friend who has lots of rabbits had a magpie attacking one her rabbits through the wire of the run.

You really have to protect these little creatures and keep them safe.
 
I have never known that but will look out in the future, big magpie nest in the back of next doors garden.
 
I have never heard of this, but I would not feel comfortable letting my piggies run free in the garden, therefore they only go out if in their run, where i know they are safe
 
:... Close escape!

I've seen Crows attack rabbits, cats and large chickens, so a guinea pig does sound likely. :o

You were lucky it was a crow and not a bird of prey!
 
you could probably make a reasonable bird scarer for very little cost which would deter the crows and magpies without upsetting the guinea pigs,if the birds are becoming a pain ask your local authority what measures you can take legally to prevent further attacks.

allan
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I always thought crows were scavengers so I never thought much of them around piggies although I wouldn't be too keen.

We sometimes get magpies looking enviously at our pigs. The worst i had was when I was looking after the boys one afternoon after a hard day's work, anyway, it seems i may have dozed off and woke up in a startle to find a cat creeping into the garden. my first reaction was to shoo the cat away, then realised the boys were none the wiser and still happily munching... Needless to say, I'm a little more careful with my sleeping patterns now...mallethead
 
I was terrified amd i felt absolutely terrible :( just imagine if it had grabbed him!

Well they'll definately be staying in their runs. I rarely ever do it. I hate people who just leave their animals and don't bother to make sure they're safe, and i've just done basically the same thing mallethead

Yeah, i thought they were scavengers. Obviously not, or it might just have been inquisitive. We get cats as well and they peep in through the mesh of the runs. Our terrrier does a good job of scaring them though, a quick bark and they're off! :))

How stupid of me!
 
Don't be too hard on yourself. These things do happen and what's important is that you make sure this doesn't happen again. Just like i have with the nodding off and the cat incident... I don't think I'm a bad mummy, just that I have to be vigilant at all times...
I never put mine to roam free because they would go in hiding under the decking area and I couldn't get them back... and there are a few cats in the neighbourhood too...
 
Magpies regularly swoop at my cat, she makes a heck of a racket when they do it. She even managed to catch one once and try and get it live and kicking through the cat flap! My piggies are all in covered run so no chance they will get at them there. xx
 
I've not had it happen with crows but have had magpies call to one another & gather in a nearby tree, they spooked my piggies enough to cause them to huddle together in a clump (5 boars, who didn't live together). I gathered them up & put them back into their hutches & my run is now totally netted :)
 
It can happen there was a case last year when a bird was suspected of taking a piggy. :( I still think of her.

I use grids for runs but i cover up with a mesh material (thin one that is for ponds, you can get them in Wilkinsons) its not worth the risk.

I'm on the edge of the countryside so we get hawks, nand this was an ostrich...well it wasn't an ostrich but was massive like a stork sitting on a roof out our back a couple of months ago.

My bunnies free range but they are rather big to just whip up but pigs are smaller and can so easily and quickly be taken.
 
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I was terrified amd i felt absolutely terrible :( just imagine if it had grabbed him!

Well they'll definately be staying in their runs. I rarely ever do it. I hate people who just leave their animals and don't bother to make sure they're safe, and i've just done basically the same thing mallethead

Yeah, i thought they were scavengers. Obviously not, or it might just have been inquisitive. We get cats as well and they peep in through the mesh of the runs. Our terrrier does a good job of scaring them though, a quick bark and they're off! :))

How stupid of me!
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All you need to do is teach Alfie and Charlie to bark then ;)
 
on the top of my two piggy sheds i have a wind streamer,they keep the local magpie colony well away from the garden as they dont like the colour(red) or the fact that they stream about in assorted directions.Works for my lot ok.

allan
 
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