Crows & Clucks: Should You Let the Backyard Goths Hang Out With Your Chickens?

So you’ve got chickens They’re fluffy, they’re fabulous, and they lay breakfast But now you’ve noticed a few mysterious, dark-feathered figures lurking nearby—crows Are they friends? Foes? Freeloaders? Before you start handing out tiny trench coats and naming them Edgar, let’s break down the pros and cons of letting crows hang around your backyard flock

Pros: The Crow Side of Things

🧠 Smart Security Guards

Crows are basically the neighborhood watch with wings They’re incredibly intelligent and will sound the alarm if predators are nearby Hawks, raccoons, or that one cat with a suspicious glint

Crows: Wild Guardians

A flock of free-range chickens strut around the yard on a sunny afternoon They are busy pecking around, hunting for bugs in the green grass Suddenly, the yard goes quiet Squirrels run into the trees and songbirds disappear in the blink of an eye The chickens are too enthralled in their foraging to notice the wildlife disappearing A crow calls out from a nearby tree, and the chickens scatter for cover They run into the woods, under a garden shed, and back into the coop as quickly as they can A huge red-tailed hawk sees her cover is blown,