crows advice please

[coney clucky 93]

sorry i know this is falconry site but some of you lads might be able to give advice i am handrearing a crow it is now just getting feathers feeding it on day old chicks rabbit dog food what i was wanting to know is would it be possible to train crow to fly free and return to fist also been told that they can learn to do tricks and even talk is that possible any advice or experiances of others who had corvids

[EskdaleHawks 8]

Yes! Better with a Raven though

[jasper65 6]

I used to have Jackdaws when I was a lad! these birds would follow me everywhere flying up to the house roofs and back down to my shoulder, they would follow me on my old Cowhorn push bike and even to school! I even had one that talked saying "Jack" and "C'mon Jack".

 

on another occasion I had a crow called "Charlie", He/She was fine until it pecked a young girl two doors up on the head! or at least thats what she said. basically I think he pulled her hair but her father came round and told my old man which consiquently meant "Charlie" had to go. I remember taking him with a pal to a old ruin not far away to let him go and biking away sobbing as I heard him calling behind the ruin , still plays on my mind today! I could never force any of my kids to get rid of their pets as happend to me.......

 

atb Jasp

[j j m 6,553]

i flew a crow a lot of years ago inprinted it ,there a very clever bird with good training you can get them doing most things