The farmer says crow attacks happen every year but is always sickened by the damage they do.
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Ronan Delaney, a beef and sheep farmer in Co Meath, has warned other farmers to take care after finding one lamb with its eyes and tongue pecked out by crows while being born.
The farmer said the lamb was attacked as it was being born.
Delaney discovered the lamb on Wednesday 17 April and later on that day found a sheep with one of her eyes pecked out after she became stuck in a field.
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Ronan Delaney said the ewe was still sore after losing her eye when she was attacked by crows.
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, he said that crow attacks on sheep are a common occurrence every year, but it was sickening to see the devastation they wrought.
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Ronan Delaney, a beef and sheep farmer in Co Meath, has warned other farmers to take care after finding one lamb with its eyes and tongue pecked out by crows while being born.
The farmer said the lamb was attacked as it was being born.
Delaney discovered the lamb on Wednesday 17 April and later on that day found a sheep with one of her eyes pecked out after she became stuck in a field.
Ronan Delaney said the ewe was still sore after losing her eye when she was attacked by crows.
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, he said that crow attacks on sheep are a common occurrence every year, but it was sickening to see the devastation they wrought.
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