This Woman Rescued An Orphaned Crow And Now It Won’t Leave Her Side

When Vikkie Kenward rescued an orphaned baby crow, she had no idea that it would become so attached it wouldn’t leave her side.

Vikkie, 29, adopted the bird when it fell out of its nest and was lying abandoned by a roadside in May.

She named him Fagin (after the gang leader in Oliver Twist) and hand-reared him, feeding him every fifteen minutes until it was grown up.

She expected the crow to fly the coop once it was old enough but, three months on, Fagin shows no signs of going anywhere.

He treats Vikkie as its mum: Fagin goes shopping with her, watches television on the sofa and is even learning to talk.

Fagin helping Vikkie with a bit of work [SWNS]

The clingy crow perches on her shoulder, tears up her letters and jumps in her van with her every time she goes for a spin - even to McDonald’s drive-thru.

What’s for tea, mum? [SWNS]

It even hops around her kitchen when she cooks, perches on her dog, and sits on her head when she does her make-up.

The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup… [SWNS]

Vikkie also claims Fagin answers to his name and is even trying to squawk ‘hello’.

The animal lover, who lives in Horsham, West Sussex with boyfriend, roofer Ty (corr) Smith, 33, said: “Fagin comes absolutely everywhere with me.

"We are regular visitors at my local Pets at Home - he sits on my shoulder and they all know who we are.

“He’s constantly menacing the dog” [SWNS]

"I live with Ty and Fagin gets a little bit jealous of him. One morning he gave me a kiss on the cheek and Fagin nipped him.

"He comes to me for food and squawks at me. He steals or shakes everything, tries to rip up cigarettes and is constantly menacing the dog.

"He also comes when I call him like a bird of prey and is trying to say hello at the moment like a parrot."

She added: "He doesn’t go outside to poo, he does it from his perch or on me.

"I change my clothes a lot. It bothers me enough to change my clothes but not enough for me to kick him out.

Vikkie and Fagin [SWNS]

"Other than that he is great for getting flies and spiders out of the house. If you don’t want spiders in the house, get a crow."

She added: "He is completely free. The window is open and he could go if he wanted to but he chooses to come back every half an hour or so.

"To be honestly I can’t see him ever leaving. He comes and goes and he knows where home is. I would be really sad if he went - I’d probably have a little cry.

"He views me like a mum, but I never expected to have a baby.”

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