Intelligence

[Magpie]

I don't know if my assumption is right about this crow stealing an egg. In my imagination the Crow gets shot for stealing an egg. Love this poem and the metaphor of the chicken and the egg. Maybe knowing everything will get you in trouble.

Your assumption is right Bunx. I was trying to say that the only reason the crow gets shot for 'stealing' the egg is because he is intelligent enough to work it out.

Cheers for reading
Magpie

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To Bunx's point about the crow getting shot...perhaps that's what the reading is intended to be. 
I like how the poem opens, but the rest of it is hard for me to decipher, and even if it's about crows getting shot for stealing eggs in the spring, I don't see the poet's intent here.
Perhaps some more clues are needed.

That was it really. The crow is clever enough to work out when the egg is laid and how to get to it and therefore his intelligence causes him to get shot. 
When I first put it up here I noticed that perhaps the first stanza wasn't necessary. I just wanted a comparison and 'cuckoo' has two meanings so it was handy.
The first stanza might distract from the rest, I'll have a think about it.

Thanks for the input,
Magpie