Beautiful Baby Magpies .

[White Noise]

So  when removing a large conifer today  I  happened to  knock out a  Magpies nest .

 

Absolutely gutted  as  I  didnt  see it ....  We all know conifers are super dense .

 

Anyhow  Im now left with 3 greedy little mouths  to feed  and  they aint shy  . 

 

So with the help of Google &  Friends  .......   

 

Im looking after them  .  It may not be right or proper but it sure beats handing them over to someone  else ..... which Ive done in the past  .

 

[aspenarb]

Well done @White Noise, most folk would wring their necks because of what they are,. I too would save them, I am the sort of prick that stops the machine to move a frog rather than flatten it .

 

Bob

[Mick Dempsey]

They can live a long time so if it were me I’d be looking to ready them for release back to the wild. Although they will be vulnerable to attack from wild ones.

 

Don’t make them pets, feed them and walk away, then maybe release them gradually.

 

Dont ask me how to do it though, just my thoughts mind.

[Stubby]

Used to feed them tinned dog food when in the Larson .  Don't forget water .

[White Noise]

I,ll get some pic up the morn  ..... cheers .

[carlos]

did the exact same thing a few years back, eventully released them but didnt get round to marking them in some way to see if they stuck around, although they did get a doing from other magpies.

they are seriously noisy and hungry, i think i fed the boiled egg but it check online as to whats best.

fair play for trying to help them.

carl

[Billhook]

Used to have all kinds of pets when I grew up in the 50s and 60s.  Probably not legal now.  However "Johnny Magpie" was rescued as a chick and was part of the family for about two years.  He took a bath in a washing up bowl and used to sit on my head on my school cap before school and I was terrified of him pooping down my neck but he never did.  He was allowed to fly around and gradually he went further and further away until he stayed away.

We never did manage to tame rook chicks. they seemed to be too wild but Jackdaws made good pets.

 

Once had a beautiful leveret called Chuchundra, after the Jungle Book, saved from the power harrow.  He used to stand up on his hind legs and beg for Cadbury's chocolate fingers and lie flat out in front of the fire with the dog.

When he grew up we had a very large pen which used to house turkeys and he had a great time bounding around, but one terrible morning mother heard these screams from the pen and the poor thing has leapt  around with joie de vivre and had broken his back by twisting around as they do.  So the vet was called and he was put to sleep.

 

I am not sure what the answer is with the magpies.  I think three will just be an untamable noisy rabble but you cannot just let them die now you have taken pity on them.  Then there is the legal question

[Rough Hewn]

Put a large hood over them and they think it's night time.
Good man for making the effort.
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[peatff]

Layer's Mash chicken food used to be the go to for abandoned young birds, mix with milk or water to soften it for them.

[Peasgood]

I'm the one that would wring their necks but if you want to keep them alive dried cat food is much better than tinned dog food. Don't know how big they are so you may have to break it up a bit til they're bigger.

Adult magpies will live quite happily on dried cat food.