pet magpie

[littlefish 596]

Great thread! The simple days before computers for all kids, eh?

I must say I find crows very interesting and clever birds.

[J Darcy 5,871]

You can legally own jays, jacks and maggies as long as they were captive bred. Also it is legal to rear chicks that had been found abandoned. If those chicks had bonded too much to their human owner then i am sure there is nothing in the law that says they have to be released...

 

Thanks for sharing the pics in such a great topic.... JD

[colint5 47]

just wondered if anyone else had a magpie,jackdaw or something like as a kid.

i new my old man had a jackdaw as a youngster so pretty much badgered him stupid to let me have a magpie,why i dont know but as a kid if you want it you want it lol

had it for about 5 years until it started getting a bit wild and eventually one day it was gone,remember it used to sleep on bedroom window sill, and mob any other bird that came near the house dug out a couple photos from 1978,f**k me i feel old.

mmmm check out the cardigan

cant remember if thats my old tomohawk or chopper on the back wall,but hey good days as a kid

when i saw those pics, why did the film "KES" come into my head ? crackin pics though

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Great little thread this,

 

Just look how happy yous/kids are in the pic's great,

[mexlad 189]

quality thread,great pics and stories.

[fireman 11,345]

A mate of mine has a starling his dog brought in as a bold little chick last year,it talks and can say some rum old words .It has a thing about hair and will peck out your eyebrows if you let it,allways wants to be on your head when it's let out of the cage.never would have belived one could talk until i heard his one.

[steviemann 5]

A mate of mine has a starling his dog brought in as a bold little chick last year,it talks and can say some rum old words .It has a thing about hair and will peck out your eyebrows if you let it,allways wants to be on your head when it's let out of the cage.never would have belived one could talk until i heard his one.

 

 

And what a pretty bird they are close up. Like a Malards neck when the light catches it.

[mushroom 13,979]

What a fantastically nostalgic thread :clapper: I always wanted a pet raven when I wa young but there was no chance me mam'd go for it

 

 

 

See guest/antis we've been raping and pillaging the countryside for years what evil c##ts we are :feck: :feck: death to all wildlife

[mattydski 560]

My wife had one as a teenager, reared from a chick, had till it was an adult, then it released itself when ready.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Back in the 70's I had a Jackdow, Crow and a Magpie, then moved up to a Barn Owl, but have to say the Magpie was the most entertaining of them all, it got me into all sorts of trouble with the next door neighbours though

[littlefish 596]

I never had a crow but did have a baby sparrow for a while, found it in the garden as a scaldy with hardly any feathers. I kept it in a hamster cage and fed it on soaked bread until it was big enough to go. The wee thing hung about in the hedge for a while and then went on its way.

[kx100 66]

my freinds granda gets baby crows every year as there nest always get blowen out the tree in to his garden and hes been getting them for the last 8 years

[Garypco 3]

best imprinted magpie ive seen for a while....

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

my old man had a greenfinch a squirrel called chipper a barnowl

[Kay 3,709]

My dad & his cousen who lived with then had a Magpie as boys , as my dad went to grammer school it would sit on his head as he rode his bike to school & would be waiting fir him when he came out of school , he had it a few years untill it got shot

 

he is 70 this year & i know theres a photo somewhere of him with the Magpie on his head so that will be a real old photo if i can get my mother to find it