Just found a fallen rook fledgeling!

[Malt 379]

Walking back from my mates just now with the dogs and noticed a young rook sitting on a low branch underneath some nests. I took it back with me, after just about keeping the dogs off it, to save it from the inevitable 'death by cat..'

 

I've always fancied having a tame corvid, so has anybody got any advice on what I can feed it it until either it becomes tame, or grows it's proper feathers and can be released?

 

If it's not a viable option, I'll put the poor thing out of it's misery and give it to the ferrets, I'd just like to give it a go first!

[gerron 13]

deffo a viable option ! a guy in the village i used to live in had a tame jack daw and my mate had a pet magpie, not sure what the jack daw was fed on but the magpie was fed on dog meat

[watchman 256]

had a magpie as a youngster,took it from a nest kept it in the shed and fed on the usual grubs worms household scraps ect,pretty easy to look after and was hand tame practically within a few days obviously being so young,think darcy off here mentioned tin dog/cat food so go with that as an easy option,good luck

Edited May 11, 2010 by watchman

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

I took in a fallen rook as well. My best advice it put it back exactly where you found it. More than likely the parents are feeding it.

 

Rooks are cranky baxtards, and not as pleasant as a jackdaw. I have had jackdaws and magpies as well. Rooks will wake up the whole house every morning demanding a feeding. It's the most annoying sound on Earth!!

 

Also I found that the rook started getting fat and wasnt developing as it should. Its feathers were terrible as well. The struggle to survive is what makes these animals healthy and thrive.

 

Remember that it is all natural, whether it lives or dies. Although it is commendable to show compassion to this creature, I say put him back and let nature take its course.

Edited May 11, 2010 by cúagusgiorraí

[J Darcy 5,871]

Well mate, if you had have left it alone its mum would have fed it. Bu tnow you have got it i would recommend force feeding it with dog food.

 

However, i strongly recommend you return it ...

[Dosser 52]

Eat it !!!

they taste very good, but you need a dozen or so.

[Malt 379]

Well mate, if you had have left it alone its mum would have fed it. Bu tnow you have got it i would recommend force feeding it with dog food.

 

However, i strongly recommend you return it ...

 

JD, if I didn't know the area so well I'd have left it where it was, but the estate it was on is a cat lovers paradise...

[scothunter 12,609]

Eat it !!!

they taste very good, but you need a dozen or so.

 

:laugh:

 

I once tried as a kid to keep a pet crow.poaching lad got me it.sure he was taking the piss out me as all it did was peck and bite me to f**k.ended up wringing its neck.

Edited May 11, 2010 by scothunter

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i had a freind with a tame jackdaw and as well as scraps of bacon it seemed to like muesli and buscuits very much. i would feed it little bits of meat and egg.

[Night Hunter 109]

When I was younger I took a young seagull in as it was in the carpark,was told to put it back where I found it yep and you guessed .....flat next morning

[CO CHISE 329]

go back to where you found it pal and see if theres anymore as theres a recipe on living of the land and game cooking and it tells you how to make a pie out of them, you'll need 4 to 6, climb the tree if you got to for more

[Ratreeper 441]

how long have you had it? If you need to keep it, never let it see you feed it or it might scream at you for food, forever after. Put it back, maybe leave it for a few hours and then come back if you are worried.

[Malt 379]

It's drinking water out of a bird feeder I had in the shed, and I've managed to get a bit of soaked dog food down it's neck!

 

I've just read that a fallen brancher rook will not be fed by it's parents and need hand rearing.

 

Source: http://wildlife1.wil..._Av_Corvids.htm

 

 

 

 

go back to where you found it pal and see if theres anymore as theres a recipe on living of the land and game cooking and it tells you how to make a pie out of them, you'll need 4 to 6, climb the tree if you got to for more

 

Edited May 11, 2010 by maltenby

[Malt 379]

Remember that it is all natural, whether it lives or dies. Although it is commendable to show compassion to this creature, I say put him back and let nature take its course.

 

Sound advice my friend, although my version of nature taking it's course doesn't involve getting mauled to death by tiddles! I'd rather intervene with a quick and painless end if that's what it comes to. Make no mistake, although the compassion is there, there's also the courage to do what it takes, if need be.

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

alright mate.

 

Let us know how you get on. I fed a mixture of minced chicken, egg, apple and rice. Try to get the fella to feed himself, when he is physically/mentally able, or else your feeding him could retard his developement.

 

Letting him go hungry for a while to get him to feed himself, is a painful experience (on the ears!). Sometimes I felt like strangling the little screecher!