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Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:41 am
by Vik351
Greynomad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:19 pm
Finely chopped grain bread.
We were told this was strictly veboten.
Tried them on minced meat... they turned up their beaks & refused to eat it!
So we went back to the grain bread.
They now wait on the barrel where we feed them, eagerly anticipating the arrival of chow time.
Maggie is now so used to us that she stays on the barrel while we place the bread in the feeding saucer. I reckon she’d probably allow me to pat her... but I don’t want to domesticate her to the point of dependence.
Vogels if ya could still get it
,Yea, i reckon as long as it aint full a preservitives it wont kill em ...!!!
Now way I would give em “ Fritz “ (devon to some
) ask a butcher what goes into that...
Vik...
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:02 am
by Newcastle George
Our visiting magpies and many offspring have survived for about 20 years with small amounts of devon.
There are six of them witin 20 metres of our back door at the moment.
George
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:19 am
by BernieQ2
Obviously Italian maggys George .
Bernie .
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:33 am
by Vik351
Newcastle George wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:02 am
Our visiting magpies and many offspring have survived for about 20 years with
small amounts of devon.
There are six of them witin 20 metres of our back door at the moment.
George
Can they all walk or are they in wheel chairs ...???
The way the “Maggie doo gooders” rave on ,those who feed em should be shot ...
Dont know what to believe anymore...???
Prolly just not every day so they still have to forrage a bit...
After my first feed of bread,the clan was there, but yesti the big black and white (full colours) old man was havin a look and pickin stuff outa my lawn
Vik...
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:31 am
by Noggins
Ours love cheese , then a small amount of mince to help it go down.
The time to send a young'un out to fend for themselves was a bit stressing and noisy, but that's their way, and "Maggie'' would sneak back in when the flock were away somewhere else, so we ended up with 2 feeding times.
Ron
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:50 am
by Newcastle George
vik351 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:33 am
Newcastle George wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:02 am
Our visiting magpies and many offspring have survived for about 20 years with
small amounts of devon.
There are six of them witin 20 metres of our back door at the moment.
George
Can they all walk or are they in wheel chairs ...???
Vik...
Australian magpies generally live to around 25 years of age, though ages of up to 30 years have been recorded. The reported age of first breeding has varied according to area, but the average is between the ages of three and five years.
George
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:17 am
by supersparky
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:00 pm
by Newcastle George
Ray took it off topic. We spent 8 weeks in eastern europe, then 5 weeks at home prior to a week at Diamond Beach north of Forster fro 28/12 Dave.
George
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:31 pm
by Greynomad
Re: The new (to us) caravan .
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:07 pm
by Shirley
Before it resumes
' my g'mother had a pet magpie very friendly, always in her yard, it would let people come in ok but as you left it would peck at you heels & ankles.
