Thieving Magpies

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2007, 17:37 »

Ashford is only about 20 miles or so from me. I'm in Maidstone.

And for sure you can't shoot crows in your back garden

richyrich7 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2007, 20:56 »

No but you can trap them and then

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2007, 00:33 »

... put them in a pie

ssatt44 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:18 »

HHMMMM...Are magpies an exceptable substitute for blackbirds? Is there a conversion ratio? 20 Magpies to 4 an 20 blackbirds

sharon in TOO HOT Arizona

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2007, 11:16 »

I'm sure they taste great - same family as crows

http://www.bertc.com/three_crows.htm

richyrich7 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2007, 11:38 »

Looks good Aunt Sally

You could just remove the breast meat to save plucking them all over and make a nice casserole.

ssatt44 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2007, 18:23 »

O...M...G :shock: Knowing what those suckers eat around here...flying dust bins!!

sharon in arizona

richyrich7 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2007, 20:46 »

Quote from: "ssatt44"

O...M...G :shock: Knowing what those suckers eat around here...flying dust bins!!

sharon in arizona

GB · « **Reply #23 on:** July 04, 2007, 15:07 »

Hi, dont have chooks yet but soooooon and was wondering if magpie's and crows are always a problem? We have lots around so should I just expect problems or wait and see. Its quite rural so they are quite alert and nervous and dont but dont hang around when they see me so

richyrich7 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2007, 19:59 »

No not always a problem, I personally don't have any probs at all, But they are natural opportunists. So if they find a food source they will use it.

It's really a wait and see job IMHO.

ssatt44 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 04, 2007, 21:39 »

Around here it's not my food they are after it's the !@#$ water. It hasn't rained since Feb or Mar. The town is under a stage 3 water emergency when we lost the main pump on #4 well head. D*** thing is 600ft down and they are geting one from Wilcox, Az to get up again. My North facing shed thermometer I just checked is PEGGED out at 120deg F. My chooks aren't saying buck , buck. It's more of a honk noise that sounds like hothotHOT!! :cry: I'm the mad dog out in the sun trying to keep cool water to the crew. I'm going to have to breakdown and install a mister system in the chook shed this weekend or risk loosing some.

sharon in TOO HOT arizona
"whiskey's for drink'n, water's for fight'n"

GB · « **Reply #26 on:** July 04, 2007, 21:53 »

Wish I could give ya some of mine mate, it hasnt stopped poxy raining for 6 weeks solid and the last 3 days its been bucketing down

ssatt44 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 04, 2007, 22:23 »

All the flooding in the mid-west is OUR monsoon. B@#% thieves

. At only 10% humidity no sign of the summer storms. As we say "it'll get here monsooner or later! When you only get 12 in. of rain a year at best, the least drought stresses the whole system. Will somebody exlain why my idiot geese won't go to shade but stand out in the full blast of the sun??

sharon in arizona

"whiskey's for drink'n, water's for fight'n"

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