Magpie chick is an interesting creature. To feed him at home is not as difficult as birds of prey. After all, the magpie chick is omnivorous. Another question: why do we need to do this?
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Rural poultry farmers have many enemies. That magpie brings them a lot of trouble and misfortune. Being an omnivorous bird, it does not disdain to feast on chickens, ducklings, turkey poults. Moreover, you need to take care of feeding offspring in the nest.
And sometimes, grabbing a rather large chick, she raises it above the ground, but, not holding it, can drop it. As a result, the chicken falls to the ground and breaks. Or he may have an injured leg, for which forty dragged him up.
It happens that magpie drags a little rabbit or even a kitten. And it’s not worth talking about pecked sunflowers, tomatoes, zucchini and berries. In short, one trouble from these arrogant and voracious birds!
Creative way to turn a pest into a savior
As soon as the villagers try to scare away forty from their yard. Only they do not care. These cunning beasts are fearless. And yet one very resourceful man managed to outwit the magpie tribe. And for that he needed ... a magpie chick!
It helped to get such an unusual pet case. Magpie chick fell out of the nest. And so, having fed the baby, the man received a devoted friend.
And since the magpie nestling grew next to chickens, ducklings and turkey poults, he did not even try to attack the poultry. Not only that, the bird grew up the villager perceived as his own home. Therefore, she carefully guarded him from encroachments from the outside. Neither strange cats, nor dogs, nor foxes could sneak in there - forty instantly made such a noise that uninvited guests slurped from the yard with all their might! And on occasion, the defender attacked strangers: pecked them, beat her wings.
How to care for a chick?
Of course, like any baby, the baby requires attention and care. Since the nestling of the magpie is called the magpie, we will call it in the future exactly that.
So, it’s very difficult to get out of the fledgling chick because it requires heat - 41 degrees. If the house has an incubator for eggs, then you can configure the sensor in it to the desired indicator. Then the temperature regime for the chick will be observed.
Some people manage to slip the shirt “to raise” cats, dogs, or even put it under the chicken to the chickens. But here you should be very careful and accurate, you must make sure that the adoptive mother does not offend the orphan.
How to feed magpie chick ?
As mentioned above, this bird is omnivorous. Therefore, there are no special problems with food for her. But it is worth remembering that ant eggs and flour worms love the magpie chick most of all.
What to feed a feathered pet, if these delicacies are not at hand? Meat paste or low-fat minced meat, low-fat cottage cheese, finely chopped liver and chicken hearts are suitable. Be sure to give the chick steamed cereal, fruit and vegetable puree. A magpie will not refuse a small fish.
How to feed a magpie, if he still does not know how to eat?
It’s good if a fledgling chick has already fallen into the hands of a person. He actively opens his mouth, noticing an approaching man. And even starts to cry, getting hungry. It is more difficult in cases where the baby is very tiny.
Even knowing how to feed the magpie chick at home, not everyone can do it. The helpless lump does not open its mouth! And if a person fails to force him to swallow the first piece of food, he will simply die of hunger.
You can use tweezers for feeding, gently revealing the beak to the kids with a piece of food and stuffing it deeper, almost in the throat. Otherwise, the chicks do not hold the food, and it falls to the floor.
You need to feed a small shirts every 3 hours, gradually increasing the temporary gaps between feedings. A fledged chick can easily do without food for 8-10 hours.
Gradually you need to teach the chick to take food from below. To do this, put food on a plate and put in front of a magpie. Then you should draw his attention to the feed by tapping with tweezers, the sharp end of the knife, or with your fingers next to it. You can use some tool to take a little food, lift it and drop it down. Usually a chick pays attention to a moving object, which creates an imitation of a living insect or small reptile.
It is useful to give the bird boiled, broken spaghetti, the size of which corresponds to the length of earthworms. A shirt will quickly learn to swallow pasta. This will help him in the future to find worms in nature and eat them.
Magpie nestling upbringing
In addition to learning to take food on their own, the pet owner should also teach him the first flight lessons. To do this, push the shirt from low objects, for example, from a table or stool. Do not take risks and throw off the chick from the balcony of the second floor. Moreover, it will be completely superfluous to start training from the roof of the house. Care should be taken, gradually increasing the height.
In parallel, a person can teach a bird to talk. Of course, magpie will not be able to sing modern songs and romances, like a parrot, but she can learn a few phrases.
In general, this bird is considered one of the smartest. She is the only one, for example, recognizes herself in the mirror, while the parrot takes its reflection for another bird. Therefore, some people try to train magpie, teach her some tricks.
For example, a bird can lay objects in boxes depending on their colors. A ridiculous number is obtained when a magpie pulls on a rope tied to the trigger of a gun. When a shot is heard, the bird falls on its back, as if it had been killed. You can teach magpie to say something at this time, for example: “Guard!”, “Killed!”, “Ah, my life is a penny ...”
But the most beloved occupation of the white-faced is to steal various things a person needs and hide them in one place she knows. This is how the bird will drag something and put it where the person cannot get it.
He sits down, contented, and watches with interest how a man seeks his loss. So now believe the saying about bird brains!