Call birds

[Guest Countryboyo]

What do ye feed them how often etc?

[John Keswick 119]

How often do YOU think?

 

Also what do YOU think they eat?

[smithwicks 182]

i feed them every night befor it gets dark. you can feed them bread,dog nuts or the heads off of rabbits.

hope this helped. B.M

[The one 8,456]

half a can of dog food or some rabbit

[patdahat 41]

and dont forget fresh water every day.

[Guest Countryboyo]

only tips I can give are cut the tail off, plenty shelter from the sun, keep moving the cage so shite dont build up and feed them as often as possible as they have a fast metabolism. I usually feed them bread mixed with egg and give them the odd bit of meat. water at all times obviously and make sure they have a perch. also keep mink and rat traps around as they will pull the callbirds out through the cage. air riffle is the best way to dispatch and can make great sport picking off magpies drawn to the callbird.

[stubby 175]

What do ye feed them how often etc?

 

so what was the point of the first post :wallbash: :wallbash:

 

 

only tips I can give are cut the tail off, plenty shelter from the sun, keep moving the cage so shite dont build up and feed them as often as possible as they have a fast metabolism. I usually feed them bread mixed with egg and give them the odd bit of meat. water at all times obviously and make sure they have a perch. also keep mink and rat traps around as they will pull the callbirds out through the cage. air riffle is the best way to dispatch and can make great sport picking off magpies drawn to the callbird.

[Guest Countryboyo]

What do ye feed them how often etc?

 

so what was the point of the first post :wallbash: :wallbash:

 

 

only tips I can give are cut the tail off, plenty shelter from the sun, keep moving the cage so shite dont build up and feed them as often as possible as they have a fast metabolism. I usually feed them bread mixed with egg and give them the odd bit of meat. water at all times obviously and make sure they have a perch. also keep mink and rat traps around as they will pull the callbirds out through the cage. air riffle is the best way to dispatch and can make great sport picking off magpies drawn to the callbird.

 

To give and recieve advice? you can never know too much . calm down darling

[Bootsha 1,306]

Now then, listen to this one, discovered something the other day that really does work. Put my Larsen over with my hens as I was losing eggs at a rate of knots, caught one of the offending bar stewards, who died almost straight away, but not before I caught another.

I put fresh drinking water and a container fready to hold some ood for it, I had no dog biscuits, tins of dog food etc etc, and have used them all over the years, so, having watched too much Ray Mears, decided to "use whats around me", as I was over the chickens at the time I put a couple of handfulls of layers pellets in, just to tide him over until I get some more "suitable" food.

That was a month ago, it's eating the pellets every day, is going non stop, as fit as a racing snake and caught me about 15 others to boot!!.

This food doesn't go off smelly and is a complete diet for hens ( and magpies so it seems), just keep it dry. Hand on heart it works a treat and I for one will carry on using it. Results speak louder than words. I hope this essay helps out in some way.

 

ATB

 

WAB

[Guest MickyB]

Is it just me being a tight fecker or am I alone in the fact that il not buy food for the corbies and magpie call-birds?? I feed mine whole rabbit, and other bits and bobs that are to hand, like eggs at times when i have spares etc... they do very well on it.

 

only tips I can give are cut the tail off,

WHAT?

 

You cut its tail off?? (im guessing you mean the call birds tail) FFS firstly its illegal, as is wing clipping or any other such tampering with the bird.... secondly its just not needed... yes the tail end may get a bit frayed, but thats about the worst of it, and like you say, if you move the trap every day the bird will stay clean.

[Guest Rod&dog]

I caught a young magpie one that i kept for three seasons as a call bird,,, During the winter i would keep her in an airvairy in my garden ,And during the summer months she would be in her larson working like she knew was right. Used to go round my larsons every morning and evening and lunchtime if i had time,,Filling the feed and water up on all visits if needed and removing any captives,, I found that trying to messaround with an air gun or pistol to despatch caught birds was to tricky and could not garauntee a decent kill with the bird moving perch to perch,, So i would use my bare hands ,And boy dont the magpies and big old carrion crows give a peck ,,Used to feed my bird on soaked dog buiscuits ,,Carrion and tinned dog meat.

[neil cooney 10,416]

IMO a well minded Magpie in a larson really earns it's keep.

Another thing I find is to use a large water cup as they love washing themselves.

I've noticed a lot of lads don't use there traps in the Winter. I find in the hard weather Magpies and Greycrows travel more in search of food and will leave their territory and will find your trap. In the harsh spell of weather in the Winter just gone I took 10 greycrows with one trap in a week. 5 in the one day. I put raw meat in the catching compartments of the trap. At one stage there were 2 greycrows in the trap and 2 more waiting to get in.

[JohnGalway 1,043]

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Edited August 18, 2009 by JohnGalway

[joe woodward 0]

Now then, listen to this one, discovered something the other day that really does work. Put my Larsen over with my hens as I was losing eggs at a rate of knots, caught one of the offending bar stewards, who died almost straight away, but not before I caught another.

I put fresh drinking water and a container fready to hold some ood for it, I had no dog biscuits, tins of dog food etc etc, and have used them all over the years, so, having watched too much Ray Mears, decided to "use whats around me", as I was over the chickens at the time I put a couple of handfulls of layers pellets in, just to tide him over until I get some more "suitable" food.

That was a month ago, it's eating the pellets every day, is going non stop, as fit as a racing snake and caught me about 15 others to boot!!.

This food doesn't go off smelly and is a complete diet for hens ( and magpies so it seems), just keep it dry. Hand on heart it works a treat and I for one will carry on using it. Results speak louder than words. I hope this essay helps out in some way.

 

ATB

 

WAB

 

i feed mine on pellits aswell thay love it and it gives them a good diet lyk the hens get.

[Guest Countryboyo]

i give mine the pellets at the moment too and it seems to be doing ok. the odd hen egg still though