Feeding Crows To Ferrets

[pure game 7]

what would ye lads think about feeding rooks and jackdaws to ferrets i never fed them to um but would you think it would be alright thay would be breasted before i give them to um

Edited May 7, 2014 by pure game

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Mine got a magpie yesterday. Straight out the field as it comes...

 

[rabbit demon 302]

Don't see why not, meats meat to them, don't think crow's can pass disease on to other species.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Should be fine when fed as part of a varied diet. Like you say, breast, pluck or skin them first cos the feathers get everywhere when fed whole , and if you have a few ferrets you need more birds = more feathers. You should freeze them for a couple of weeks to kill parasites too.

[paulus 26]

nothing eats rooks not even rats

[vanman1 411]

Yep fine, mine get them fairly regular as part of a varied diet.I rough pluck mine but only really to keep mess in hutch/run to a minimum.

[The one 8,511]

I feed them after i have froze them to kill anything on them but some ferrets wont touch them but my hobs will

[pure game 7]

thanks for the replys i was getting alot of them with the catty lately and it no good throwing them away so thay will be going to the ferrets from now on along with everything else

[danw 1,748]

nothing eats rooks not even rats

we used to have a herd of free range pigs on the estate every rook for miles came to them was some good sport when a dead rook hit the floor the pigs would fight for it they used to stand on a wing pull them apart and eat the body.

[pie-eater 377]

Ive fed corvids loads of times. Only problem I had was after chucking in a rook I had shot ten minutes earlier the ferrets got infested with ticks so now I freeze tem for a few days.

[paulus 26]

 

nothing eats rooks not even rats

we used to have a herd of free range pigs on the estate every rook for miles came to them was some good sport when a dead rook hit the floor the pigs would fight for it they used to stand on a wing pull them apart and eat the body.

 

a few years ago we shot a very big bag of rooks and woodies, we left the rooks in a hedge, they took weeks if not months to rot away, but every missed pigeon was just a feather splat over night

[oxo 470]

Mine are not keen on Crows, they did not touch the last one gave them.

[hideandshoot 13]

I've fed mine quite a few jackdaws this spring which I caught in my Larson trap. I rough pluck them and cut off the wings at the first joint to reduce the mess from all the feathers. Mine don't seem over keen on Maggies, but they'll eat them if hungry enough. I suppose it's good to vary their diet with a bit of natural stuff. Check for left-overs in their sleeping quarters after a day or two in case they don't clean-up, as this will result in maggots in summer.

[dogger 100]

6 maggys put in to the ferrets last night

[The one 8,511]

6 maggys put in to the ferrets last night

Road kill ?