Chaff 3,622 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Past few weeks my ferrets have been eating magpies they seem to really enjoy them. What do you reckon good or bad Quote Link to post
The one 8,482 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Mine are the same with jackdaws , crows and magpies i just make sure there frozen for three weeks Quote Link to post
ginger beard 4,652 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Past few weeks my ferrets have been eating magpies they seem to really enjoy them. What do you reckon good or bad must be good if the ferrets enjoy them and good for killing magpies. Quote Link to post
Fat-Ferret 857 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Good feeding, I just find some of them have a lot of mites, probably best frozen for a while. 3 Quote Link to post
Chaff 3,622 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Yeah hadn't thought about freezing them that would be to kill any bacteria they might be carrying would it ? They also have had crows and pigeons Not frozen but freshly killed. Quote Link to post
Aussie Whip 4,112 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 If we fed magpies to our ferrets here we'd be in big trouble even though they take peoples eyes and cause bike accidents.Don't know if the same birds,but my farm cats eat anything,never touch the maggies. Quote Link to post
The one 8,482 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 i try to freeze everything and work in rotation so they always get the oldest stuff thats been well frozen to kill worms , bugs etc 1 Quote Link to post
Chaff 3,622 Posted June 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 If we fed magpies to our ferrets here we'd be in big trouble even though they take peoples eyes and cause bike accidents.Don't know if the same birds,but my farm cats eat anything,never touch the maggies. Surprised you can keep ferrets didn't think they would be classed as indigenous. Interesting the cats not eating them,must be a different bird over here they are a real pest to all our song birds, and farmers sheep stock particularly during lambing. Quote Link to post
Aussie Whip 4,112 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 If we fed magpies to our ferrets here we'd be in big trouble even though they take peoples eyes and cause bike accidents.Don't know if the same birds,but my farm cats eat anything,never touch the maggies. Surprised you can keep ferrets didn't think they would be classed as indigenous. Interesting the cats not eating them,must be a different bird over here they are a real pest to all our song birds, and farmers sheep stock particularly during lambing. Ferrets are banned in Queensland,even though theres no recorded case of ferrets surviving to breed in the wild there. 1 Quote Link to post
tsteve9999 456 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I gave mine a crow a few years ago and found a load of roundworms about 3 inches long in the cage the next day. I suppose freezing would kill anything like that off but it put me off feeding them for good 1 Quote Link to post
Jax13 251 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 My personal opinion is if you are scraping the barrel by feeding crow and magpie you either need to stick your ha d in your pocket for dry food or do a better job filling the freezer through the winter. Hell, buy a cheap air rifle and go to your perm and drop a couple of bunnies or pigeons each week or go for a drive and pickup some fresh roadkill 1 Quote Link to post
Welsh_red 4,651 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just on the subject of freezing . I got quite a few squirells in the freezer. What kind of time frame am I looking at for killing ticks etc 1 Quote Link to post
Chaff 3,622 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just on the subject of freezing . I got quite a few squirells in the freezer. What kind of time frame am I looking at for killing ticks etc I believe they just drop off soon after they die. Quote Link to post
Chaff 3,622 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Talking to a mate tonight we have 50+ racing pigeons coming our way the owner having a clear out he said he can't give them away live as they just come back to his loft,so looks like my stinkers are going to have feather lined nests for a while Quote Link to post
The one 8,482 Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 My personal opinion is if you are scraping the barrel by feeding crow and magpie you either need to stick your ha d in your pocket for dry food or do a better job filling the freezer through the winter. Hell, buy a cheap air rifle and go to your perm and drop a couple of bunnies or pigeons each week or go for a drive and pickup some fresh roadkill How i normally fed rabbits all summer this year i fed rabbit , chicken carcasses , pigeons , crows (black stuff ), pheasants and whole cockerels with clean water i think its a nice mixed diet thats changed daily for my ferrets , i used to split a deers head and add in one day but im running low on them so the dogs are getting them 1 Quote Link to post
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