I know this is a pets forum and a magpie is a wildbird but my daughter has just phoned me with a problem regards a poorly magpie.
It has been outside her back door for 3 days and she has been feeding it but it will not go away and she says it looks really poorly and has a few feathers missing from its head. It looks like a fully grown one.
Is there anyone she can contact regards as what to do with it ?
I appreciate any help that can be given as i hate to think the poor little thing is suffering.
Thanks.

Whatever you do dont involve the rspca you will be signing its death warrent.
I speak from experiance.

Thanks for that Nikita , i was just about to phone them.

Contact these guys - http://www.voluntaryrescuecentre.org.uk/

I took a bird with a broken wing a few years ago, they know what they're doing.

Contact these guys - http://www.voluntaryrescuecentre.org.uk/

I took a bird with a broken wing a few years ago, they know what they're doing.

Thankyou very much . Will do it now , i will let you know what happens.

We had a scraggy looking magpie last year used to hang around our houses.He was almost human he would follow you to the shops sometimes walking at the side of you a real character i would be sat in the conservatory and he would just walk in past my dog and have a look around ,This went on for ages then he made the mistake of landing in the local school yard he was around the kids and caused a stir some were screaming, the headmaster called the rspca and then he was gone for good.Me and my neighbours all missed the little chap it really upset me.

Whatever you do dont involve the rspca you will be signing its death warrent.
I speak from experiance.
I second that they have a really bad reputation now it used to be good but all they seem to want to do now is get funds and free media attention

There was a time when magpies were kept as pets (not that I'm promoting the idea) so the notion of one wanting to hang around humans is not as daft as it sounds. Of course, if he's on ground level he runs the risk of being feline fodder so would be better of with people who know what to do with wild birds. A lot of people dislike maggies, but I think they are stunning birds, so hope he pulls through

Contact these guys - http://www.voluntaryrescuecentre.org.uk/

I took a bird with a broken wing a few years ago, they know what they're doing.

This would be my first port of call not the RSPCA
this man gives 100% care to each animal and works very hard to get them 100% back to health

There was a time when magpies were kept as pets (not that I'm promoting the idea) so the notion of one wanting to hang around humans is not as daft as it sounds. Of course, if he's on ground level he runs the risk of being feline fodder so would be better of with people who know what to do with wild birds. A lot of people dislike maggies, but I think they are stunning birds, so hope he pulls through

I had one for years make great pets. true many people dislike them and with good reasons too lol

Thanks for all the lovely stories about Magpies. They can be amusing birds but i have also seen the bad (tormenting of other birds) side to them. I wonder if this one has been kept as a pet then left to go free ?
Anyway the last i heard from my daughter 'Kerrie' she was told by the man at Woodseats to phone the rspca to catch it and then take it to him. I advised her to catch it herself and take it, but have not heard nothing from her since.

Bloody things are a nightmare up here, harrasing my hens, the cat and myself.
I was attacked by three the other week. Nasty buggers they are

If you wanted to get a corvid as a pet, where would you source one?

Not something you see in pet shops very often! :hihi:

If you wanted to get a corvid as a pet, where would you source one?

Not something you see in pet shops very often! :hihi:You would have to contact a breeder and the bird would have to be fitted with a RSPB closed ring to prove it was not a wild bird It would be ilegal to sell or buy such a bird with out one fitted you could try cage and avary mag most breeders are listed in there.How ever its not ilegal to own such bird with out a ring as long as it is never put up for sale but this can cause legal issues been there done that lol

My dad had a pet jackdaw as a boy, his friends still tell stories about it after 60 years, unfortunatly a neighbour poisoned it for messing on her windowsill.

The little tinker is as cheeky as they get. He keeps taking off (now he seems a bit better) somewhere and comes back everyday to see her for some food.
When he first arrived he seemed very bedraggled but is a lot better now. Its a mystery how he got into such a state though in the first place.

Just out of curiosity I thought I'd have a look around to see if I could find a crow/magpie breeder.

Found this...
http://www.birdtrader.co.uk/birds

Use the search on the right, amazing what you could pick up.
9 week old barn owl for £50?!!

I really hope there is some checking of potential homes going on....