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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thedragonsden" data-source="post: 1258301" data-attributes="member: 68456">I have adopted a baby MagpieHi all Thanks for the great infomation on magpies.. its been really helpful over the past two months.... we have adopted a baby Magpie.. it has come on great over the past couple of months, thanks to all the useful info.he is great fun but very naughty, he flies around the garden throughout the day then comes in to roost in the evening, however we have a large family of magpies that keep attacking him we have to leave some one sitting him or leave the dog out to protect him! "i know it sound mad but he gets on really well with our dog!!" my concern is the group are trying kill him! and i don't want to have to keep him in a cage... does any one have any suggestions on what we can do!since these attacks have started his white feathers have gone grayish and he dosnt stand as proud as he used to! is this because of worry or should we do something with his diet....Keith</blockquote>