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Magpie took bantam chick

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Partridge · 17/05/2014 09:11

A magpie swooped and took one of our silkie bantam chicks (5 weeks) from its brooding box yesterday. Sad

I was a couple of metres away and we live in the city centre with a walled urban garden. Will these chicks still be vulnerable to magpies when they are fully grown (bantam size). I had planned to have them free ranging in the day while I am in the house but am now questioning this Sad.

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MyICDiscalledsparky · 17/05/2014 12:34

We have bantam sized silkies. They would see a magpie off pretty quickly.

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