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i need raven advice Anonymous
i have been thinking about getting a raven for ages, i havent been able to find any breeders or dealers for where i live (northern ireland lol), so i think im just going to have to get one from the wild.
i want to have it handraised from a very young age, so i think now should be the best time to get one.

ive done all the research on how to look after them and such, so no need to worry about that.

but im an idiot about these things, i need some advise on how to find some nests and how to tell ravens apart from other birds( like crows)

so if you have any advice, please help me out.thanks.
>> Anonymous
not a good idea, my friend. black birds are omens of death. if you go in to the wild and do this you'll be dead before the end of the year. cursed. don't fuck with it.
>> Anonymous
>>214855
Dead? If he's lucky. He'll most likely end up mentally crippled by the negative energy that the doom bird, messenger of the underworld, will unleash on him.
>> Anonymous
please, no paranoid rants about omens of death/bad luck, ravens are actually very affectionate and smart birds.
>> Anonymous
>>214853
What are you a emokid?
>> Anonymous
>>214862

nope
>> Anonymous
>>214892
Crows are small black birds.
Ravens are HUGE black birds.

Just keep a eye out when walking for huge black birds then take note of where they fly to when night starts to fall. and like>>214887said they tend to nest up high so be prepared to climb. also might want to call the "darwin awards" before hand to tell them what you are about to do.
>> Anonymous
thanks for the help guys, might go out hiking some time soon and search for some.
lol darwin awards, i have the first three books, no chance of me killing myself though
>> Anonymous
Whatever you do, don't try to train it to sit on your shoulder. It will shit on your shoulder all the time, and eventually it will peck your eye out.
>> Anonymous
As a general rule, ravens prefer tall hardwood trees near rivers, canals, etc. They are very shy and secretive, despite their reputation as bold tricksters. Securing one is going to be extremely dangerous and if you haven't figured out the difference between crows/ravens, you shouldn't be climbing several stories to pluck a baby from it's nest. If you haven't read it yet, read Mind of the Raven, by Bernd Heinrich.

I would suggest looking into an African white-necked raven. There are several breeders for them and they are easier to purchase (about the cost of a parrot, $900ish), and completely legal outside of Africa. Plus, a breeder can guarantee no hereditary illnesses and you don't have to worry about feather lice, bird flu, etc.

Another completely legal alternative for an exotic, smart black bird is a mynah, though there you are leaning more into parrots than corvids.
>> Anonymous
>>214906
>>mynah, though there you are leaning more into parrots than corvids

lol, no. Starlings are still passeriformes, making them a lot more closely related to corvids than to to psittacines.
>> Anonymous
>>214906

i live near the river bann(largest river in n.ireland) so thats ill start my hunt there, iver read a few more sites for ravens and im quite confident i could tell teh difference between them, when i see them ofcourse.

there isnt any breeders anywhere near me(nearest is deepest darkest england) and im not really interested in outer birds, only the common raven. and im really not interested in paying loads of cash for one.

(i think i give off an aura that makes parrots hate me a 100yards anyway)
>> Anonymous
I've heard that raising a wild bird is VERY hard.
You'll have to feed it every few hours, im not sure if crows/ravens have it, but birds give the babies crop-milk, which is needed for the baby to grow properly, and of course as a human, cant provide it.

Im not against you doing it though, if you can care for it, go ahead! I've always wanted a pet crow. There was this one near my school years ago that used to play with an empty water bottle, called him murder.