Rufus - are maggies magpies? They're quite scarey birds. They used to steal our chickens' eggs.
When we were in France 2 of our french farmer neighbours had pet crows. I think they had them since fledglings, and they had a cage they slept in at night. During the day they came out and ate titbits from an outside table. Or from human hands.
One of them became very protective of its owner and when I walked up to visit with our dog would fly across and bombard us.
I think they must have released them to the wild eventually as they got older, as I never saw them after about 6 months.
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My 2 recently acquired friendly maggies appear to have "dumped" me! They seem to have deserted my breakfast table; presumably they've found better digs after complaining about my slow service. 
It's not the first time I've been dumped (never a dumper), but I'm somewhat miffed after nurturing them through what has been a miserable Winter.
That's gratitude for you! It's enough to drive a man to drink, (if he wasn't there already.) Now I miss their warbling and our conversations.
I'm reminded of Spike Milligan; "I talk to the trees. That's why they put me away!" 
Maybe they'll come to their senses soon.
It's not nice being dumped, but talking about it might ease the pain.
C'est la Vie
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