I once had five young crows in a nest out at the barn. My friend Dory filled every one of them with dry whole corn. Every one died the next day. Dry corn is not suited to a young crow. When my crows got big enough to fly we kept them in a coop.
Boys get tired of caring for pets after a time.
I always let the crows go after a while. I never had patience to teach crows or any other pet to do tricks as some boys do. I have heard of crows that had been taught to say some words. It was as much as ever I could do to make the crows keep quiet in their own language without teaching them another.