How do I use smallbirds effectively?

[Bearry]

After reading the wiki, stating that smallbirds are a good way to collect feathers and morsel, I thought I should give it a try. After all, I have always rely on the slow and unreliable traps to collect feather and smallbirds look sooo cute.

 

Hatching only takes 3 days, but it seems to take forever.

 

After the smallbird was born, I tried experimenting with him to attack snowbirds.Sure, the birds didn't run away from my little pet. But all it did was make a battle cry and hop very slowly to the target. By the time it reached the target, the target flew away -.-

 

When I issue an attack on the snowbird repeatedly, the smallbird will keep making battle cries and hop slowly. And peck once. and did nothing else. I couldn't kill a single snowbird with smallbird for one day. And it comes to an end when a deerclops came attacking us.

 

So, how do I use smallbirds to farm feathers effectively?

Either this, or I'll go back to my multi bird cage farm. 

[Auth]

i dont know anymore

[Xija]

I guess rather than investing on a small bird which I don't know how to manage, just craft a plenty of boomerangs?

[Strangerdanger101]

Just hit birds with boomerangs.

[ShnarfBird]

You could also just wait until it grows into a Smallish Tallbird.

They will go after anything you order them to, so bird-hunting is a snap.

However, they will refuse to run away from any battle, so don't fight too much with one around.

[Chessolin]

Is there any way to pen these little bastards? I think I finally have mine contained and I go too far away, and next thing I know it's happily hopping after me.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=360830703

[Bearry]

Boomerangs are probably a no for me, coz I'm using Wendy. It will take at least 2 hits to kill' em