Please allow us to raise these birds in a coop.
Allow for a sending a single type of message using magpie that adds whoever the bird is picked up by a chance to add as kin if they open the message. Thus allowing you to converse with your neighbors and kin them from the safety of the base and even if your play times don't match.
I recommend a max range sent sort of deal so these can only be used to kin local players.
None of this is needed, but it would add a fun social aspect to the game and possibly make it less dangerous to discover who your neighbors are.