why 2 rings

[j davies 8]

i do not no anything about falconry but i would like to no why they have 2 rings on when young and one is removed i always thought they only put one on any one tell me why

[brew 0]

the reason they have two rings on when they are young is you dont no what sex they are going too be .so you put two on one a little larger than the other ,if the small ring gets two tight its gonna be a female (which is larger than the male in most cases) so you cut the small ring off.

hop this helps thanks brew

[j davies 8]

the reason they have two rings on when they are young is you dont no what sex they are going too be .so you put two on one a little larger than the other ,if the small ring gets two tight its gonna be a female (which is larger than the male in most cases) so you cut the small ring off.

hop this helps thanks brew

 

 

yes thank you for that never new it why cant you just put one bid=g ring on to start with

[jasper65 6]

yes thank you for that never new it why cant you just put one bid=g ring on to start with

 

Yep you have a point but the smaller ring can be handy when ringing a bird earley, I like to stick both rings on the one leg with the larger ring at the top followed by the smaller, the smaller obviousley being tighter helps stop the larger ring falling off plus a little Micropour also helps, having said that some large females will also fill out the female rings....

 

"Brew" is 100% right about the ring expecially with the Goshawks! the male rings on the female Goshawks will get pretty tight restricting blood flow to the leg, this will show up usually by fay 12-18 depending on the race of bird. Having said that all the Harris's are rung weather male or female with W - Female rings ......

 

a couple of pictures of Gos's that filled the rings! a young 09 male 2lb plus on a pals fist while out Hawking and a young female from the other year both from a old Bob Haddon line....

 

Jasp

[j davies 8]

yes thank you for that never new it why cant you just put one bid=g ring on to start with

 

Yep you have a point but the smaller ring can be handy when ringing a bird earley, I like to stick both rings on the one leg with the larger ring at the top followed by the smaller, the smaller obviousley being tighter helps stop the larger ring falling off plus a little Micropour also helps, having said that some large females will also fill out the female rings....

 

"Brew" is 100% right about the ring expecially with the Goshawks! the male rings on the female Goshawks will get pretty tight restricting blood flow to the leg, this will show up usually by fay 12-18 depending on the race of bird. Having said that all the Harris's are rung weather male or female with W - Female rings ......

 

a couple of pictures of Gos's that filled the rings! a young 09 male 2lb plus on a pals fist while out Hawking and a young female from the other year both from a old Bob Haddon line....

 

Jasp

 

 

thank you so much for that reply i used to race pigieons thats why i asked its nice to no more about this i do lots of hunting now and want a harris but i no i can not spend the time with it can only do weekends in the winter its no good for the bird is it

[brew 0]

as a rule its not good practice to only fly at weekends , but harrishawks manage it quit well. if you cant get owt with your bird you can high jump her thats very good for them .

 

jmo thanks brew

[j davies 8]

as a rule its not good practice to only fly at weekends , but harrishawks manage it quit well. if you cant get owt with your bird you can high jump her thats very good for them .

 

jmo thanks brew

 

 

what does that mean mate and in the light nights she or he will be out all the time a spend 3 hours a day now min with my dogs and if i got one it would be out with me