Understanding Feeding And Quiet Birds

[esoxluscious 44]

This is the last aspect of falconry that i really cant seem to get my head around; throughout the moult the bird if fed through a chute wont see you and then associate you with food therefore will not call to you (moisy/screaming) but what about through the season and the days where your not hunting and cant feed away from the mews? does the same principle apply?

 

Also does having the mews have to be placed in the garden were the bird will not really see any human beings help, except for the odd dog walker or kid passing the fence?

 

If i take the plunge this season i want do everything as right as possible but need to be aware that my next door neighbour is friendly with my landlord and a screaning hawk would not be tolerated at all as they are not even pet people never mind understanding hunting types and i certainly would not want to have the council round after somebody has put in a noise complaint or most improtantly the girlfriend would probably leave me lol

 

Many Thanks

[Bluebell h 69]

I think it's in the bird fella . I don't put my bird away to moult I still av her out most days on the bow perch on the lawn with a bath .i think it's better and less maning is neaded [BANNED TEXT] season arrives .and also makes the bird more steady .food in avery just before I put her away for the night .thats my way .

[Ginger shooter 58]

Blue that's what I do! She's in the garden now!

[esoxluscious 44]

and there fairly quiet? harris's? the odd cheep or chirp throughout the days not a problem its just the horror stories ive heard on other sites

[Ginger shooter 58]

Yeh she's like it when we go hunting aswell I get her box she whistles every time I pick her up! But try and take it to food instead of handing it to it u start a squawker GOOD LUCK!! No silence! Lol

[Bluebell h 69]

Just bin out with the dog left her in the garden while out .she ad a big feed up yday so just put her away and left her with a mouse to eat .

[Ginger shooter 58]

Yeh I got mice and chick quail etc hoe often u feed yours blue? I feed mine every day! She flys at 2.2 2.3 she's up to 2.5 at mo boosting her up!

[Bluebell h 69]

If flying I just keep her on weight with bits but if not going out for a few days she as a feed up ov gud red meat .mainly bin feeding rabbit all season .ready to to stop flying her now baby rabbits bolting now .so I'm done .atb .

[grovsey 74]

seclution is by far the best way as a bird at top fat weight does not want much to do with you and this results in stress marks in the feathers,that makes fracture points in the feathers where they can break.the bird is totally relaxed and able to moult out freely on a good quality diet .

[charlie caller 3,654]

I think it's in the bird fella . I don't put my bird away to moult I still av her out most days on the bow perch on the lawn with a bath .i think it's better and less maning is neaded [BANNED TEXT] season arrives .and also makes the bird more steady .food in avery just before I put her away for the night .thats my way .

Yep thats my way too,never had a problem,but each to their own. Edited March 18, 2013 by charlie caller

[top poacher 42]

got 2 ov mine flying free in aviary,fed on rabbit,quail,and chicks,other male is tetherd up,but still flying him at moment