How Long Now?

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

How long now before your birds will have finished do you recon, im waiting on the last tail feather to come down and im all done, i had to resist taking him out early was going to start in a week but managed to hold myself off lol

Carnt wait now !!! That creance is looking better everyday, hard to keep my hands off it ha

[foxtails 272]

has a bird got to be a certain weight before it fly ? or somthing like that ? whats that all about ?

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

Yes bud, you have flying weights, hunting weight and fat weight, currently most birds are at fat weight in order to achieve a clean moult (replacing damaged feathers that happened last season) then around now the birds need to be retrained and brought back down to flying weight

[Alcatraz 16]

Yeah im waiting for 2 to come down probably be mid sept just to be sure they aint in blood

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

Yeah im waiting for 2 to come down probably be mid sept just to be sure they aint in blood

Nice one

[Ginger shooter 58]

Mines finished took her out on creance yesterday weighed her 1st she was 2lb4 would she have any of it??? Nope still a tad heavy lol

[Alcatraz 16]

Omg mine comes out every year around2.7 and always mid to end of sept.you done well to get her out now on the cre after a full molt.

Edited August 14, 2013 by Alcatraz

[killer catch 18]

this is the 1st moult iv gone through but shes just got the one left to grow down now. wouldnt mined a bit of advise on the next stages, ie re mannig ect.

thanks

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

this is the 1st moult iv gone through but shes just got the one left to grow down now. wouldnt mined a bit of advise on the next stages, ie re mannig ect.

thanks

What bird are you flying, i just spend a week walking the bird on the fist to get him used to everything again, drop his weight slowly until i get a response im happy with, then train him like you would a new bird, except it will be quicker as he has done it all before, usually takes two weeks from start to finish

[killer catch 18]

shes a harris hawk, she was already working when i got her so iv never had to train one up before. shes free lofting at the moment, would i be best of to tether her up so its easier to handle her on a daily basis again. thanks for the reply

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

Yes mate thats what i do, as soon as i begin training mine again i tether him down, just easier to get him as when freelofted he tends just to fly from perch to perch without letting me get him lol

[arcticgun 4,548]

you should find a mentor mate, make things much less stressful for yourself and the bird, I like mine teathered whilst manning but will free loft once he is back in the swing of things, I will free loft my new harris male once he is trained and working , never moult a bird again on block or bow, free lofting all the way from now on for me

[killer catch 18]

thanks for the advise

[Bone42 41]

Too soon I'd say. Leave it a month or so then reduce the rations over a week or two till she comes to the fist for food in the mews.. When she does creance on and off you go. Had my male flying free again in 3 days this way last year.

[Bluebell h 69]

There's to much cover about you won't see any kills fella only my opinion tho everybody is different atb for the season fella