The original plan was to bolt it together. That didn't work out so it is nailed together. It will have to stay. The weathering are is all bolted together and will move very easily.
Post by stormcloud96 on Apr 12, 2006 15:28:08 GMT -5
Thats a question I had, I am graduating college next year and will probably move somewhere warmer, but still along the east coast. How do you guys handle moving?
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I had been thinking along those lines also... being the fact that I am 17, almost 18, i'm gonna be here atleast until I'm 20 (and going to a junior college near here) then i'm gonna try to get into a state university close to here... but yeh, the most I really want to stay here is until i'm like 22-23... I want to be out of here... maybe not far away, but out of my parents hair... Aside from the convenience of mobility, if the whole family moves... how easy do you think it'd be for a college student who works, to find time and money to build a new mews, when they are trying to set up a new household...
raptrlvr, the pictures shows the material u used to make the weathering as enlarged chainlink looked metal squares. how do the eagles not break a feather on it? or do you wait till they are trained?
You keep them tethered until they are trained. After they fly and are cropped up, they will sit for hours without bateing. I also put the shade cloth on the inside so the eagle will hit that first if it does bate.
This gives me a chance to try out the new image posting on this site. When I installed the shade cloth I put the shade cloth on the inside of the wire and when the wind blows the cloth would billow away from the wire towards the eagle. The eagle got used to it, but, I bought 1" flat metal stock and drilled some holes and screwed the flat stock to the existing 1"square metal tubing that the weathering area is made out of. This keeps the shade cloth from billowing out towards the eagle and should make the shade cloth last longer with less pulling on the edges. If you look close, you will see the eagle is just about to drop another feather.
raptrvlr, does that screen let in plenty of sunlight. And if so where did you get it, whats it called, and how much. I assume it's mess is tight enough to keep out bugs.
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." -John Wayne
The material blocks out 75% of the sun. It is tight mesh and doesn't allow any bugs in and still allows the wind to come through. I got it at a place called The Growers Solution. I will email you the website if you want. These guys were the cheapest around and the workmanship was excellant.. I still have an 8 X 16 foot opening in the center of the top to allow direct sunlight into the weathering area.
They are pretty hard. Honestly if you have never had a bird before, and it is legal there, start with a Harris' Hawk. You will have much more success.
I have to disagree.Sorry but this is something that i feel strong about over here.This country is full of Hand me Down HH 's. Most of them screwed up. The philosophy seems to be . Get a HH as your first Bird they are easy to train and fly so Newbies do. One of two things happen .
They pass it on as 'I must have something Better? Or They Screw its Mind up because they are beginners and sell it on and then in the end the poor bird gets passed on 5 or 6 times and is either then killed or let go as its too much trouble. The HH is Intelligent but Temperamental. Yes if up and Flying its a Beginners bird but the Beginner has to get it there and that is where the Problem lies. Your first bird over here as you can just buy it with no training no nothing is far to intelligent for the no Nothing would be Falconer.Maybe in the States after an apprenticeship but not here. The bird can work the Beginner out. No Falconry Knot ....He is Off! One Falconry Knot ...He has Gone. He will work out the beginners novice mistakes, the beginner gets frustrated and shouts at the HH. The Hawk thinks 'What have i done i came back to the fist and he shouts at me? But The novice was one step before this when he would not come out of the tree. Conclusion
Sod Him i am not going to come back as he has had a go at me! BOP do not have a conscience and that is the biggest mistake for Novices. And to do it to a Intelligent Bird then you have one screwed up bird so..........................He is Mad lets get rid of him?
I would say to any beginner over here...Redtail! Harder to train but will teach you more and you can afford a few less slip ups along the way. It will take most prey easily. Over here we have a lot of Squirrels not good For HH's. Bites on the legs and the Novice Panics. Also the one week spot with HH is there legs especially in the First year. The amount of First year leg Breaks on HH's over here is the most commonest Avian BOP emergencies. Its either on the Creance or just too longer leash.
You must remember that over here we do not come with a wild caught bird we have it from 16-25 weeks old. It flies but does not no about trees Wind and People and has no idea how to hunt.
Your schemes are excellent but here a 16 year old who has bought a 16 week old Harris and does not even no what a Leash is so........A screwed up bird , or a lost one .
Get a RT please and they are half the price too
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