Falcon Girl is Starting on her Mews!!!!

[Bridget]

So, like what the thread subject said, I am starting on my mews! Right now, we have the area spray-painted, staked, and stringed!
Tomarrow night, my uncle is bringing the backhow and the ditchwitch, to help dig the footings out and level out the area where it falls 5 inches. So, here are the final plans:

There will be a 4 foot wide by 8 foot long workroom, with the door on the north side. once in the work room, there will be a door on the right side to enter the mews. The flooring will be concrete in this room.So the workroom will also double as a double-door area as well! The mews will be an 8 by 8 area, with a 4 foot long, 2 foot wide barred window on the south side, centered.The north side will also have a food chute. The flooring will be pea gravel.
The building will be from 7 feet tall gradually up to 8 feet tall.( 7 feet on south side, 8 feet on north side)

So, pretty much after tomarrow nite, we have to fill in the footings and the work room area with concrete, put the bottom plates down, then attach the studs, then put the top plates on, the put the rafters on, nail the tin roofing to the rafters, attach facial board, attach plywood or some other type of siding on outside and inside, and then make window, doors, and food chute! And all the little extra stuff in between.

We might add a weathering area, but since they are not required in missouri, and my sponsor doesnt even have one, we might not. but if we were to add one, we already have it figured out: buy a 10 by 10 dog kennel, pour footings, set kennel in footings, attach avain netting over top, and place bow perch in center, with a leash attached fromt eh bowperch to the bird!

So, how does it sound guys?

Ok, now my fingers hurt, better stop soon! Anyways, if I can, Ill try to get pictures up soon!

Thanks,

FG

[moredtailboy]

nice well make sure you contact some about the inseption cause i had a hell of a time getting any one to pick up there dam phone but on monday he coming out im glad to hear your doing so well hurry up and we have 31 days till trapping season get the equipment made and be done with this part

[Bridget]

yea i know! good luck on your inspection! Gosh maybe we will see each other this year!

[Bridget]

Oh! Also, my progress with my equipment!:

~I put my bath pan and scale on layaway at walmart!
~uncle gave me his old welders glove, and i turned it into a falconers glove, D-ring and all!
-have a small swivel, and
~ I have other various things!


Well, I better go now, gotta get sleep!

I got early church service tomarrow!

Good night all,

FG

[Bridget]

Well, so far we got the concrete flooring for the workroom poured and the concrete footings for the walls poured as well! We striped it afterward, and yesterday we aquired roofing material. Now all thats left if the wood and inside and outside sidings, which we have aquired some of the wood for the studs and stuff.

We are hoping to start the actual BUILDING tomarrow, but the chances are slim, since it is supposed to storm, and we also need some more wood and siding material.

Also, my sponsor told me to already send in my applications, even though I havent finished my mews, aquired all my equipment, and passed my inspection...Im a little confused... I thought sending in your applications was last! Anyways, Im hoping to send the state one off this weekend, and the federal one in a couple of weeks, since right now I dont have enough money for the federal...

Until then, good luck all pre-apprentices like me! And good luck to all falconers!

FG

[m4tt]

he might have made u done this knowing how long it takes for them to get back to you... and knowing if ur mews will be done by then etc...

or they could just be storing it in their database..


get sum pics of ur mews up! sounds good!

[MarkT]

It sounds like good progress. I like the size and the fact that you have a work area that allows for a double door system. There would probably be fewer birds lost if everyone had double doors (and made sure at least one of them was closed all the time).


Here are a few things I would consider.

If you are going to use a tin roof, I would look into a larger window. I don't know what the temps get to in your part of the woods but I think in Maryland if you put a bird in an 8x8 enclosure that had a tin roof and a 2x4 window the bird would cook.

Concrete is a great idea for cleanup. Painting it with a good epoxy paint will help a lot there. The downside is you have to cover it. While cleanup on pea gravel is pretty easy, it can play heck with talons. I used it for a few year and liked the fact that I didn't have to ever cope the birds talons. The downside of that is the talons didn't need coping because the gravel would wear and dull them.

In my opinion the most important factors in a consistently successful bird are confidence, a lot of hunting time and sharp talons.

I would look into other options for covering the concrete.

Keep up the good work.

[Joby]

FG,
It sounds like things are going along pretty well. How many windows will you have again and is Bob having you freeloft or tether your bird in the mews? BTW, how has he been doing?
-Joe

[Eagle2160]

markt said:

It sounds like good progress. I like the size and the fact that you have a work area that allows for a double door system. There would probably be fewer birds lost if everyone had double doors (and made sure at least one of them was closed all the time).

in the state of virginia it is required to have double doors on you mews