Bit of advice

[liftboy1 0]

As my post says I need some advice on birds of prey, I work ferrets and fancy a bop. What are the species that are good for beginers? red tails? I plan on getting one roughly may next year so plenty of time to do a bit of research. How big would an avery need to be? what age is the best to buy? I have friends with harris hawks that are fab. Any advice would be grateful.

[CityHunter.uK 12]

As my post says I need some advice on birds of prey, I work ferrets and fancy a bop. What are the species that are good for beginers? red tails? I plan on getting one roughly may next year so plenty of time to do a bit of research. How big would an avery need to be? what age is the best to buy? I have friends with harris hawks that are fab. Any advice would be grateful.

 

 

Get your friends to mentor you and get a Harris I would suggest a male as opposed to a female for your first bird

 

Mews 4'L x 4'W x 4'H

Avery I have mine 8'L x 8'W x 7'H but I believe the smallest you can have that is ok is 4'W x 6L' x 6'H

(some people say to have as large an avery as you can but remeber that if a bird panics and flys straight ino the avery wall the bigger your avery the faster the bird is going before the impact and the more damage it will cause itself)

Use a range of perching varied sizes and materials so the hawk has the choice of perch and reduced risk of bumble foot etc.

 

There is a post on here of some nice averys being built you should take a look

 

ATB

[liftboy1 0]

Cheers for the advice. To be honest I was recommended a harris hawk and a male. Do you need a licence to purchase one? I have bought a book on falconry, but it doesnt give any info on weighing, feeding and water. Any advice.

[trappa 518]

I would personally advise a fhh. often people who start with a mhh will trade after a year or so as they want a bigger bird to catch larger rabbits and other quarry so it makes sense to start with a female imo.

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Cheers for the advice. To be honest I was recommended a harris hawk and a male. Do you need a licence to purchase one? I have bought a book on falconry, but it doesnt give any info on weighing, feeding and water. Any advice.

 

No license needed as they are no longer registered you should give them water so they can drink and bathe they need feeding but the level of food depends on what the hawks been doing. Weights are basically what the bird will respond at but I would always fly my bird as high as possibl

 

 

You could go for a female straight away but I think many people under rate the males they have fantastic agility and can nail rabbits with little issue although I have seen mine ride the head of a rabbit like a bucking bronco till I got over and spiked it.

 

People who trade up for a larger harris hawk such as a female often have not pushed there male to its full potential. If you do want a larger hawk later and get a female keep your male and try flying them in a cast thats immense to watch most I have seen flying in a cast personally is 4 it was sweet to watch just be careful as the females can eaisly kill the males

 

regards

[Parabuteos lad 878]

My first was a male harris who was an aggresive barstool he had 3 moorhen on his first hunt and i didnt remove him from any he just killed them then moved on to the next but he died on friday so i bought a female today she probably wont do the same thing.

i have found the males to be faster on the birds and the females faster on the rabbits