moult

[Blakloks 5]

why do you have to put your BOP in an aviary for a few month during the moult can you not fly the bird during the summer months?? Do you still excercise your birds during this process??

[mick1212 389]

why do you have to put your BOP in an aviary for a few month during the moult can you not fly the bird during the summer months?? Do you still excercise your birds during this process??

i put my harris hawk away for the moult to easy to lose during the summer months they will find nests eat all the chicks and wont come down if they hit young rabbits they can carry them off people do fly through the moult just a bit risky in my opinion by putting them away you get a better cleaner moult just my opinion

[Blakloks 5]

how long do you put them away for

[mick1212 389]

how long do you put them away for

middle of march hopefully out for the middle of august while there away good quality diet pheasent squirrel rat quail ect

[j j m 6,611]

i put mine down beggining of march ,start again the first of august i dont belive in flying my birds through the molt i like to feed them up on a good diet and let the molt naturally,then there ready for the new season

[jasper65 6]

Yep put them down to moult late Feb March time, give them a decent diet and allow them them to gain some fat reserves free from any stressful situation.

 

you can moult them out on the bow or block! personaly I would rather expecially the more highly strung birds! give them a good clean moult in a enclosed aviary and left to their own devices until I pick them up later in the year....