Putting Bird Up To Moult And Winning The Comp

[Joey]

I am putting up my female harris to moult because she has hurt her wing its just a bit bruised the vet said. i wanted to know what types of food should i feed her last moult i feed her just quil £150 worth and she moulted lovely so should i stick to that or change her diet a bit and give her things i want her to catch. so my competion with the locals with hawks is over i won like but they just take it and r keeping there hawk out another month on top of mine wot a sad gang of twats the cant have it the new boy beat them hehe.


CHEERS JOE

[Dangerous Dave]

to be quiet honest i would feed a varied diet of doc ,quail, mice + rat and as to wing damage i wouldnt keep her out of the cold (-0_ below ) as harrises are sussceptable to wing tipodema(dont think youre have a problem down the south of england) but you will be very gutted if it gets it( i had a harris that got it and i was gutted ) and once it its got it theres no getting rid of it
Cheers Dave

[Renton]

to be quiet honest i would feed a varied diet of doc ,quail, mice + rat and as to wing damage i wouldnt keep her out of the cold (-0_ below ) as harrises are sussceptable to wing tipodema(dont think youre have a problem down the south of england) but you will be very gutted if it gets it( i had a harris that got it and i was gutted ) and once it its got it theres no getting rid of it
Cheers Dave

If the temperature is forecast to be below -2, then I heat the Harris'!!!

[Harrisii]

If the temperature is forecast to be below -2, then I heat the Harris'!!!

what, gas mark 2???

if the bird is going through a moult then a free loft is (in my opinion) best option.
thus, eliminating any chance of frost bite, retaining a limited amount of fitness, and general well-being.

the food thing. one source of food is never the best option. vary the diet and give ad lib, (ie: as much as she will eat). rabbit, quail, rat, mice, D.O.C. pheasant, pigeon breast, (anything she caught through the season and was frozen).

[Osiris]

i must agree with the varied food diet. I feed my birds on quail for a few days at the beginning when i put them down for the moult. i then feed them a rotation of DOC, Rabbit, Mice and Rat and Quail for the rest. Always do manning with my birds throughout the moult, although i do leave them to it a few days each week.

HTH , jamie

[Dangerous Dave]

If the temperature is forecast to be below -2, then I heat the Harris'!!!

Top awnser!!!!!!!

cheers Dave

[Joey]

thank guys for the replys just building another avery next to me spar one

cheers joe