The Eagle has landed

[Kentish Falconry]

Just a couple of Pic's of Heidi our new egg laying Imprint Golden Eagle. Arrived here 20 mins ago and just getting her bearings
Terry

[Heike]

Thought for a moment you had named her in memory of me, Terry

She looks a beauty though, you had Simon at the gym to carry her about.

Regards Heike

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Very nice Terry whats the temprement like??

[ACCIPITER-GENTILIS]

stunning terry:heart:

[Liam Hay]

smart:supz:

[BlackShaheen1]

nice bird terry what what does she top out at the one i handle is about the 12lb mark

[Berkut]

Looks good Terry.

[Hacker]

Oh no, not more nice bird comments:lol: :lol: :lol:
I`ll have two, feeding will be easy because i have a sheep farm out the back soz i can just fly it at the lambs, the farmer will never miss the odd couple or three,six,ten or more!!!!:supz:

[StormRider]

You gonna breed eagles also Terry?
Is this your first breeding eagle mate?
She looks mint by the way.
STU

[RedNoseK9]

very nice terry

[Harris]

Lovely Bird Terry, I notice you ain't taking any chances there must be 3 Falconers knots on that leash! :lol:

[Sandeep]

She looks majestic... Great feet....:supz: :supz: :supz: :supz:

[TinvinPeregrine]

nice one terry

[Finnish]

Nice one Terry. She look's the part.:supz:

[Kentish Falconry]

You gonna breed eagles also Terry?
Is this your first breeding eagle mate?
She looks mint by the way.
STU

Hi Stu...........This will be my first attempt at breeding from an Imprint Gloden Eagle. I have over the years had a number of Eagles and paired some of them up for breeding with limited success.
I am looking forward to the challenge :lol: I had intended sending her up to K to go into his project but I am now being offered other Goldies and I am considering takeing on another 2 or 3 and breeding in house.
Watch this space and we will see how it progresses over the next few months
Terry:supz:

[Finnish]

What's she weighing in at Terry...:D

[Natch]

best of luck ,natch

[Kentish Falconry]

What's she weighing in at Terry...:D

She was 12 1/2lbs yesterday empty I am going to bring her down a little as I want to keep her out for a while so I can handle her and try to form a good bond between us. It is a bit different to handeling a 4lb Gyr Falcon or a 1lb Barbary M8 on the odd occasion when she bates it feels like my shoulder is going to dislocate.
Terry :supz:

[Andy Cunningham]

How old is she?terry

[Peregrine1]

Just a couple of Pic's of Heidi our new egg laying Imprint Golden Eagle. Arrived here 20 mins ago and just getting her bearings
Terry
I Knew Simon would come in for something, is that him in her crop :o
Regards
Colin

[Kentish Falconry]

Heidi & Chris S testing his arm out :lol:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Shes stunning Terry - and her feet are massive - unless of course Chris S has a small hand....:lol: :lol: (sorry Chris!)

FHF

[StormRider]

I want that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STU

[Tim Laycock]

I want that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STU

I dont! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice bird

[Kentish Falconry]

I dont! :lol: :lol:

Nice bird

Only because you couldn't lift her Tim :lol: :lol:

[Gaz]

..Whats that f#####g great ugly lump under her foot Terry:?: :?: :P

[Kentish Falconry]

..Whats that f#####g great ugly lump under her foot Terry:?: :?: :P

It's commonly known as a Wiltshire Lure Gaz :lol:

[Kevin Massey]

..Whats that f#####g great ugly lump under her foot Terry

Nearly choked then...:lol: never miss a beat the gaz:supz:

[Gaz]

...we calls um RELAGATED down here..hahahahahaha:butthead: :butthead: :butthead:

COME ON YOU REEDDDSSSS:supz:

[Chris S]

It's commonly known as a Wiltshire Lure Gaz :lol:
as you can see see has good taste gaz!!!!!
but f**k lugging her around.
chris

[Kentish Falconry]

as you can see see has good taste gaz!!!!!
but f**k lugging her around.
chris

You didn't hang around long enough for her to tell if the taste was good or not :roll:

[BlackShaheen1]

are you going to let simon hunt with her .he has had a car sticker on his van of a golden for 3 years

[Chris S]

You didn't hang around long enough for her to tell if the taste was good or not :roll:
f**king right i never!!!!!!:supz:

[Chris S]

anyway Terry just got back from the lapdancer club so your goldies not the only nice bird i had on my arm today:heart: :supz:

[Turumti]

Really nice looking goldie u got there, Terry. What subspecies is she? And is it true that imprinted eagles are nightmares?

I ask because my deceased friend Noorullah Khan had a female that he took as a downie from the mountains near his house (a few hours drive, walk and climb away), and she was a very well behaved bird. Quite tame too, unless you happened to be hare or a fox. He had tame hacked this bird from his country house, and she would follow him all over the place.

I think he ultimately let her go back into the wild, when he first fell seriously ill several years ago. What he accomplished with that eagle, no one in Pakistan, had ever done that before him, and I doubt if anyone will after him either.

BTW, I will be going out looking for a passage Bonelli's to trap, so wish me luck.

[Tim Laycock]

Only because you couldn't lift her Tim :lol: :lol:

Agreed, poxy Goshawk is too heavy :oops: :supz:

[Sandeep]

Really nice looking goldie u got there, Terry. What subspecies is she? And is it true that imprinted eagles are nightmares?

I ask because my deceased friend Noorullah Khan had a female that he took as a downie from the mountains near his house (a few hours drive, walk and climb away), and she was a very well behaved bird. Quite tame too, unless you happened to be hare or a fox. He had tame hacked this bird from his country house, and she would follow him all over the place.

I think he ultimately let her go back into the wild, when he first fell seriously ill several years ago. What he accomplished with that eagle, no one in Pakistan, had ever done that before him, and I doubt if anyone will after him either.

BTW, I will be going out looking for a passage Bonelli's to trap, so wish me luck.

All the best bhai.... Are you looking for a male or female.... I think a male wouldbe fine.. More quarry for males and a bit quicker on the wing tham females.....:lol:

[Andy Cunningham]

so how old is she?terry

[Finnish]

BTW, I will be going out looking for a passage Bonelli's to trap, so wish me luck.


Then don't forget to take loads of pic's so we can all share the experience..:D

[Turumti]

Bonelli's trapping is on hold for a couple of days as the gearbox on my Jeep has started acting up. So cant go out into th boonsdocks, till I get that fixed.

Will keep all of you posted on the progress on this front and will post pics too.

[Kentish Falconry]

Really nice looking goldie u got there, Terry. What subspecies is she? And is it true that imprinted eagles are nightmares?

I ask because my deceased friend Noorullah Khan had a female that he took as a downie from the mountains near his house (a few hours drive, walk and climb away), and she was a very well behaved bird. Quite tame too, unless you happened to be hare or a fox. He had tame hacked this bird from his country house, and she would follow him all over the place.

I think he ultimately let her go back into the wild, when he first fell seriously ill several years ago. What he accomplished with that eagle, no one in Pakistan, had ever done that before him, and I doubt if anyone will after him either.

BTW, I will be going out looking for a passage Bonelli's to trap, so wish me luck.
Hi Turumti..............The Goldie is as far as we can tell a Aquila Chrysaetos Daphanea she is 10 years old and captive bred in Germany. I can't say so far that she has displayed any bad temper towards us, a little uncertainty to start with but now she has settled down a bit she is fine, her last owner could handle her without a glove but I am not bold enough to try that just yet.
You may remember earlier this year I put up a post looking for Golden Eagle semen well this is the bird that was to be inseminated with that semen. My friend who owned her had a domestic with his wife as she did not want him to breed from Heidi in her garden, so after a couple of months of conversations with him he agreed we could have her and try to breed from her. I paid a fair price for her. I was intending to put her at K's place for breeding but I have now been offered more Imprinted Golden Eagles so I am intending to try and breed from her here and hopefully by this time next year we will have some chicks. This bird was calling for mateing earlier on this year and my friend was just playing with her and she just laid an egg into his hand.
Good luck with the Bonelli's hope you are lucky, this is the other species I want to try and breed from, I had a Female about 10 years ago and she was brilliant as a Hare Hawk.
Look forward to seeing you in Abu Dhabi in September and we can chat more about it then.
Regards
Terry

[Andy Cunningham]

10yr old ,is this her first year laying, if not how long has she been laying?

[Kentish Falconry]

10yr old ,is this her first year laying, if not how long has she been laying?

Hi Andy she has been laying eggs since she was 7 years old but has never been pushed into it and she was never even given a Nest just a food platform.
Terry:supz:

[Andy Cunningham]

cheers, im just interested in the facts and figures of imprint and non-imprint egg laying,and some of the stats in that field.thanks for answering.nice shape head and orbital ridge,like the russian berkut's of old.

[Mary Quite Contrary]

Hi terry is this Petes Heidi:?:

[Kentish Falconry]

Hi terry is this Petes Heidi:?:

Yes Mark it was Pete's Heidi and both of us know he loved her to bits but he felt she should be allowed to breed so now she is here and will stay with me untill one of us dies
Terry:supz: