Anyone Finished Moult Yet

[World.Hunters]

has anyone finished my FHH only has a few more tale feathers to go thats it

[BrianM]

my female harris is only about a week away from flying free, just a few oz to go,, here she is on the trolly

[DeathFromAbove]

lucky git! :lol:

[GregMik]

My Harris is done....Just waiting for Crow season to open....July15th

Greg

[World.Hunters]

nice one lads

what was the last feathers to grow on your bird mine are her tale feathers

she has

5 full new
5 almost complete
1 just appeard

cheers lads

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Not a chance - everything was late starting this year. The harris will be starting the season only half moulted at this rate!


FHF

[Jester]

wings are nearly all there, decks are just 2" long and no other tail feathers gone yet (last year he dropped his whole tail first then only dropped half his wings) and i have 3/4 filled a carrier bag with contour and downy feathers so far

[ColdZero]

only 3 full grown tail feathers so far and 3 emmerging...not even going to talk about primaries they seem to just fall out :mad:

Pretty and red though :lol:

[HawkMan69UK]

i wish:lol: :wink:

[OutFlying]

I dream :oops:

[GoneHawking]

Too hot at the moment anyway lads, be patient.

Mark

[Afshimo]

Mo's finished at last! looking smart (will post pics later) and weight is coming down nicely!

Han

[BuzzBee]

Still got a month or 2 for ares

[IAmTheWeasel]

Done moulting on one of the HH's and he's been out hunting for several weeks now.....4 bunnies and 8 pigeons so far....

[Adam Barrett]

I dream :oops:

:lol: your not on your own! :lol:

Roll on september :supz:

[BrianM]

:lol: your not on your own! :lol:

Roll on september :supz:


second that ,, the gos however is rather SLLOOWWWWWWWWWW

[Parabuteo.de]

My MHH is completely through the moult now.
Will start the coming season in two or three weeks!

Cant wait to start!

Claas :)

[Mikey]

Blu still has two tail feathers to drop.I cant bloody wait!!!!His first moult and man! does he look good now he's darkened up!
I reckon i should be flying by mid to late august(two tail to drop n every thing else done or almost!)Maybe a little into sept!?

[Matty]

my fhh is just about done, but i'm going to have to wait till mid august atleast
got to go on hols with the wife and kids first:roll:
still if it will keep me in her good books for the coming season then it'll be worth the wait:lol:

[Midge]

My wee MHH was going well for a while ,his two decks are down fully but thats all on the tail !, he's dropped and replaced a couple of primaries and lot of chest feathers and few on the back .but now nothing!, its all slowed wayyyyyyyy down , whats the craic there ?, is this normal ? the wee git has been up for moult since his rat bite incident in december ....since we couldn't hunt him while his foot was healing we put him up to moult .

[Mikey]

I take it you're feeding him up n leaving him alone!?If that is the case then look at the light period and how much sunlight your bird gets(i presume he's fit n healthy so no clues there) Naturally the extended light period and a much easier food source will stimulate the moult.

[Midge]

he's getting excellent lighting , from early morning sun rise right through most of day , he's getting good variety diet .and he's left alone ..........what more can a fella do ?. Its not really annoying me that much yet .just thought he ought to be over the most of it by now he's two months to get his finger out !!!!!!

[Trappa]

My birds about half way through, plenty of time still.

[Graham C]

my female started to moult in december. hard to believe. last year .she's almost done. look'n forward to this year.

[Sean]

dropped all his feathers (i think) just waiting for thwe last few to grow, wont take him out just yet tho

[Jiff]

i'm having same probs as midge, the moult started well but has slowed down, i'm making slight adjustment to her diet, she's fed rat,quail, and d.o.c.'s,what i'll do is feed rat and quail more frequently,and hopefully the richer diet will get her going a gain, this method worked last year with only one draw back,her weight rocketed to over 3lb don't know how high exactly as i only had 3lb in weights, not a great problem but bringing her back down took for ever. so i'll monitor her intake alot more closely this time, for those who don't know me my bird is a female harris' hawk,her deck is well underway but her wings are on a go slow, i'm in no hurry as my land is all crops and they wont be cut till september/october time at the earliest.