My 1st Mollucan Kestrel

[Java Falconer]

Here is a picture of my first Kestrel.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/ChinSil/My1stKestrel.jpg

[Barbary Boy]

Here is a picture of my first Kestrel.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/ChinSil/My1stKestrel.jpg

im not being funny or nasty but you really need to think about your equipment my friend! do you have any books?

[Agent D.]

im not being funny or nasty but you really need to think about your equipment my friend! do you have any books?

i agree, i think some lighter equipment is needed, thinner jess and anklets where the eyelet sits higher up the leg away from the talons. and do away with the hooped earings.

but that said, feather condition is very good, i'm a bit of a tart when it comes to well fitting and suitable equipment.

[Java Falconer]

Many has commented the same thing. I guess I feel allright, but also confuse about 'the right equipment would look like'. Anyhow, that was the best I can do for the equipment. Yes, I've got a book regarding hunting with a kestrel, but still for me who is living in a 'non-falconry country', everything is hard to achieve. Equipment is the biggest problem here, not the raptor or the quarry.

Anyone who would show me the best equipment for a kestrel, I would really appreaciate it.

[Alf]

You can make a simple shelf perch out of scrap timber although it needs to be padded for the hawks feet to stand on helps to prevent bumble foot. Alf.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f177/goshawk4/IMG_1755.jpg

Many has commented the same thing. I guess I feel allright, but also confuse about 'the right equipment would look like'. Anyhow, that was the best I can do for the equipment. Yes, I've got a book regarding hunting with a kestrel, but still for me who is living in a 'non-falconry country', everything is hard to achieve. Equipment is the biggest problem here, not the raptor or the quarry.

Anyone who would show me the best equipment for a kestrel, I would really appreaciate it.

[JayHawk]

i have to agree with whats been said re your equipment mate, most suppliers will post any-where, i hope you find one who can help you out as she's a cracking looking kes mate...

heres a pic of mine just to give you an idea of scale (equipment wise)

hope this helps, have fun with her

jay

[Java Falconer]

Thanks for the help mate. I have released her long time ago and seems that I got no problem with her feet (lucky me I guess!!!). I change her perch into a block rightaway after I knew that falcons should be put on a block. She is the biggest female I've ever trained. My third was a female as well, but she is smaller than my first.