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Dan Paradis
08-02-2008, 03:06 AM
Oh ! Almost forgot to mention that we also breed superb HH's and to my knowledge, fairly large size birds, available in limited number each year.
We have now two breeding pairs to serve more and more demanding hawkers ! Again our birds are fed right from the start with fresh coturnix quails.
Here are some birds that we have bred or that are actually breeding for us
PS: Last pic is my best smile ever :lol:
contact us for details: info@quebecfalconry.com
tobie
08-02-2008, 03:22 PM
Why do you put a hood on that HH's head?
Why do you put a hood on that HH's head?
Its camera shy.
Dan Paradis
08-02-2008, 03:31 PM
Its camera shy.
...and because I'm so ugly, I don't want my bird to be sick on me
Dan Paradis
08-02-2008, 03:33 PM
Why do you put a hood on that HH's head?
I always like my birds to be fly from horse back to be made to the hood well.
CanadaManada
08-02-2008, 03:51 PM
I always like my birds to be fly from horse back to be made to the hood well.
No reason to NOT hood a bird, is there, Dan?
Nice smile.
Dan, can I give you a call over the weekend?
Justin
Dan Paradis
08-02-2008, 04:03 PM
No reason to NOT hood a bird, is there, Dan?
Nice smile.
Dan, can I give you a call over the weekend?
Justin
Sure you can Justin
try this # first : 418.475.4134
or my cell: 418.573.7171 almost anytime
Remember if I do not answer once does'nt mean I'm not available...I might be busy with my new born or in the aviaries or flying my Gos or helping my wife out or whatever...try again 5 minutes later please
Looking forward to your call Justin !
Dan
CanadaManada
08-02-2008, 04:09 PM
Sure you can Justin
try this # first : 418.475.4134
or my cell: 418.573.7171 almost anytime
Remember if I do not answer once does'nt mean I'm not available...I might be busy with my new born or in the aviaries or flying my Gos or helping my wife out or whatever...try again 5 minutes later please
Looking forward to your call Justin !
Dan
Roger that, Big Dan.
I'll be calling from my PC, so you won't see a # when I call. I'll try for Sunday around lunchtime, EST.
Justin
Dan Paradis
08-02-2008, 04:35 PM
Roger that, Big Dan.
I'll be calling from my PC, so you won't see a # when I call. I'll try for Sunday around lunchtime, EST.
Justin
10/4, Roger, out.
SakerJack
08-02-2008, 08:30 PM
Sorry Dan but I think Wendy has a more pleasant smile than you,, your HH's look a fair size ?
Good luck this season..
Dan Paradis
09-02-2008, 04:20 PM
Sorry Dan but I think Wendy has a more pleasant smile than you,, your HH's look a fair size ?
Good luck this season..
Look higher Ken, she's not smiling 8-)
Salty
09-02-2008, 06:10 PM
loverly birds mate espesxcialy the one in the middle:lol:;)
SakerJack
10-02-2008, 02:55 PM
Look higher Ken, she's not smiling 8-)
Whoops,, that is too funny!!! Just blew coke all over my keyboard...How are you?
Dan Paradis
20-02-2008, 11:05 PM
Anybody seen this...a 13th tail feather..and it's white and black :-| This is a new female I got for my other needs, other than breeding purposes, and I thought it could be related in a diluted hybridize remaining stuff, what do you think ? :supz:
Dan
HelenG
21-02-2008, 02:56 AM
Check out the tail on our harris/harlans red-tail hybrid Dan. Looks like the arrows point the opposite way on the markings though. Not that I think it means your bird isn't 100% harris, probably just a fluke!
I think it looks kind of cool on your bird, especially it being right in the centre.
Ben Wallace
21-02-2008, 07:20 AM
Hi Dan,
Neat picture. I think or know that your hawk is pure. Very few harris hybrids out there. I have a male here that exhibit's the same characteristics due to a deck feather loss as well. I think it is probable lack of kerotine (sp wrong I know) in a replacement feather. It takes a large amount of energy to replace them, especially at weight or in non-pro-photo-molt-periods, therefore lack of pigment.
Nice picture Helen Even though it seems similar the harlen/harris hybrids tail is a completely different thing,....more a compilation of two feather pattern overtypes.
But who knows,.....maybe recesively (buried genetically) the harris has some accipter in it,...they ain't called para-buteo's for nothing. Nice,...Pictures,...and that as well of the horse plowin through 4 feet of snow,.....beautiful. I see it is cold back there right now,...take care.
Sincerely,
Ben Wallace
www.shaheensolutions.com
Rabadswompe
21-02-2008, 11:40 AM
She's a beauty that one Dan!
What's her weight at right now?
Take care!
Yann
CanadaManada
21-02-2008, 02:14 PM
I like that HH, Dan.
Where'd you get that hood?
Justin
Dan Paradis
21-02-2008, 05:00 PM
Sound and true Ben that is the most probable answer I beleive :supz:
Helen.. nice bird you got there !
Yann.. ±1200gr but she's not at fat top weight. A nice size female indeed. Tell us about yours on your section if you want (trhead called Hello Yann...):supz:
Justin did we not supposed to speak to each other by phone ? Tell me what you need or wish to have from me by PM :supz:
The hood is a pattern that Ken Hooke kept back for me because I need an easy to put and remove hood when I ride from horses. Ken no longer offers those kazhak hoods to regular falconers as one should not leave its bird with that hood on unattended (I think it's the reason),, it is a field hood you see
Dan
that female HH looks amazing Dan. :supz:
HelenG
21-02-2008, 10:20 PM
Oh I know its a different thing for the harlans/harris tail compared to this feather, it's just that particular picture of the hybrid jumped to my mind after seeing the pic of Dan's bird! I wasn't posting it to "compare" the birds to insinuate hybridization, just that picture of the hybrid was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the pic of Dan's bird!
Dan Paradis
21-02-2008, 10:28 PM
You're right to say Helen, that was exactly what I understood from your first answer :supz:
Dan
HelenG
22-02-2008, 01:29 AM
Glad we're on the same level!!!:supz:
By the way Dan, is this striped feather still growing in, or is it shorter than the rest permanently?
Dan Paradis
22-02-2008, 01:56 AM
Glad we're on the same level!!!:supz:
By the way Dan, is this striped feather still growing in, or is it shorter than the rest permanently?
...fully grown
HelenG
22-02-2008, 04:00 AM
Weird!!!!
Ben Wallace
22-02-2008, 04:08 AM
Oh I know its a different thing for the harlans/harris tail compared to this feather, it's just that particular picture of the hybrid jumped to my mind after seeing the pic of Dan's bird! I wasn't posting it to "compare" the birds to insinuate hybridization, just that picture of the hybrid was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the pic of Dan's bird!
Sorry er,.....no insinuation. They are very interesting feather pigmenation patterns. Good hawking
Sincerely,
Ben Wallace
BHawk
22-02-2008, 05:46 AM
so far every HH ive seen photos of that are bred abroad look stunning compared to the inbred mexican crows we get here:wink:
Dan Paradis
22-02-2008, 02:58 PM
so far every HH ive seen photos of that are bred abroad look stunning compared to the inbred mexican crows we get here:wink:
I got two breeding pair, I would'nt mind selling you a nice large pair of unrelated chicks
BHawk
22-02-2008, 03:10 PM
I got two breeding pair, I would'nt mind selling you a nice large pair of unrelated chicks
:Dlets call it a fiver:lol:
to be honest i wouldnt have the time nor money to bring them over:( otherwise i would
:Dlets call it a fiver:lol:
to be honest i wouldnt have the time nor money to bring them over:( otherwise i would
send Dan a homing pigeon.
They can chase it across the pond lol
Dan Paradis
22-02-2008, 09:06 PM
send Dan a homing pigeon.
They can chase it across the pond lol
...remember hey ! true :lol:
BHawk
24-02-2008, 02:50 AM
...remember hey ! true :lol:
if it gets here ill pay you £1000 for one, worth it if its that fit:supz:
Dan Paradis
29-02-2008, 12:59 AM
A couple of pics from a snowshoe hare outing with snowshoes today with my GSP and HH
Dan
Rabadswompe
29-02-2008, 11:32 AM
great day to be out eh!
Which bird is that one Dan?
Rabadswompe
29-02-2008, 11:10 PM
Got a Air Canada cargo employee on the phone today. Good conversation... I was assured things are going through the claims process... gotta be patient.
Stick around but don't hold your breath. I'll post again when things moove.
Yann
Dan Paradis
29-02-2008, 11:26 PM
It was the new one, Yann
here's my breeding pair #2
Dan
Rabadswompe
01-03-2008, 01:00 AM
perfect birds!!! gotta luv-em!
76 Fixer
02-03-2008, 01:03 PM
Anybody seen this...a 13th tail feather..and it's white and black :-| This is a new female I got for my other needs, other than breeding purposes, and I thought it could be related in a diluted hybridize remaining stuff, what do you think ? :supz:
Dan
I have seen it once before this and on your girl in person Dan.
I use to call her "13".
Bob.
Dan Paradis
02-03-2008, 03:32 PM
I have seen it once before this and on your girl in person Dan.
I use to call her "13".
Bob.
Hello Bob ! did you flew that bird ? So she's called Miss's Earp 13" now
She is a very steady bird not agressive at all to compare with my other females...exactly what I wanted for demos.
Cheers !
Dan
76 Fixer
02-03-2008, 04:33 PM
No I never flew her. I put her in the chamber and fed her a few times.
Good luck with her, she has beauty parents.
Bob.
SakerJack
05-03-2008, 10:32 PM
A couple of pics from a snowshoe hare outing with snowshoes today with my GSP and HH
Dan
Looks like fun,, I will be doing the same with my hawk in about 10 days!!
Cheers!!
JayInOz
06-03-2008, 09:16 PM
It was the new one, Yann
here's my breeding pair #2
Dan
Hello Dan. Have they bred successfully before? Any pictures of them nesting or feeding chicks? Beautiful birds by the way! Jay.
Dan Paradis
07-03-2008, 01:02 AM
Hello Dan. Have they bred successfully before? Any pictures of them nesting or feeding chicks? Beautiful birds by the way! Jay.
It's in the DVD's I sell
Dan
Dan Paradis
07-03-2008, 01:05 AM
Looks like fun,, I will be doing the same with my hawk in about 10 days!!
Cheers!!
Ken
Thanks just received the slip on field hood the fit is perfect.
Dan
Dan Paradis
28-02-2010, 10:31 PM
Winter has been so mild this year that my Harris's are already copulating since last week... ! it is going to be the first time I see this...the first to lay are the Sakers normally in my neck of the woods.
Anyways,, that's fine by me 8-)
HelenG
01-03-2010, 05:58 AM
Winter has been so mild this year that my Harris's are already copulating since last week... ! it is going to be the first time I see this...the first to lay are the Sakers normally in my neck of the woods.
Anyways,, that's fine by me 8-)
Good luck with the breeding season Dan, may it be very productive for you!
Dan Paradis
01-03-2010, 02:35 PM
Thank you Helen, they use to lay eggs at around mid April through end of May..
Hope all is fine with your birds
Dan
HelenG
02-03-2010, 04:22 AM
Thank you Helen, they use to lay eggs at around mid April through end of May..
Hope all is fine with your birds
Dan
That's crazy, a whole month and a half early! Well, maybe it means you can get an extra clutch out of them.
I actually don't have a bird anymore, I gave him to another falconer since I won't have time for him this year. It looks like I'm going to have to content myself with following Edith and Yann around this year! It remains to be seen if I can stay sane without a bird :supz:
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