Creche, hand or parent reared?

[Washington_Falconry]

Just wondering if anyone has a clear defenition of each of these rearing techniques. Different people go about them in different ways so I just wanted to know how they work and at what point the birds (in particular harris hawks) are taken out for manning duirng each. And of corse, which is the most effective!
Thanks everyone.
Becky

[Kat67]

This has been covered at least 25 times this year already lol try using the search facility:supz::supz:

[FalconGriff]

I don't intend telling you which is the best method as thats up tyo the individule to decide on for himself and his methods. For me.

Full imprint. The chick is raised away from its siblings and every effort is made to make it think thats its a human or its human mate is a bird. The bird then has ne fear of man and is a very suitable candidate for AI.

Creche reared. The babies are raised in group of their own kind and age so that they can react with each other. As soon as they they are capable of feeding for themselves they are dish fed more or less ad lib. In theory these birds when they breed will ether breed naturally or can be used for AI. In practice they can give problems in ether direction. Flying wise they are tamer than Parent raised but not as tame as ful imprints. In my opinion you often get the worse of both worlds Harris raised this way often scream and are much harder to stop than a full imprint as they can seldom be flown at the very high weight of the imprint.

Parent reared. Just what is says they are hatched and reared normally in a seclusion. pen and do do not see humans till they are removed when they are hard penned. They are always wilder and thus harder to man the advantages are they are less likely to scream (but if they do are much harder to stop) they have naturally better falconry manners they do not mantle (as much) and are generally nicer to handle. They can also be trained easier by beginners who may make the odd mistake and may have to make his bird sharper.

There is no best you decide what is best for you and go to a breeder who you can trust to give you what you want. As the old saying goes "you pays your money and takes your choice"!!

[Washington_Falconry]

I don't intend telling you which is the best method as thats up tyo the individule to decide on for himself and his methods. For me.

Full imprint. The chick is raised away from its siblings and every effort is made to make it think thats its a human or its human mate is a bird. The bird then has ne fear of man and is a very suitable candidate for AI.

Creche reared. The babies are raised in group of their own kind and age so that they can react with each other. As soon as they they are capable of feeding for themselves they are dish fed more or less ad lib. In theory these birds when they breed will ether breed naturally or can be used for AI. In practice they can give problems in ether direction. Flying wise they are tamer than Parent raised but not as tame as ful imprints. In my opinion you often get the worse of both worlds Harris raised this way often scream and are much harder to stop than a full imprint as they can seldom be flown at the very high weight of the imprint.

Parent reared. Just what is says they are hatched and reared normally in a seclusion. pen and do do not see humans till they are removed when they are hard penned. They are always wilder and thus harder to man the advantages are they are less likely to scream (but if they do are much harder to stop) they have naturally better falconry manners they do not mantle (as much) and are generally nicer to handle. They can also be trained easier by beginners who may make the odd mistake and may have to make his bird sharper.

There is no best you decide what is best for you and go to a breeder who you can trust to give you what you want. As the old saying goes "you pays your money and takes your choice"!!


Thanks thats great! Just what I was looking for!
Cheers
Becky