Before & After

[BFC 007]

Anyone got any pics of there birds before & after the moult? My pere/saker is nearly done & looks a different bird 8)
Just got a few little odd ones to come through but they will probably stay till next year.

[Afshimo]

your pere/saker is a lovely bird! I got sum of a dark harris going even darker - will put up for you soon.

[Moses]

looking awesome hannah

[Moritz]

???????

[Afshimo]

lol Moses - not my bird!

[Hawkmaster]

Hey thyis should be a REAL good thread, Well Done! Now where is my photos folder? :lol:

[Gunther]

Here is my Gyr/saker

Before

http://usera.imagecave.com/guntheru/113.JPG


And now at this moment

http://usera.imagecave.com/guntheru/IMG00119.JPG


He is a beauty isn't he? :)

[Gunther]

Hmmm have some troubles to vieuw the pictures correct.

greetzz

[Hawkmaster]

Here is my Gyr/saker

Before

http://usera.imagecave.com/guntheru/113.JPG


And now at this moment

http://usera.imagecave.com/guntheru/IMG00119.JPG


He is a beauty isn't he? :)
WOW Gunter He IS STUNNING

[BFC 007]

is he 50/50 mate?

[Gunther]

Euhm well they told me his mother was 6/8 gyr/saker en the male was 5/8 gyr/saker so that will be euhmmm.

But I have seen his parents and they both looked absoletuly amazing.

greeztzz

[BFC 007]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/bigfishcatcher007/lookatme.jpg
here is the little fella out the moult :D
Weighed 1.12

[DeathFromAbove]

Stunnin lookin birds guys!!, always love the moult transformation with the new fresh plumage that comes through - heres a before and after of my FHH, lovely ain't she, came out the moult at 2lb 6oz

[BFC 007]

she looks good mate

[OhMyGod]

paul

who bred your P/S

looks good

I can post a before after of a female P/S if you are interested?

[BFC 007]

yeah go for it mate please-p/s is from peter gill,cracking little sod lol

[OhMyGod]

sorry for the delay I've been busy

[OhMyGod]

I'm not sure why they look so ****, I used the same camera for all.

I'll try and do a better one.

[OhMyGod]

Hunting at 2lb 4

[OhMyGod]

Paul

the cear and feet were blue when she came from the moult, she had yolked chicks for 4 weeks and they went yellow in the space of a couple of weeks. Really fast colour change, but I prefer yellow, it looks more mature.

[BFC 007]

looks nice mate,my bird still has blue feet-not sure if they will change colour though.Do you think they will if i feed him enough yolk?

[OhMyGod]

they don't always change that quick.

I was feeding quail and then the last few weeks before taking out I fed 5 or 6 yolked chicks per day and she changed from blue to yellow in just a couple of weeks. I think it depends on the amount of yolk they are getting each day.

I know most people prefer blue and remove the yolk to keep, the cear blue as long as possible.

[Fehgan101]

Just a question but do you not think that feeding birds on chicks just to change the colour of their feet/cere is a bit rediculous? Can you imagine what your colesterol level would be like if you ate six eggs a day?

[OhMyGod]

NO

I do eat six eggs per day

better than feeding deyolked chicks to your bird

She only had yolked chicks for a few weeks all year, think the colesterol is just fine, some birds have yolk everyday for 10 years in zoos where they do no flying to burn off the fat, are they all dropping down dead? They didn't at the zoos I worked at.

[Fehgan101]

You fat ******* you fat ******* you ate all the pies

:supz:

[OhMyGod]

right o...

[Goose]

OMG , what is your mews set up. It looks like you have your bird on a running trace??? More pictures please.

[OhMyGod]

I am not too good with the camera but I'll take a pic now and get it on in a few minutes for you.

May take some time due to the amount of pies I consumed today, may take a while just to get up off my arse but wait, I'll give it a try..... hear goes...

[OhMyGod]

I can't resise my pictures. Sorry, they are about 5Mb and I don't have the software to do it. I can email them if you are still interested Goose

[HunterPaul]

NO

I do eat six eggs per day

better than feeding deyolked chicks to your bird

She only had yolked chicks for a few weeks all year, think the colesterol is just fine, some birds have yolk everyday for 10 years in zoos where they do no flying to burn off the fat, are they all dropping down dead? They didn't at the zoos I worked at.
sorry to stick my neb in but just cos theyre not dropping down dead doesnt make it a great existance....I personally hate yellow feet and never feed chick...each to their own I suppose...dont know how youll look at the bird if they stop doc's and her feet go back to their Natural colour...

[Goose]

OMG just PM'd U

[OhMyGod]

Hunterpaul

what colour feet do peregrines have naturally?

what colour feet do eyas peregrines have naturally?

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

I been in a nest in scotland with two eyess peregrines, both had yellow feets, tryed to put picture on but could not figure out how. I have had young peregrines from the same clutch fed on the same food some have blue feet some have yellow feets. Flew two lanners sisters imprints and named them blue fot and yellow fot, self explanitory, also seen a gyr peregrine (could have been a gyr saker cant remember) with one blue and one yellow foot!!

[HunterPaul]

Hunterpaul

what colour feet do peregrines have naturally?

what colour feet do eyas peregrines have naturally?
it wouldnt matter to me if their feet were scarlet....I just dont think feeding a particular food to achieve the effect is ..and Ill say it again ...in my opinion...somethingI would agree with...but as I said ...each to there own...
I dont do falcons at all ...have no desire to ...but do think they are very pretty birds with or without a particular coloured leg...

[OhMyGod]

I never said I fed yolk to change the colour of my birds feet.

what the hell you going on about?

read the thread again numb nutts

anyway who cares

Goose, if you're still about I sussed out the pics

[HunterPaul]

they don't always change that quick.

I was feeding quail and then the last few weeks before taking out I fed 5 or 6 yolked chicks per day and she changed from blue to yellow in just a couple of weeks. I think it depends on the amount of yolk they are getting each day.

I know most people prefer blue and remove the yolk to keep, the cear blue as long as possible.
i do apologise dick head....I must have misunderstood...oops sorry for the peurile namecalling turned into a child for a second ...I said it was personal preference...
and your right who cares anyway...but its obviously getting your goat to feel the need to start the insults.... nice pix though.....

[PeelsBells]

Excellent set up there, good clear pictures!

[GriffMJ]

OhMyGod thats a tidy sut up...

[OhMyGod]

thanks

it works pretty well. she just goes in as it gets dark and I shut the doors.

easy

she doesn't bate at all in fact it has chilled her out more

I will change the bow for a mini cooper size tyre soon.

Also it needs to be bigger but I have no more room lengthways to make it deeper. I can fit about three of these next to each other.

It took me about 7 hours to make from scratch and cost me £60 for wood £20 gravel and £3 for steel cable and clips etc digging the grass up was a bitch.


hunterpaul
you are getting silly, but what ever you're into ya know.

[BFC 007]

very good omg,gave me some ideas there for my birds :wink:
where do you get the cable from?
paul

[OhMyGod]

I got the cable from an iron mongers. It was cheap and the clips and ties were just a few pence. Think you can get it all from homebase or similar but it will cost you much much more.

The clips for the wire must be locking clips as the spring clips can be pressed in by the bird grabbing them or when the bird pulls the leash it can clip onto the rings at each end and are unsafe. You can get a solid ring or ones thar screw up tight. If you just tie the leash onto the cable it can wear the leash and snap. the bow isn't too good as the bird can pass under it and then can't get back in, same with a block so I will get a car tyre soon. I could block off the bow with shade cloth but it still isn't ideal as the leash will not pass over it well.

hope this helps

[Goose]

The muts nuts OMG!!!!!

[BFC 007]

cheers matey,just need to sort out what im going to use for perches.
would a log do? i dont mean a thin one,something with a good diameter

[OhMyGod]

I must stress that this size weathering is far too small without the line as it would damage the primaries in seconds with any bating. She is NEVER tied to the shelf so it is not a problem. She just hops off and walks to the bow and back.

Also the air vents or wondows are blocked off from light when I am not able to open the doors at first light to stop any bating in this far too small weathering. The reason it works is because of the line.

[BFC 007]

all im going to be doing is putting the birds on it in the garden throughout the day so they go from perch to perch

[OhMyGod]

Yes so as long as it was long enough so the leash couldn't go round the end end get stuck underneath.

[GriffMJ]

Any problem with the frosts ...with ur set up?

[OhMyGod]

This is something I have concerns with Griff.

When the first frosts come I will remove the bath for starters, the weathering is pretty sheltered where it is and with a tarp over the weathering and side panels closed to wind it should be frost free inside.

I have a 12 inch tubular heater that I can wire up and place under the shelf but I will probably not bother with it, when it is really bad and frozen for days she may go in the brick mews hooded on a cadge. I will not be having her free lofted in the moulting pen during the season at all. If she goes in there she will be hooded, cadges are safe in my eyas and have done me well. I personally prefere to keep her tethered throughout.

[HawkMan69UK]

before ......http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/darkbluefalcon/leo006.png.............during.......http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/darkbluefalcon/5.jpg..................... afterhttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/darkbluefalcon/side.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/darkbluefalcon/Photo-0121.jpg

[BFC 007]

nice bird mate

[BFC 007]

anybody got anymore pics of a second year pere/barbary or gyr/sakers?
please

[Jackson]

wow what a change! but lovely bird!!!!!:supz:

[BFC 007]

thought i would bring this thread alive people.

this is her before- http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7640
(lost the original picture)

& after

[Freddie]

cracking looking bird mate, keep us posted through the season,

[Tim Laycock]

8-)
<btw>you have been quiet Paul :(

[Argee]

Some thing is causing the files to pixilate (go blocky ) !!when comparing them to the attached U.R.L. ,and a passing observation, ..
The down sizing software package can do this and/or if the presented image was cropped ..
damn shame really ..:cry:

(*v*) ...

[Gozzhawk]

Nice birds all.
OH MY GOD ( mine still alive) that set up would keep me up all night , you no local predators??

[OhMyGod]

I have been using this setup now for some time, for sure i use larger weatherings now, but i think it works great. I dont have holes in the side though and the doors lift up and onto roof so i can get many next to each other.

Does anyone use this system?

Have the pics and info helped anyone?