Fidget the Barn Owl.

[Freddie1]

hi my name is lizzie and I am the younger daughter of steve. I am getting a six year old barn owl called Fidget and I was wondering if anybody knew how long it would be before I could start doing some training with lures and other ways of exercising her, we know the person who owned her last quite well and he did not do any hunting with her, she does chase a little teddy bear and thats all. If anybody has any tips or advise they could give me I owuld be very grateful.
Thanks Lizzie!

[Graham Stuart]

hi lizzie how tame is your owl, mine hunts mice and voles, but is too tame and likes sit on my shoulder rather than hunt, get a small mouse toy(cat type) and some string and try him on that with some meat on it, what weight is the owl and what sex is it...graham

[Freddie1]

havent picked her up yet her name is fidget she is six years old and she has had the same life as your bird i.e. sitting on the shoulder of my dads mate and being spoilt in all the wrong ways so this is why i have set up the thread to try and work out how i can bring her round.
i would very much like to keep you up to date with her progress and thank you very much for your valuable suggestions, as soon as i get her home i will take some photos of her and e-mail them to you so you can see what she looks like.
Thanks again,
lizzie wise
(13 years old).
Happy Hunting!!

[HawkMan]

Lizzy
I hope it all goes well m8
Keep us informed of how the progress goes ,us bunch on here should be able to guide you if you need any help
Best of luck
JB

[Freddie1]

Hiya sorry I havent been on for so long, have had a busy week with my sis and dad getting thier harris hawks. I've got my glove,leash,jesses and all the other bits I need.
speak soon
LIZZIE!!:supz: :supz: :rolleyes:

[Stephen]

hope you have fun with your barn owl there great little birds here is a pic of barneys brother.
He does catch voles and mice hes more independant than what barney is and can disappear until 4 in the morning7706

[Freddie1]

:cool: Hi Stephen,
Barney's bro looks absolutely gorgeous,I'm sure I'll have heaps of fun with Fidget.
Fidget will be coming more or less at the beginning of December.
speak later,
LIZZIE!!:supz: :supz:

[The New Kid]

Barn owls are bloody gorgeous birds :D good luck with it :D

[Stevie]

Hi my name is Jess
and my dad is a falconer and we have a barn owl called Ollie he is 6 months old we are just training him now.
He is 10.3/4 oz
and we made a mouse on string witch we use as a lure.
Best of luck with your new barn owl

Jess

[Graham Stuart]

lovely pics hope he is as good as my barney, hope you have great fun with him:lol: forget barney used to look like that, here he is dont know who the handsom chap is on the left:wink:

[Barbary Boy]

hi lizzie how tame is your owl, mine hunts mice and voles, but is too tame and likes sit on my shoulder rather than hunt, get a small mouse toy(cat type) and some string and try him on that with some meat on it, what weight is the owl and what sex is it...graham
ooohh aaahh ooohhh aaahhh a barn owl ! isnt that impressive ooohh aaahhh.

[Graham Stuart]

ooo i forgot you need a big eagle to be on here barby......nobody asked you, its a nice barn owl dont listen to barby boy

[Barbary Boy]

Havent got an eagle!

[Blaze]

Barney why the pic on this thread.....You'l give the wee lasses NIGHTMARES:twisted:

[Graham Stuart]

**** I STILL GOT THE HALLOWEEN MASK ON THERE OOOPS SORRY:wink:

[Flying High]

hope you have fun flying her. if she is six years old you will have to p[lay it by ear. take things are her spead. i always try to get my owls at about 4 weeks old. Barns owls are lovely birds to fly and great fun7715

[Barbary Boy]

hope you have fun flying her. if she is six years old you will have to p[lay it by ear. take things are her spead. i always try to get my owls at about 4 weeks old. Barns owls are lovely birds to fly and great fun7715
great fun at what exactly?

[Graham Stuart]

Cant you turn that round i just cricked my neck lol nice bird, dont let barby see it he thinks owls are for poofs i think:wink:she said in first thread 6 years but as you can see in the pictures she says 6 months but she looks younger than that....

[Barbary Boy]

i dont think owls are for "poofs" at all . i just dont think barn owls are falconry birds , it really bothers me when you meet some one new and they say , oh yea im into falconry as well. ive got a barn owl! and next year(stand back in awe) im going to get a bengal eagle owl, GOSH WHOOPIE DOO.

[Liam Fensome]

Sold my male couple of weeks a go great little flyer

[Flying High]

I could but i thought i would give your neck a good stretch (did it work) want i meant by fun is that i have a barn owl that will follow on through tree to tree and will also wait on until you are ready or until you call it to the fist.

[Achilles]

Flying High

That does not look like a picture of your Barn Owl, Whispa. I'm sure that the last time I saw it it had navy blue feathers.

[Stevie]

Message especially for 'Barbie Boy' (ops sorry Barbary Boy) Perhaps you should not be so quick to judge youngsters interested in any BOP.

Thought you might like to see a picture of our Gos! Hope this meets with your ideas of a Bird of prey!

Best wishes to all the young people out there with an interest

Cheryl (Steve's Wife)

[Freddie1]

The young girl in the picture is not lizzie wise for your information she is expecting her Barn Owl some time in December. Her name is fidget that is my owl and she is six years old. But i am waiting for my dad to get his finger out and build my aviary. (COME ON DAD HURRY UP)
I will post pictures of her on here when she arrives. :supz:

[Lady-Luck]

well i wish you the best o luck and im sure you will have many times happy times together:) my little one loves her fordy :)

[Freddie1]

Hi, Lizzie here,
Me, my dad and my sister went ferreting today and we got two wabbits but another two got away due to dodgy net setting.
To Lady-Luck I think the site is wicked and I loved looking through the gallery.
Speak to you all later,
Lizzie Lou-Lou
xxx:D 8-) :-P

[Stephen]

Tell your dad hes not aloud out to play until he gets your mews done netty
glad to hear you had a good day 2day
have you got your harrises yet?

[Freddie1]

Yes we have and I am in front of dad with his female my boy storm is flying to fist at 1 4 1/4 so am going to start him on the leash this week if dad gets the perch built out in the garden. Still talking about building this aviary for the owl but still waiting LOL. No I must say dad has been busy at work earning wages for father christmas!!!! I will put some photo's up soon it has been a bit busy the last couple of weeks.
Speak soon
Netty