new tail

[GosFlyer]

kye got his tail fixed, the three bust feathers in the middle of his tail have been fixed today, i cut them last night and while he was feeding on his lure tonight i glued them in. they where off one of my old goshawks kept out of the moulting aviary, they are probably five year old but i new they would come in eventualy. the only thing i could have done with was some carbon fibre save cutting old fishing rods up. does anyone sell such things for imping.:cool:

[Moses]

kye got his tail fixed, the three bust feathers in the middle of his tail have been fixed today, i cut them last night and while he was feeding on his lure tonight i glued them in. they where off one of my old goshawks kept out of the moulting aviary, they are probably five year old but i new they would come in eventualy. the only thing i could have done with was some carbon fibre save cutting old fishing rods up. does anyone sell such things for imping.:cool:


awesome job u done their mate, imping looks so hard to do

[SycoPaff]

awesome job u done their mate, imping looks so hard to do
aINT as hard as it looks mate! i practised on a few feathers before i did one attached to a bird!

[Moses]

aINT as hard as it looks mate! i practised on a few feathers before i did one attached to a bird!


happy new yr mate, nice to see u about again bud :)

[Tim Laycock]

does anyone sell such things for imping.:cool:
fishing tackle shops :lol:
Seriously, they do sell carbon fibre tips
<btw> nice enough Job m8 :D

[NightOwl]

we just use a shaved down cocktail stick
does the job.

[SycoPaff]

or a thin sowing needle!

[SycoPaff]

happy new yr mate, nice to see u about again bud :)
happy new year!

[IAmTheWeasel]

For Imping, I find that useing Bamboo skewers works out best. They are flexible and are cheap to obtain. I have imped 50-60 feathers including several complete Kestrel wings and tails for a local rehabber.... I use a dremel tool to shave down the bamboo shaft until it slides into the shaft about 1 inch and add a small drop of epoxy.

[Jay]

For imping needles I use harris hawk feather shafts. They are stiffer than most shafts, yet very strong and light.

[Kahn]

mick somebodys taught you well, that imping looks good mate...

[Tr1gger]

imping looks so hard to do

I heard of a female redtail that was been impted, all was goin perfectly and at the last minute it jerked and got the new feather sticking out at 90 degrees. Lasted for a chunk of the hunting season :lol:

[Moses]

I heard of a female redtail that was been impted, all was goin perfectly and at the last minute it jerked and got the new feather sticking out at 90 degrees. Lasted for a chunk of the hunting season :lol:


sounds excellent :D , just the thought of training a hawk as a beginner and waiting for the first hunt and suddenly it looses the tail feathers, that would be heartbreaking

[Mary Quite Contrary]

For Imping, I find that useing Bamboo skewers works out best. They are flexible and are cheap to obtain. I have imped 50-60 feathers including several complete Kestrel wings and tails for a local rehabber.... I use a dremel tool to shave down the bamboo shaft until it slides into the shaft about 1 inch and add a small drop of epoxy.


work's brilliant and easy to use