Arizona Chickens

[cactusrota]

I think for apprentices, honestly it depends on the spomdor/mentor, and the State and dedication and time of both the apprentice and Mentor.

Its cos owls hunt at night, and people are up during the day, so people mostly just use owls as educational birds.

I would be willing to take on that challenge if I had my darn falconers apprentice licenseeeeeeeeee

It would be illegal and frowned upon by the falconry community as a whole for an apprentice to take an owl chick. Plenty of falconers who take GHO's hunt them during they day, as they are crepuscular, instead of strictly nocturnal. There are alot of factors as to why very few are successful at hunting with them. If you haven't you should totally get in contact with some local falconers. I know of one in Vail and a couple in Tucson if you're having trouble through the state club.

 

[BlueBaby]

I now have a breeding pair of my Australorps available for $50.00 for the pair if anyone is interested. The hen is a 1 year old Blue Australorp of the RattlesnakeRidge line, and the male splash color will be 4 months old on May 1st, and is a combination of the RattlesnakeRidge and the Hupp lines. No, the male is not a son to this Blue hen. Send me a PM me here if you are interested in this pair.

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My mistake... the male is a full-blooded RattlesnakeRidge line. The eggs due to hatch in my incubator are the 1/2 and 1/2's of those 2 lines.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Back when I looked into studying falconry with a mentor, I believe GHOs were one of the three species you were allowed to keep (this was NJ). However, I was told by members of the falconry club that owls are not viewed favorably by other falconer because owls and hawks are enemies. People at the falconry meets were not happy when someone showed up with an owl because their birds would not work well.

Anyway, glad you were able to help her! Great horned owls are my favorite.

 

[igorsMistress]

So yesterday was more hecktic than it needed to bee. I was preparing my birds to go home that need to get submited to Open today, get all the cages ready, and low and behold everything kinda went downhill from there Some idiot caught a baby owl flopping around their yard and put it in a box, then dropped it off out front of the school. The office didn't think to tell our Ag teacher until 2:00 in the afternoon, and by then the poor baby Horned Owl had been in thet box 24 hours no water or food in the 90+ heat. stupid stupid stupid STUPID people..... it gets better. The teacher thought that "Mom would come back for the baby and bring her back to the nest" if she let her roam alone, exposed, in the land lab. yeah thats not how it works So once the teacher left, I called Game n fish (to no avail) and then the Tucson Wildlife Center . The TWC offered to take her, so we drove her down there after I dropped my chickens and cages off at my house. She was GORGEOUS, you uys. her eyes were so yellow they looked like a flower. almost unnaturaly yellow, they were amazing. Her name is Macchiato, and she is a great horned owlet. If I had my falconry application filled oout, I would have adopted her... I know alot of Falcomers say that Owls are a challenge and that they aren't reccomended beause they are nocturnal... but I would accept this challenge in a heartbeat for this little coffee colord raptor, she snatched my heart liek she snatched my pool towels XD (Yeah she kept the pool towel.... she loved that thing and refused to release it with her cute little talons)

What a beautiful baby! I am so happy for her that you stepped in and got her to a safe place.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

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I would love if you PM'ed me!!

even though im only a senior almost out of HS, I would love to begin the process now (gettign more educated) so once I am maried I can begin my Apprenticeship here in AZ.


im talling with a falconer from CO, and their laws vary a bit on what birds you could start out with.

here in AZ, I know it is preffered that apprenties take on either a Red Tail or a kestrel.

I would be the happiest person alive if I took on a red tail... they are gorgeous birds!!

 

[Banaynaychicken]

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You and me both!

I learned a super cool thing they do with the owlets, before they "keep" them, if this is what they decide to do.

there is actually a GHO "surplus" at the moment (if you will) out here in our unit, so there are lots of available nests.

sometimes a female will only hatch out one or two, or hatch 6 and then a few end up being eaten by pradators or dont make it, and all these things leave semi-empty nests.

Well they take the owlets brought into the center and they find an under-hatched nest, and then home the owlet there for a couple of days with close survaillance.

The mothers usually accept the new owlet as their own, but if it doesn't, they try 1 other nest befre taking it to the shelter for care there.

Its kinda a complicated process, but I see why they do it.

they dont want the owlet to get attatched to people or used to them, so they take every precaution.

you should see them FEED them! They dress all in these camo shaggy bush outfits to feed and handle the owlets.

 

[cactusrota]

I would love if you PM'ed me!!

even though im only a senior almost out of HS, I would love to begin the process now (gettign more educated) so once I am maried I can begin my Apprenticeship here in AZ.


im talling with a falconer from CO, and their laws vary a bit on what birds you could start out with.

here in AZ, I know it is preffered that apprenties take on either a Red Tail or a kestrel.

I would be the happiest person alive if I took on a red tail... they are gorgeous birds!!

Actually, most apprentices in AZ have been taking Harris's hawks, ever since the laws changed that apprentices can have them. Harris's are the bread and butter in AZ for just about everyone. I'm planning on taking another redtail this fall just because, I want to.

I can PM you some time in the next few days. We're up in Utah right now taking care of some stuff, then we'll be back down there soon, and I'll be able to focus on this sort of thing more.

For now you can go here: https://www.azgfd.com/license/speciallicense/sportfalconry/ and familiarize yourself with all the stuff at the bottom of the page. That should help.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Quote: I have had multiple people link me the same sigh XD

ironically, I had it saved in my bokmarks bar before I even started asking people. Majority of the page links are outdated though :/

 

[igorsMistress]

You and me both!

I learned a super cool thing they do with the owlets, before they "keep" them, if this is what they decide to do.

there is actually a GHO "surplus" at the moment (if you will) out here in our unit, so there are lots of available nests. 

sometimes a female will only hatch out one or two, or hatch 6 and then a few end up being eaten by pradators or dont make it, and all these things leave semi-empty nests.

Well they take the owlets brought into the center and they find an under-hatched nest, and then home the owlet there for a couple of days with close survaillance. 

The mothers usually accept the new owlet as their own, but if it doesn't, they try 1 other nest befre taking it to the shelter for care there. 

Its kinda a complicated process, but I see why they do it. 

they dont want the owlet to get attatched to people or used to them, so they take every precaution.

you should see them FEED them! They dress all in these camo shaggy bush outfits to feed and handle the owlets.

That is so cool. Would love to see that!

 

[Banaynaychicken]

My birds are in Open!!

go see them they are clean and beautiful and they will be in the poultry barn until Sunday night