I never knew that, wow you learn something new everyday

Picked him up today and weighed him. He is now 2lb 3oz. Bought him in the house to introduce him to the dog and he ate straight away. Took him for a walk with the dog around some of the land he will be flying over to get him used to being carried. Tomorrow I will take him out and try jumping him to the fist but I think he will need to lose a bit more weight.

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Love his eyes

How was Arni with him then? He's coming on well

Ooooh and just noticed 4.5oz lost that's great He'll soon be flying

He's not interested he has been with bops since he was 71/2 week old, seen it all before
He will need to lose a couple more ounces yet

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What an interesting thread and he is a lovely looking bird.

His new hood came today. A perfect fit and in black to match the rest of his furniture (the things he wears)



He picked up and hooded nice and calm, put him on the scales and he is 2lb 3oz again today. Took him down to the field and he stayed quite calm for what an be a difficult hybrid. He wouldn't jump to the fist today as expected but he did lean over and reach out to me to take his food. I just gave him half a chick today so he should have dropped a bit of weight tomorrow and he should jump to me. He did a bit of flapping on his block when he felt the wind under him.




and wasn't too bothered by the dog



Now he has calmed down a bit I have taken the boards of the windows on his mews to let more light in and put his bath in so he can tidy himself up

The next job is to fit a trackpack to carry his radio transmiter
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYIwm..._order&list=UL
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Hd8...layer_embedded

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Love that hood, it looks much better than the tan one. Very nice pictures, he really is stunning.

radio transmitter? wow that's technical

The same as they use for tracking wild life incase he goes awol

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Is that the aerial bit on the hood?