Harris' Hawk blog: Chicken lovers unite

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Chicken lovers unite

I bought the variety pack from Murry McMurry. Most of the birds have made their way back to the hawks cages, but I kept a few.

My hens are mutt birds, but the Rooster should be a pure bred.

Anyone know what kind it is????

2 comments:

The Beneficial Bee said...: Not sure! What kind is he? Just wondering, why should the rooster be pure? We are thinking about eating/giving away our pure Plymouth Rock and keeping our new mutt rooster because our Plymouth is so mean. Is that just for breeding purposes? Thanks, Jess; March 21, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Doug said...: I really don't know what kind he is. He is a pretty mellow guy and he doesn't terrorize the hens as much as the other roosters we had did. Those roosters ended up going to the hawks.

There is no particular reason he has to be pure - I assumed the Mcmurray sent us a purebred.

I used to have Plymouth rock hens - they were good layers. My mutt hens have just started laying this month - we'll see how it goes.

Doug; March 21, 2009 at 2:13 PM

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Who Are the Birds

Tess and Gonzo are both 5 year old Harris' Hawks.

I've had Gonzo since he was a young hawk and he came to me from Dave Mancini. He is a great bird who has been car hawked at different birds, flown from trees at squirrel and rabbit, and flown from a T-perch. He is a wonderfully efficient hunter that hunts in the 650 gram range.

Tess came to me by way of Wes Collins breeding project. She is a direct descendant of the Coulsins' famous White wing. I just acquired her for the 2008-09 hunting season. Her previous owner flew her extensively from the car at starlings, geese, and crows. She has been great at squirrels and has a ridiculously calm disposition. She flies between 900 - 950 grams.