Careful of the weather!!!

[Riker]

So the forecast last night said it would be cold (30) with a chance of very light snow flurry's so i brought the fhh in so she wouldn't get too cold and drop to much weight. I woke up this morning with 3 inches of snow and a -5 wind chill with temps around 12. If my fhh would have been in the mews bad things would have happened. so this is a reminder to all to watch the weather (even though in this case it was way wrong) and prepare you birds accordingly.

a few things to do to prepare you bird include:
1. Feed up!! would you rather maybe miss a day of hunting or have your birds toes freeze off or possible die?
2. put a perch heater in the mews. I have done this for many years both with my hunting birds and edu birds at the rehab center. (i will try to post some pics or explanations later i have a few designs)

Now i know most of you are good falconers that don't need this advice but there are those out there that don't think about these things sometimes. I hear story's every year with birds dieing or getting frostbite on toes and i don't want this to happen to any of you guys
Happy Hawking! Be Safe!

[titaniumtalons]

Yeah I'm with ya, suposed to get down to 29 degrees tonight in Shreveport, LA so I fed Padme' extra even though she was at weight. When her met kicks in she'll burn every bit of the extra I fed her tonight I'm sure.
Michael Beran

[kenbro77]

I brought Abby in, we got 4 inches of snow and down to 19 tonight. I got home from work when this was blowing in and I looked in her mew from the window and I could not see her. I started to freak out. Un locked the doors and she was on the ground behind the steps, so I guess the wind was hitting where her perches are. I need to look at fixing this and riker I would like to see some picks of the heater.

[Weasel]

Brought Joe in for the past few days due to the low temps here. Got down to 23 here last night with about 1/4 - 1/2 inch of friggin ice.