European goshawk

[tomoChica]

Hey all,happy new year...This year i am getting myself a male gos,and i was thinking to get it 20-25 days old.....as a brancher...what are your opinions on branchers....pros and cons
Cheers

[Montucky]

Captive bred?

[tomoChica]

Yes,i was thinking full imprint but this also sounds good to me

[JRedig]

So are you getting a 20-25 day old or a brancher?

[tomoChica]

Sry...english is not my native laguange....20-25 days or a brancher?

[Ross]

My opinion is that you would be better off with either an imprint taken younger or a parent reared bird raised to near hard penning. The in between hawks have the negative traits of both. My preference is the parent reared, but many do well with an imprint. The older eyas is going to have some of the fear of a parent reared bird and often requires some tighter wt. control to overcome this. Then the imprint behaviors, screaming and aggression rear their heads.

[tomoChica]

Yea i always wanted an imprint,but never did it before so i was thinking that this could help me aviod unwanted behaviour,agrresion,ect