I think you could do that with kestrels to be honest. The rules say you have to have the jess, swivels, and all that equipment. A water bowl big enough for them to bathe in and at least one perch. Personally, I'd like to keep it in a specific area doing exactly what you're talking about BUT it was suggested to me that the parrot and the falcon not see each other. It's kind of disappointing actually because I'm 100% certain that Gonzo (his beak is friggin' huge for his head size) would love having another bird around but being a prey species he'd utterly flip out if a predator was visible. TBH, I'm not even sure I can have them in the same area even if he can't see the falcon. He'd probably be okay once he figured out the falcon isn't able to get him and I have plexiglass surrounding much of his cage already to control the food throwing so I don't necessarily have to worry about the falcon crabbing.

Out of curiosity, why would people move their mews?

As for over engineering it, I should probably explain that I was going to build an insulated shed anyways because I homebrew and desire a place to homebrew without keeping all my stuff inside. It takes up a pretty big amount of my office and I temperature control it anyways for fermenting and aging beer.

Any thought on whether the wood floor should be coated with something like Blackjack #57? I know it's used by a lot of poultry people inside chicken coops and it's pretty inert once dried unless you sand it.




Quote Originally Posted by ehh View Post
I would not over engineer a deluxe mews until you know more about what you are doing and more about what you want. It is easy to over look what is important to the hawk and focus on what is important to you, and then you have wasted a lot of time and money. I suggest you build a simple 8 X 8 mews of a modular design with a solid wooden floor that you can easily take apart and move. If you are like most of us you will end up moving it a lot. As for a kestrel I don't know what the rules require but too bad you can't just keep it on a perch in the house because that is the best thing.