Chapter 23: Raising Eagles in Another World
Cage put vests on the two golden eagles with great fun. The two golden eagles were so happy to put on the vests that everyone was surprised. Could it be that Warcraft also likes to wear clothes? The two golden eagles kept chirping that day, as if they were telling Cage something, but there is no Warcraft language in this world, and ordinary people don't understand what it means at all. Cage seemed to understand the meaning, and then the two golden eagles flew high in the sky, circled for two weeks, and flew away.
"Watson, make a few more racks and two larger bird nests." Cage's order made Watson completely confused, but even if he didn't understand it, he had to do it.
The two guards on the city gate, "Captain, there are two big-eyed golden eagles in the sky, do you want to notify the flag chief to prevent the Warcraft from hurting people." "Fool, didn't you see the vest on the golden eagle? That's the golden eagle of the seventh prince." The captain taught this guard who knew nothing a lesson. Isn't it courting death to plan to attack the seventh prince? "The Seventh Prince is really evil. He actually put a vest on the golden eagle." "What do you know? These are the ideas of the nobles. Keep your post well." The captain really wanted to scold this fool. The nobles can do whatever they like. They are not qualified to judge.
After the two golden eagles flew away, they did not come back that day. Watson thought that the golden eagles deceived Cage. They first deceived Cage's favor and then waited for an opportunity to leave. It seems that the prince's money was wasted this time. Fortunately, with Cage's wealth now, they don't care about this little money. They care more about fun.
About seven days later, the cry of the golden eagle sounded in the sky. Watson found that the two golden eagles came back and kept circling in the sky. At the same time, they were holding a large bird's nest in their claws. Watson felt like a miracle. This was completely unimaginable. Not only did they not leave, but they also brought their children. It seems that the prince knew that they were going to bring their children here a long time ago. How did the prince understand the language of the monsters? Watson, House and others all had a big question mark in their hearts. House was better. After all, he had the example of Xiao Hei in front of him. In his heart, he still guessed something, but he remembered the instructions of His Highness firmly and said nothing.
"Watson, open the window and let them in." Hearing the instructions of His Highness, he hurriedly opened the window. The two golden eagles passed through the window at once and placed their nests on the large shelf prepared by Cage. The two golden eagles on the shelf kept screaming at Cage.
"Watson, bring the prepared food." Cage ordered. It seems that the two golden eagles are always on the road without stopping. In fact, golden eagles have a habit. In order to prevent themselves from not being able to catch food for a long time, they usually store food in the nest to prevent the young eagles from starving to death. Generally, it takes a long time to go out to hunt for food. It is a great fortune that several young eagles did not die after being caught last time.
"It's grown, it's grown." Cage murmured to himself with drool. This time there are five little eagles in a nest, which is really great. He can train them from a young age. The plasticity is much better than that of two big eagles. This house has been modified. There are very large windows on the roof and around the house, which are enough for several eagles to enter and exit.
Watching the little eagles crying for food, Cage was very interested and very happy to watch the big eagle feeding. It was very fair. If a little eagle snatched food, it would be punished. The family education of the big eagle was completely different, using the experience inherited from the ancestors.
Cage had read some books on raising eagles before. The young birds were fed with bird meat, rabbit meat, or beef and mutton. After mashing, add appropriate amount of eggs, feed three or four times a day, and use a small wooden board to wipe the food into the mouth of the young birds. The feed for young birds is lean meat of birds, frogs, mice, etc., cut into small pieces of appropriate size, and feed once in the morning and evening. When feeding, blow the whistle of "beep, beep, beep" to make it develop a conditioned reflex to obey the call from an early age. Feeding of adult birds: First, it must be regular. In the early stage, feed twice a day, half of the total amount each time, to increase the number of training times during feeding.
For tamed game birds, feed once a day, in the afternoon. Second, it must be quantitative. After the hunter catches the adult bird, he must weigh it immediately as a basis for determining the amount of food. It is also a standard for the fatness and thinness of the game bird in the future. Fat means laziness, and thin means weakness, which is not conducive to hunting. The daily feed amount of game birds is about 1/4 of the game bird's weight. For example, if the game bird weighs 500 grams, feed 100-150 grams; if the game bird weighs 400 grams, feed about 100 grams per day. Each feeding should be fed according to hunting training to continuously consolidate the existing hunting conditioning reflexes. Third, it is best to feed fresh hot meat. If it is fresh cold meat, soak it in hot water before feeding. After feeding meat each time, a clean water basin filled with clean water should be brought to the game bird so that the game bird can drink.
Feeding during the non-hunting season: When the weather warms up, set up perches in a shady, cool, and ventilated place, and feed the hawk with lean meat of frogs, mice, fish, snakes, small birds, or other discarded animals at regular intervals every day, so that it can survive the summer and molt, and then be used again in the autumn and winter hunting season. Arm-supported feeding training: When feeding, support the hawk with your arm, and use a whistle to make a short "beep, beep, beep" call. When the hunting bird hears the call and looks back, the hunter gives it meat. Every time you feed it, you must feed it meat from the eye sockets of the hunting bird that is preparing to hunt. If you are training to hunt rabbits, you must wrap the rabbit skin with straw, and when feeding it, you must feed it meat from the eye sockets of the rabbit skin. If you are training to hunt foxes, you must feed it meat from the eye sockets of the fox skin that has been wrapped.
And you must gradually increase the distance of the whistle call, and gradually cultivate the conditioned reflex that the hunting bird can also listen to the hunter's whistle call at a longer distance. During arm feeding training, hunters must pay attention to their own safety. In order to protect his arms from being scratched by the game birds, the hunters have to wear gloves and wrap their arms with leather (or wear leather sleeves).
Except for feeding, everything else is relatively simple for Cage. It is not difficult for Cage to gain the trust and control of the falcons. The most important thing is to master this fun and enjoy the fun of feeding. Now Cage can directly command the two falcons without even using a whistle. However, in order to enjoy the fun of calling, he still uses a whistle to call, which is more interesting!
So everyone saw that Cage practiced different whistles every day, so that the golden eagles could make different movements according to the instructions of the whistle. Cage irresponsibly gave several eagles very vulgar names. The big male one was called Da Jin, the big female one was called Xiao Jin, and the rest were numbered as One Jin, Two Jin, Three Jin, Four Jin, and Five Jin. The golden eagles in this world have a long production period. It takes at least 3 magic months to be able to fly freely. However, the growth period is very long. Generally, it takes ten years for them to enter the prime of life similar to that of humans, which is the strongest time.
It is also related to the level of the eagle. The higher the level of the eagle, the longer its production period and maturity period. Some high-level golden eagles can even live for hundreds of years. However, eagles are not social animals. They usually live alone after adulthood. Except for finding a mate, they generally do not live with other eagles. Moreover, the eagles in this world are almost loyal to their partners to the point of being harsh. Generally, a golden eagle has only one partner, and the two die almost at the same time. If one of them dies, the other will definitely die for love. Therefore, it is also called a love bird in this world. The stronger the golden eagle is, the stronger its sense of territory is. If other creatures enter its territory, they will generally be hit by it fatally.
The golden eagle is a very powerful magical beast, and their offspring must also undergo almost harsh training. The Golden Eagle will constantly raise the altitude of the young eagles' flight training, so that their young eagles can gradually learn to fly. The Golden Eagles that cannot complete the training will be abandoned by their parents. The general result of the young Golden Eagles without help is death. The Golden Eagles that survived the cruel training can fly in the higher sky, move agilely, and can clearly see the movements of a small animal dozens of kilometers away.
A group of servants didn't understand why he liked the Golden Eagle, but since he started playing with the Golden Eagle, many people in the imperial capital came to see it, and Marquis Vidi was one of them.
"Your Highness, can't you give me one of yours? I'll buy it with 100,000 gold coins." Vidi also likes this kind of animal, but no one can raise it. Watching Cage carefully feeding the Golden Eagle, although he didn't know what Cage wanted to do, he believed from the bottom of his heart that anything Cage played with must be a good thing and will definitely become the most popular thing. 100,000 gold coins are almost several times the price of a Golden Eagle.
"Marquis Vidi, it's not that I don't want to sell it to you, but a magical pet like a golden eagle must be raised by someone else. I have already raised these few, and they are very familiar with my smell. If I sell them to you, they will not eat until they die." Cage said with a wry smile.
"It's not that exaggerated!" Vidi absolutely didn't believe it.
"It's not exaggerated at all. The golden eagle is a very loyal magical beast. They have only one partner in their life, and they usually choose to die with their partner. The same is true for the owner who feeds them. They can only have one owner in their life. If they are separated from their owner, they would rather die than choose food fed by others. It is because of this characteristic that I decided to feed them. I have already fed these golden eagles. Isn't it a waste of money for you to buy them back? Why not post a task to buy a few, and then we can exchange feeding experiences together." Cage told Vidi the truth very sincerely.
"That's so exaggerated. How old should it be to raise it?"
"The smaller the better. It's better to raise a newborn. It's easier to tame. If you feed it every day, it will get used to your smell and only recognize you as its master. If it's an adult, it's a bit more troublesome and requires a lot of patience. The premise is that no one else has raised a golden eagle before. It's usually better to catch them in pairs. Otherwise, if you catch one, both may choose to commit suicide for love." Cage taught.
"What are their habits, what are their functions, and what do you want to raise them for? Tell me in detail." Vidi also became interested in this loyal animal.