Horse & Dragon's Kestrel Nesting Box & #KestrelCam
LIVE FEED!
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5/7/19: Millenium laid a 5th egg sometime on 5/3 or 5/4 (it took us until 5/4 to get a good view). It now seems that she and the mister are really keeping those eggs warm, so she is probably done laying and they are now starting the 30ish-day incubation period. The beer (Kestral Run Hoppy American Wheat Ale) is also happily "incubating" and should be finished a couple of weeks before the chicks hatch. It'll be available here at the tasting room and also at bars & restaurants around NoCO!
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5/1 update: Millenium laid a 4th egg today!
4/29 update: Millenium has laid 3 eggs as of early today. (The 2nd was laid on 4/26 and the third either 4/28 or 29 — she was pretty huddly yesterday so we’re not sure when that one arrived — if you saw it in 4/28, please let us know!)
4/24/19 Update: early in the afternoon on 4/24/19, Millenium (as we now fondly refer to her) laid her first egg in the box! Over the next few days, she should lay several more.
Josh, Titus, & Rob'll be brewing Kestrel Run American Hoppy Wheat Ale next Tuesday, 4/30.
Stay tuned...
4/29 update: Millenium has laid 3 eggs as of early today. (The 2nd was laid on 4/26 and the third either 4/28 or 29 — she was pretty huddly yesterday so we’re not sure when that one arrived — if you saw it in 4/28, please let us know!)
4/24/19 Update: early in the afternoon on 4/24/19, Millenium (as we now fondly refer to her) laid her first egg in the box! Over the next few days, she should lay several more.
Josh, Titus, & Rob'll be brewing Kestrel Run American Hoppy Wheat Ale next Tuesday, 4/30.
Stay tuned...
In an effort to help boost declining numbers of kestrels (the U.S.'s smallest raptor), we've partnered with the Colorado Avian Rescue & Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI) to try to attract a nesting pair of kestrels to H&D's back yard in the airpark in the spring of 2019. Here's a picture of the nesting box on the back wall of H&D's brewery warehouse:
There is a Nest camera installed facing straight down in the "ceiling" of the box, with the live feed link above and also on CARRI's website (above link).
Currently (as of March 2019) there is a pair of kestrels checking the box out for its potential. We hope they'll choose to breed and hatch eggs here.
Currently (as of March 2019) there is a pair of kestrels checking the box out for its potential. We hope they'll choose to breed and hatch eggs here.
Stay tuned --- if the kestrels decide to nest with us, we'll be brewing a beer in their honor. It turns out fermentation takes about the same amount of time as kestrel incubation, so we should be releasing a new kestrel beer about the time the chicks hatch. At the moment, we're planning on a hoppy American wheat ale. If you have a name to propose for the beer, shoot us a message on Facebook!
For more information on kestrels, check out CARRI's H&D Kestrel Box page.
For more information on kestrels, check out CARRI's H&D Kestrel Box page.