You need to start a thread with some pictures of your birds! I know I've mentioned to you before I would love nothing more than to be in a spot in life where I had the time to start working with raptors, so pictures are all I have to go on for now
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I know Redtails are great hunters in their own right, but I always get taken back to a story of the second Redtail my father ever got his hands on. It had been neglected by the previous handler and not flown in quite some time and they really struggled to get her to fly again. She still could fly of course, she wasn't injured or anything, just refused to. It got as bad as my Dad finding a steep hill with the wind howling down over it, and having a friend release her about 300 yards down the hill into the wind. She flew up and did a few circles around the friends head, saw the glove with the treat and immediatley landed and hopped up the entire hill. Flying again only to go from the ground to the glove! I laugh every time
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And with the help of a much more experienced falconer they were able to get her into hunting shape and released much later.
