Österreichischer
Jagdfalkenhof

Friedrich Wiehser &
Michaela Peterseil
3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya / Austria
M +43/664/143 4004
M +43/676/7302820
E office@jagdfalkenhof.at

ZVR 473834835

Falconry School

Falcon breeding courses

Falcons are wild animals and breeding them in aviaries is much more complicated than breeding domesticated animals such as chickens or dogs.
In our course we present all aspects of breeding, from the composition of the future parents to the rearing of the young falcons.
We teach using our breeding pairs and in our breeding rooms, but also with practical exercises with our falcon chicks:

  • Selection and keeping of breeding pairs
  • Equipment and aviary
  • Breeding room and incubators, or natural brood
  • Handling and hatching eggs
  • Rearing and handling falcon chicks
  • Rearing the young falcons until they fledge

No previous knowledge is necessary for this course!

Time: 10 am to 5pm, including lunch break at 1pm

Place: Österreichischer Jagdfalkenhof, 3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya (Austria, Waldviertel, near CZ border)

How to arrive: by car very easy
by Public transport you can travel only to Waidhofen an der Thaya or Göpfritz (
on the course dates) where we can pick you up. Please tell us in advance!

Course dates

2024
Sunday, 28 April 2024
Sunday, 26 May 2024

Course language: German only
--> ask for an individual course in English

Costs: EUR 145,-- (including lunch)

Entry form:
Please send us the form with your dates via Email or post until one week before the course takes place!


Falconry courses

We offer falconry lessons for newcomers. In our beginner course we present falconry in practice and theory and the correct handling of hawks:

  • care and keeping of hawks
  • falconry language
  • legal requirements in Austria
  • practices with the falcons as:
    standing on the fist, feeding on the fist, doing the falconer's knot, hooding, jumping to the fist and first training flights
  • making jesses and aylmeris
Time: 10 am to 5pm, including lunch break at 1pm

Place: Österreichischer Jagdfalkenhof, 3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya (Austria, Waldviertel, near CZ border)

How to arrive: by car very easy
by Public transport you can travel only to Waidhofen an der Thaya or Göpfritz (
on the course dates) where we can pick you up. Please tell us in advance!

Course dates

2024
courses will start in August - we will announce the dates in June!

Course language: German only
--> ask for an individual course in English

Costs: EUR 145,-- (including lunch)

Entry form:
Please send us the form with your dates via Email or post until one week before the course takes place!


vouchers

We offer also vouchers for our Falconry courses! The vouchers are valid thru January 2025.
Please send us an email office@jagdfalkenhof.at

individual lessons:

We offer also individual lessons for special problems as lure training or to correct behaviour problems of your falcon.
Just contact us - agreed price.


The falconry school is part of the society "Österreichischer Jagdfalkenhof".
ZVR 473834835


falcon breeding