black nest felts danger

[Roland]

Free eh ... wel that helps lol

[Peckedhen]

 

twiggs from silver birch trees use loads of them collect them by the bag full every time am out with the dogs and duncan they are FREE

 

Hmm, I'd wondered about these. My dovecote fantails always choose to build their nests with sb twigs but they are always on dummy eggs.  I wondered if the twigs might pierce the babies skin when they first hatch - they look so delicate. :-/

 

 

[retired]

Hi sammy

 

Just a curious question what benefits do the silver birch twigs give (apart from the being free part) and do you treat them before use eg. spray with duramitex.

 

I am interested as i have pulled all nest felts out today and put the birds on straw but i dont see straw as my long term nesting material so i wonder if the silver birch would go well with the lavender stalks

 

Kind regards

[DOVEScot]

 

twiggs from silver birch trees use loads of them collect them by the bag full every time am out with the dogs and duncan they are FREE

 

Cheers

We let them use loads of free natural things like heather, lavender, spruce leaves, straw, hay and how silver birch twiggs ;D

They even pick up cable ties, string ect from outside the workshop

We us the common terracota nest pans but thouht they were a bit bare on the base, so we use nest felts, do you recon they would do fine without them?

[sammy]

Hi sammy

 

Just a curious question what benefits do the silver birch twigs give (apart from the being free part) and do you treat them before use eg. spray with duramitex.

 

I am interested as i have pulled all nest felts out today and put the birds on straw but i dont see straw as my long term nesting material so i wonder if the silver birch would go well with the lavender stalks

 

Kind regards

look at the wood pigeons nest if you can you will see its 2 eggs from the ground and it uses silver birch twiggs what i have noticed when i use them is all the dust scale etc from youing ones falls right through the nest to the bottom of pan were as with nest felts its kept in the pan cut them 6 inches long and they dont pierce the young birds it gives them firm footing in the nest no splayed legs ,try it  

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

What do you use Sammy?

 

Some of the sawdust out his head .

[sammy]

 

Some of the sawdust out his head .

 

useless using any out yours as its empty  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[retired]

Thanks sammy will seek some out

[jim]

 

 

my mate has lost 8 suabs with black felts in brown ok

purchased them at backpool  

 

this is cumbria

                            jim