Tobacco Stalks

[Guest m.bollington]

what are the benfits of using tobacco stalks as nesting material is it just the same as using straw?

[yorkshirelad]

what are the benfits of using tobacco stalks as nesting material is it just the same as using straw?

I think that the tobacco stalks help prevent mites attacking the birds especially the youngster who cannot get away from them

[aye ready]

used them once never again lost a couple of newly hatched young which had fell in between the gaps,prob my fault as i could have cut the stalks shorter,now i just wrap the nest bowls in newspaper and put in a nest felt much warmer/comfortable/hygienic jmo

[PIGEON_MAN]

used them once never again lost a couple of newly hatched young which had fell in between the gaps,prob my fault as i could have cut the stalks shorter,now i just wrap the nest bowls in newspaper and put in a nest felt much warmer/comfortable/hygienic jmo

Same here NEVER AGAIN lost eggs as well rolling of the top of nests.

[Guest m.bollington]

dont think i will be using them then i normally just use straw and a bit of wood shavings but somebody said i shuld get tobacco stalks he said he would never use straw because it's bad for the young birds coz it's not clean also i think tobacco stalks are very expensive for what they are i will just use nest felts i think cheers guys

[big blue bar]

i used them last year for the first time and had no problems ,i m going to use them again this year .

[sapper756]

Only ever used them once, and as stated already, lost some eggs due to slipping through to the bottom of the nest bowlhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif so never used since.

[peterpau]

I use tobacco stalks but I cut them in half first.

If I cant get stalks, I'll buy some rolling baccy and put some in each nest. Great insectiside

[Tony C]

I use tobacco stalks but I cut them in half first.

If I cant get stalks, I'll buy some rolling baccy and put some in each nest. Great insectiside

 

 

You saying putting bacca in the nests I recall an old timer telling me he used to collect all he's dogends and put them in a pal of water. He used to spray he's lofts out with this as well as spraying he's roses, said it kept all the bugs away.

[ovy1255]

have been advised that straw is a magor factor to strepticockle i use coconut nest felts have done for 3 years with no probs ,discard felt after each nest.