Nest Bowls

[showman]

Which bowl do you prefer ?

[BIGPETE]

Would be good if people who voted maybe comment and say why they prefer that type of bowl. Then we can argue a bit and debate about which is the best and why

[showman]

Would be good if people who voted maybe comment and say why they prefer that type of bowl. Then we can argue a bit and debate about which is the best and why

 

By all means, feel free to get it started !

[Wiley]

For widowhood I like the clay ones. I like the ones that are very deep, before I only had a few, but I conducted an auction and obtained 18 deep deep ones of the fancier that where all handmade and before the last war.

 

For stock I like the German type with the mesh netting as I like a good air flow around the nests.

[greenbar]

clay bowls, bought 14 year ago when we started the birds,still as good as they were, when we bought them,wrapped in newspaper at the start of the season,end of the season clean bowls,rewrapp and use again,

[andy Burgess]

For widowhood I like the clay ones. I like the ones that are very deep, before I only had a few, but I conducted an auction and obtained 18 deep deep ones of the fancier that where all handmade and before the last war.

 

For stock I like the German type with the mesh netting as I like a good air flow around the nests.

 

i have 9 of the old clay deep bowls , they are all older than me , took me 5 years to get them ,2 another 2 , then 4 and 1 from a clearance . like rocking horse droppings , they are the best in my opinion ,especially for a widow cock to get down into . shame they dont make the terracotta ones in the "old style"

[OLDYELLOW]

I find the clay ones wet and become damp underneath when breeding , been porous are prone to frost damage and become brittle and been porous more likely to harbour germs , I like the plastic ones but are a pain to clean but come up great in the dishwasher lol . My uncle was buying bowls at Donny some weren't up to the job and not as wide as I'd of liked may been ok for smaller birds not racers and no doubt would cause curved keels due to the curve and lack of room for the growing young birds.

[andyyy]

I prefer the modern clay ones for no particular reason,however had used plastic ones this year with no problems

[paddymac]

I prefer the clay bowls and use the white plastic nest grills to help air circulation around the nest bowl

[philg50]

Clay for me & a nest felt ,I think with birds sitting the bowl heats with the birds body helps incubation IMO!

[trevor9]

I like the clay nest bowls , with nest felts in ,very cosy and Warm , was thinking

Of using the coconut nest felts this year , has any body used them

are they good