Nesting Matieral

[greenbar]

apart from,nest felts,t/stalks,straw,hay,paper etc,i read some where ,about coconut fibre, being used,any-body heard of this,

[paddymac]

apart from,nest felts,t/stalks,straw,hay,paper etc,i read some where ,about coconut fibre, being used,any-body heard of this,

Some of the pigeon suppliers sell coconut fibre nest felts although they are a little more expensive.

[greenbar]

Some of the pigeon suppliers sell coconut fibre nest felts although they are a little more expensive.

I know what u are talking pat,the stuff I am talking about is, strands of fibre,

[Wiley]

Yes you can use it, i have used it before very big in the small bird world such as canaries and finches.

[greenbar]

Yes you can use it, i have used it before very big in the small bird world such as canaries and finches.

spot my man ,this stuff is about 6inchs long,so is it ok to use despite its short length,

[andy Burgess]

pine tree needles , available in abundance here . great for nesting , and above all "free"

[aye ready]

used the coconut nest felts once after using the traditional nest felts but found they did not fit into the shape of the bowl as good,so reverted back with the bowls being wrapped in newspaper then felt and good oat straw scattered to build on top of the nest felt if the birds wan't to,know of a good fancier in my own club that used the black nest felts a few years back(thats all he could get) and lost all his squeakers days after hatching so i've never tried them hence why i always get my nest felts at blackpool

[greenbar]

was it some thing in the felts, that killed the babies, :

[aye ready]

was it some thing in the felts, that killed the babies, :

dunno what it was,could've been something that bound the fibres together i'm sure that year there were a few that were experiencing problems with the black felts so it just wisnae a one off. He bucketed the felts and got the brown coloured ones that he normally used and got his doos back settled on eggs and reared multiple rounds with no problems

[alec guinness]

Have used reeds/rashes for 40 years excellent,free and also reusable.

[Wiley]

spot my man ,this stuff is about 6inchs long,so is it ok to use despite its short length,

 

Yes used it one season.

 

pine tree needles , available in abundance here . great for nesting , and above all "free"

 

Its all i use andy ive got a 25kg sack ready and been drying for couple weeks now ready for when i pair

[andy Burgess]

Yes used it one season.

 

 

 

Its all i use andy ive got a 25kg sack ready and been drying for couple weeks now ready for when i pair

 

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[leslie24williams49]

pine tree needles , available in abundance here . great for nesting , and above all "free"

never used them but they are the best according to info.any pests won,t go near them..

[andy Burgess]

never used them but they are the best according to info.any pests won,t go near them..

 

and they dont smell too bad either . just do as Wiley suggested , dry them out first , easy enough. i can highly recommend them.

[scottym7]

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

[KIDDON]

Heather sprigs

[greenbar]

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

just your luck scot,

[Dooheed 5]

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

I used the traditional felts until about 4 years ago then i went to the coconut felts however last year i had allot of eggs out the nest broken/cracked with the nest felts out as well, after days of trying to figure out in my opinion the birds toe nails were catching in the strand in the felt so i went back to traditional and all was good, i never had this problem in prior years so not sure if it was a bad batch.

 

Scotty M

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

[Dooheed 5]

Sorry aboot the Above this Computer at work is SH@te !!!

[Ian McKay]

Sorry aboot the Above this Computer at work is SH@te !!!

 

 

Thought you had a sticky finger Chris :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[Guest johnhunter]

birch twigs are ideal, fill a bag in no time

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

 

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

 

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

 

Excact same thing happened in my loft with coconut nest felts while my birds were all sitting there first round off eggs a 2 or 3 year back !! came home from work to find all of them off their nests and at one end of the section looking terrified then noticed a nest felt on the floor !!

 

Thank goodness it was just these four nests it happened to, if it had been the whole end I would have been reading this all day. :D

 

Thought you had a sticky finger Chris :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

Been oot cleaning the loft and got something nasty stuck to his fingers. :D