nesting materials

[quote="birdy2011"]cant say mate never tried them some use tobaco stalks but ide say most use straw or nest felts but straw is fine so long as its clean and dry and a lot cheaper[/q

Always used the tobacca stalks with straw also, when using the tobacca stalks always cut them to small lengths but left the straw long as straw is more flexiable then the tobacca stalks

Well also say used sharpe sand mixed with wood shavings in the base of the bowl but sometimes if pigeons were wet the sand got damp so stopped using sand

just straw for me thats it

Straw for me too, best quality, and sprinkle a little mite powder on it a week before you use it.

martyn this is why we see the birds pick up the straw and like need it through there beaks to get any mites out of the straw before putting it in nest have you noticed this

watching my birds when building a nest it looks as tho` they have very little control ove handling it with their beak........sometimes they cant seem to let go of it.....

Yes I know what you mean Ian, I love birds that make a huge nest, I have a few that do it.

a pair of yearlings i got off ken/friendslofts have built a massive big nest, i dont know how they climb into it.......

youll have to post pictures, maybe have a special threat for daft pics....

Rudderfett wrote:

youll have to post pictures, maybe have a special threat for daft pics....

yes martyn, the worst thing is they are still building too...........

sometimes the eggs topple out of the nest when they are too big

my birds got a nestfelt in the bowl then I put straw in, some were lazy and didnt add to them but others took the cut up tobacco stalks off the floor and built them into their nests.

Alex would not worry every pigeon is different some build big some build small mate

i think he knows this just making a comment dont think hes worried about this