Nest cylinders

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Also do I cut an entry hol or holes thanks
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Thanks made some today 2 x 60cm x 30 cm and 2 x 30cm x30cm packed with paperbark grass and coconut fibre cut holes in them thanks for your advice should I fill them up and let the birds push the grass around or let them build and fill in where necessary
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Give them lots of lengths of grass and watch the action. Hopefully that will be sufficient. But worst case the odd bird will need a little assistance.
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Well hung the 4 cage nests and within 2 minutes the red stars were in it I also have boxes and cane baskets which the birds weren't interested in
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Wow now every one is checking them out painted stars cordon and ruddies
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I'm not sure I have filled them properly on the inside I put paper bark around the base and on the inside of the wire all the way to the top then from the base a grass level then a coconut fibre layer and put some more paper bark on the top of the cylinder and left room to build a nest at the the entry holes any suggestions
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mine made out of the dog wire 100mm sq.... old xmas tree branches with november grass...birds have put most of the grass into this one...has about 8 nests in it
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vettepilot_6 wrote: 07 Apr 2017, 19:39 mine made out of the dog wire 100mm sq.... old xmas tree branches with november grass...birds have put most of the grass into this one...has about 8 nests in it

Haha your birds went to town on this!
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