Adding nesting material

[jimstreet]

Today I bought some cane enclosed nesting boxes and some nesting material. My question is do I fill the nesting boxes with the material and then put them in the aviary or...?

[Diane]

I usually put some nesting material in the box/basket and then leave some nesting material in the aviary for the birds to finish building the rest themselves.

[jimstreet]

Thanks Diane, I'll give it a go when it cools down a bit.

[Pete Sara]

if you can make a wire basket to put the nesting material in, so its not directly on the floor, that way it stays a little cleaner...pete

[jimstreet]

Thanks Poitta, I lined the rear of the aviary with some brush screening so they can go for their lives and pull bits out of that

[finchbreeder]

Like Diane and Pete say. Also, if you have access to 20/40cm lengths of grass, lots of birds like to do some weaving round with that too. Good luck with the coming breeding season.
LML

[finches247]

They like feathers too.

[shanny2]

what i always did is put the cane nests in empty let them take the nesting materials themselves fluffy stuff they go for that first mine have before good luck with the coming season

[BlackCobra]

I always put some grass in to start them off, but I never liked using little cane baskets, damn hard to get your hand in if needed, I prefer to make boxes or use trees, at the moment I am using boxes & round things made from pig wire about 2-3 ft high & I jamb it full of Kikuyu grass & runners, then I put some holes for nests.
In some of my pics of Zeb & Manikins you will see I use baby formula tins, they worked real well, oh & I also used coffee tins.
My friend uses the plastic bottles we get laundry detergent in.

[elferoz777]

I have hanging home made baskets of cotton wool, feathers (emu and chicken) and all the grasses possible.

Thye soon pick and choose what they want and build accoringly.

Good luck