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could some members post up some pics of suitable nesting boxes for finches,also, do you fill them with straw etc??,or do you leave that to them?? cheers craigp...

craigp wrote:could some members post up some pics of suitable nesting boxes for finches,also, do you fill them with straw etc??,or do you leave that to them?? cheers craigp...

I just use half open and a small version of a budgie box..and some larger cane type nests..as for putting anything in there I leave that to the birds...

I add a little bit of grass to the nest boxes for my Gouldians, just to get them started.

I've found that many will build really lousy nests unless they're given a little help. Perhaps decades of domestication has robbed them of this skill.

thanks for the replys..

ShaneGowland wrote:I add a little bit of grass to the nest boxes for my Gouldians, just to get them started.

I've found that many will build really lousy nests unless they're given a little help. Perhaps decades of domestication has robbed them of this skill.

Strange my gouldians build nest almost as good as a pf nest....

I use a wide mix. Wooden boxs, small hollow logs, plastic and metal fishing floats, cardboard boxs, old light fittings and rat balls. If it is a suitable size, shape, material, I give it a go. And so do the finches. I put a little dry grass in the bottom of plastic and metal nests to give the birds a starting foundation to build on, but otherwise leave it up to them.
LML

finchbreeder wrote:I use a wide mix. Wooden boxs, small hollow logs, plastic and metal fishing floats, cardboard boxs, old light fittings and rat balls. If it is a suitable size, shape, material, I give it a go. And so do the finches. I put a little dry grass in the bottom of plastic and metal nests to give the birds a starting foundation to build on, but otherwise leave it up to them.
LML