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I took some pics on preparing cuttle bone in a way that my finches eagerly homp on. I also put in some pics of various coconut combinationswashed up on the beach plus a star-red faced parrot finch and painted nest.

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Very interesting. What do you use the coconut shells for? I could not see them in the pic of nests. Are they covered in brush or something? What is the grit/charcoal mixture? I see the crushed cuttlebone on half the dish and the other side is grey, which I assume is some mixture of charcoal and something else? Thanks.

Great ideas kenny! Im definately going to try this. I hate how I have to try and grind the cuttle bone up...hammer is way better. I love the coconuts for nests as well!

Your aviary with the nest boxes looks like a village!! And spacious!

Great pictures!

finchmix22 wrote:Very interesting. What do you use the coconut shells for? I could not see them in the pic of nests. Are they covered in brush or something? What is the grit/charcoal mixture? I see the crushed cuttlebone on half the dish and the other side is grey, which I assume is some mixture of charcoal and something else? Thanks.

I will take photos of the coconut nest for you. The grey mix on the plate is a mineral pick block made for pigeons ( I get it from the Australian Pigeon Company in Melbourne) which I smash up with the hamer also. It has calcium and minerals in it also. I will take a pic of that for you as well. I also use PVM powder and Bical granules which I think you can get in the US as well.

We have many pigeon supply places here in the states...we should be able to get the same product here...Paridise Aviary (Rancel) breeds pigeons...wonder if he knows of a good supplier...there is Foy's!

Thanks Kenny. There is always more to learn. You have a wealth of knowledge.

cindy wrote:We have many pigeon supply places here in the states...we should be able to get the same product here...Paridise Aviary (Rancel) breeds pigeons...wonder if he knows of a good supplier...there is Foy's!

One of the posts talked about having PVM Powder and Biocal-it was from a lady who used to breed pigeons I think. The mineral pick I think is pretty standard gear for any pigeon aviary, so it should be easy to come by.

I should be able to maybe find it in one of 4 feed stores in the area...we have a large number of homing pigeon breeders in the area. Thanks Kenny!

Hm.. many pigeons around here lately for sale, maybe I can find some too

finchmix22 wrote:Very interesting. What do you use the coconut shells for? I could not see them in the pic of nests. Are they covered in brush or something? What is the grit/charcoal mixture? I see the crushed cuttlebone on half the dish and the other side is grey, which I assume is some mixture of charcoal and something else? Thanks.

Here we are-the pics as promised. Sorry but they are not fantastic. I just cant go stomping around the aviary like I normally do because most of the birds are in breeding mode and having a big mammal (me) popping up in front of nests is not a good idea for the tranquility of the amourous residents.

Very interesting. It's great that you can provide such a natural habitat for the finches. How do you keep out vermin and bugs, predators etc.?

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