taz2010 1,297 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 just put feeders up in new house yesterday went out today 2 bully cocks on them and 6 chaffinch on floor under feeders also a robin and 3 goldfinch will have to get pic of them never seen a bully on any of my feeders in old house it must be the orchards over the road and even more suprised with work thats going on in garden 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Bully cocks ....? Wow! I'm quite okay about seeing bullies round here. They're not a rarity in my area. But, on my feeders? F**k no! Never in my life. What are ye offering there? I've narrowed it down to offering just peanuts, from feeders hung off a taught wire. That stops rats. But, I'm now having sly thoughts about nyger, in their specialised feeders, to try for goldies. What I'd like to do is suss out how to get the lesser redpoll flocks down! I have a bit of a thing for the 'polls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taz2010 1,297 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Don.t get redpoles here pete, iv,e only moved about 3 miles and live on the edge of an estate. The guy next door has feeders up but i use white sunflower hearts find goldies leave the niger and eat the hearts better. But bullies there like hens teeth around here and in 7 years iv;e never seen one on a feeder, the neighbour said they have only just came but i have 2 pairs in a small temp aviary in the shed next to feeders and wondered if that;s what brought them in. As for goldies there always in abundance around here,and especially when the aviary is built and i get my 4 pairs back they call them right down 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,794 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 My Bully hens are peeping their hearts out Taz due to this warm weather,so maybe the cocks heard your doing the same?.The only wild siskin i'veever seen was a wild cock comming down to try to woo a siskin hen i had in a aviary,so it's true what they say,"birds of a feather do flock together". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I find goldies leave the niger and eat the hearts better. Damn! I do believe you're dead right there too, Taz! Many years ago now. But, I did used to experiment with single feeds. (I'd love to do it now. But, shipping the stuff to myself would make the prices ridiculous) And, yes. I seem to remember trying nigger and sunflower hearts. Nigger did indeed, as I recall it, soon take in moisture and wet rot in the feeders! That's probably why I gave it up. Seems ye either have the goldies to make it viable. Or ye rot a lot of expensive seed out, trying to lure them in. Hulled (Black?) sunflower seeds? Not cheap either! I seem to remember greenies love them too. Worth it then ~ if there were any greenies left I always found hemp a good one. If only I could still just stroll down the road and buy a kilo, or a 25K sack of any sort of seed. Like I used to ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taz2010 1,297 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 plenty of greenies here mate sick of the sight of them on the feeder at the old house must have had 20 feeding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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