Popovs Garden Craft 1 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Help appreciated. Got 5 pair of canaries paired up, all made lovely tidy little nests, brilliant I thought not long till eggs start coming, but one by one each pair has destroyed the nests and just started sh..ING in the nest pans and not bothering any more. What's up is it me or the birds? Ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,794 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Have you got mice or cats on the flights roofs at night and mite can cause them to do this as well,does sound to me(i'm no expert mate,just a keen bird keeper and poster)it might be something disturbing the birds as all of them are doing it rather than just one.This cold wet spell were having won't help but worth checking for what i've said as there the first things i'd be doing myself mate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mule123 112 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 hi sounds like your pairs arnt in condition .ie fully fit, been things goin on all over hens jumpin nests on eggs , cocks eatin eggs its a funny old game.... atb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popovs Garden Craft 1 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Sick as a chip,hearing people with all these big numbers of youngins already and I've not got any signs. Could well be plenty things scaring them as on the edge of a big wood but have the birds in cages in closed in shed. Big learning curve all this. Ha ha. Cheers for the replys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 are you using nest felts,check under them for mites,also do the end of tail feathers look short/ nibbled it sounds daft but mice do have a go at the tail feather when roosting if they are through the bars,atb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 they should be in condition now,mine are trying to go for third nest,and I have no lights exept natural day light, are they caged in separate pairs or lots together mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popovs Garden Craft 1 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Yeah got them in separate cages in pairs. Would mice stop them from making nest etc. No signs of mite any were and cook birds were singing like mad before I put them together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,030 Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Are you giving them soft food, cuttlefish, grit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 You can't beat piles of chickweed and dandilion's...not just the head's either they love the leave's and root's.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 not sure about the mice,only what a mate told me,he had a mouse prob and it spoilt his nesting with night fright,upsetting the birds,and he said the tails looked liked they had feather mite or were chewed but they went like that over night,and some were chewed some not,got shut of the mice rodent proof bird hut no bad tail feathers since, do the hens look fluffed out of condition atb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 I'm not being ignorant mate but that is hard to understand.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 :laugh:millet I know what your saying ,I just read it again and confused myself,christ, I could tell the tail how it was told to me,but cant write it down, sorry I aint very literate,thats why some spelling is crap also 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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