Nest box queries

[Guest jayrich]

1) I've built a nest box for my pair of conures, complete with infra red camera so I can watch them. Should I supply some nesting material in the box, or do they prefer to collect it themselves?

 

2) My conures are EATING the nest box instead of going inside it. Is this normal or do I have to explain the birds and the bees to them?

[Guest jayrich]

Thanks, I will subscribe to that.

[Guest jayrich]

Thanks for the info. It seems they were chewing at the nestbox entrance as it wasn't big enough for them. And I have made a quarter of the inside into a seperate compartment (I looked up the way commercial ones were built).

 

Found the hiding conure by the way, it was going in the airing cupboard (not for heat, the heating is off).

[Guest jayrich]

There ain't a conures group. And the breeding one hardly got anyone in it.

[Guest jayrich]

Wasn't aware of it, shall have a look.

[Guest jayrich]

Experience is the best way of learning. And I'm sure they'll sort things out themselves, it's a natural thing to do.

[Guest jayrich]

You gotta start somewhere.