Niger feeder recommendation
 

Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R


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Niger feeder recommendation
 

David.WE.Roberts wrote:
Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful
vertical plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R

I don't know of one that the finches will not spill as much as they eat. So
my recommendation is to ensure that you can attach a large tray to catch
spillage. Then (e.g.) woodpigeons will keep the tray cleared...

Mike.
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On 18 Jan 2013 14:03:32 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts"
wrote:

Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?


I use a droll yankee one mounted on a pole but it could hung from the
top, I choose the twenty perch one as Goldfinches often come in large
numbers but shorter ones will work just as well.
Niger seed is so fine that even with the tiny slit holes in a Niger
feeder some still gets dropped. A catch tray is a must. Most sold by
the various feeder makers are way overpriced IMHO. A large plastic pot
plant saucer drilled in the middle and a number of drainage holes is
far cheaper if you have the tools.
G.Harman

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"Mike Coon" wrote in message
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David.WE.Roberts wrote:
Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful
vertical plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R

I don't know of one that the finches will not spill as much as they eat.
So my recommendation is to ensure that you can attach a large tray to
catch spillage. Then (e.g.) woodpigeons will keep the tray cleared...

Mike.
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This one
http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...=0CHoQ8wIwCDgK

the "Cranswick Pet Products All Seasons Nyger Feeder" seems to suit my
goldfinches. As Mike said either be prepared for spillage or attach a
tray.

Filling it can be a little fiddly. The whole tube is drilled with lots of
tiny holes. The manufacturer includes a plastic insert which you insert,
fill the tube and then remove. However, you'll still get some leakage as
you remove the insert and I've found that holding the feeder without the
insert over the box I keep the seed in and simply filling it like any other
feeder results in much quicker filling and the spillage/leakage that occurs
then falls back into the box.

Niger feeder recommendation
 

"David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message
...
Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R


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Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single finch
on mine - total waste of money.

Bill

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Bill Grey wrote:
Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single
finch on mine - total waste of money.

Bill

I have to admit mine was never popular. On the other hand the teazels get
used each autumn/winter and they come free. A bit of a long-term project,
though...

(BTW I notice that more than usual have been sprouting while still upright
on their stems in this damp summer. That was how I initially found one in
the countryside to take home and plant!)

Mike.
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Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a
single finch on mine - total waste of money.
Bill

It took quite a while with mine before the Goldfinches found it.
Now they're here in large numbers every day, and other birds
also eat the Nyjer.

Anne

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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:36:25 -0000, "Mike Coon"
wrote:

Bill Grey wrote:
Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single
finch on mine - total waste of money.

Bill

I have to admit mine was never popular. On the other hand the teazels get
used each autumn/winter and they come free.

I "refill" some well pecked teasels with a sprinkling of Nyger seed.

Finches seem to like it.

G.Harman

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On 18 Jan 2013 14:03:32 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts"
wrote:

Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

If you know that you have Goldfinches in the area then go for Droll
Yankee, if not I suggest that you buy a cheaper, perhaps plastic,
feeder to start with and when it wears out replace it with a Droll
Yankee.
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:20:51 -0000, Janet wrote:

In article , damduck-
says...



I "refill" some well pecked teasels with a sprinkling of Nyger seed.

Finches seem to like it.

How do you get the seeds to stick/stay in? (I've got some teazel
skeletons in the garden).


I just drop them over like you would hundreds and thousands on a cake.
Enough seem to drop in far enough to stay, I do buy my seed in a 25kg
sack so may a bit more liberal with it than I should.

G.Harman

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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:03:21 -0000, "Bill Grey"
wrote:


"David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message
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Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R


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Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single finch
on mine - total waste of money.

Bill

I also bought some niger seed, filled the feeder and waited..........
After a week the feeder was still full.
I emptied the seed out into a bag to give to a friend who does have
finches and refilled the tube with seed mix.
I looked up niger seed to see what it would grow into and it is a
boring coltsfoot/dandelion-looking type of flower. I wasted my money!

Pam in Bristol

You were far too impatient! Three weeks is a more sensible time to allow for a goldfinch who doesn't normally visit your garden to stray off route, pluck up courage to investigate something that doesn't look like his normal source of food, and then incorporate it into his regular route.

It took my finches a couple of weeks, and they were visiting regularly for the lavender. Now they are part of the garden furniture - it's difficult to be in the garden without seeing them.

You could try kibbled sunflower hearts. They are liked by goldfinches (in some areas of the country, preferred to nyger) but taken by other species.

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On 2013-01-18 17:46:00 +0000, Anne Burgess said:


Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single
finch on mine - total waste of money.
Bill

It took quite a while with mine before the Goldfinches found it. Now
they're here in large numbers every day, and other birds also eat the
Nyjer.

Anne

We've had a Nyger feeder up for two years and I think the squirrels
probably take the seed. I've never seen a single finch on it. But they
come to the garden towards the end of summer.
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South Devon
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In article 6ihjf8lenm8lmlmdk08ajtsvurlohoon11@
4ax.com, says...
Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I
haven't seen a single finch
on mine - total waste of money.

Bill

I also bought some niger seed, filled the feeder and waited..........
After a week the feeder was still full.
I emptied the seed out into a bag to give to a friend who does have
finches and refilled the tube with seed mix.
I looked up niger seed to see what it would grow into and it is a
boring coltsfoot/dandelion-looking type of flower. I wasted my money!

Pam in Bristol

I bought some niger in the spring, and during the
summer, goldfinches and siskins devoured it regularly.
Since about September, they not touched it at all. I
was wondering if the local birds had migrated south,
and we've now got a northern bunch that do not know
about niger? Certainly I've not seen any siskins
about, but there are plenty of goldfinches, mixed in
with the chaffinches, sparrows tits etc, but they only
eat the sunflower seed/mealworm mix I put out.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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"David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message
...
Having read recommendations to use Niger seed I have just bought some.

The seed is so fine I doubt it will stay in my cheap and cheerful
vertical
plastic tube.

I can see specialist Niger feeders on line.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Dave R


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Good luck with your Niger/Nyger seed feeder I haven't seen a single finch
on mine - total waste of money.

Bill
Would you believe it? Having just written the above, a Coal Tit was seen
feeding on my Nyger seed feeder. Hopefully he will atract others.

Bill