Thought I would share some of the things I make for my flock to trash, this is how i make a homemade forage pouch.
The pouch is 100% natural coconut fibre matting. I punch holes in about half an inch from the edge and just thread natural sisal string through as a binder.
I usually get about 21 large forage pouches out of one sheet of matting as i like to make large pouches its easier for me lol sometimes I make other shapes like little drawstring pouches from circles and use the off cuts to stuff the inside with. In the oblong ones I use bits of shredded paper to make it crunchy sounding when chomped on.
The inside of this one I am using dried rosehips, dried hawthorn berries and dried rowan berries its down obviously to the individual what your bird is most interested in. Sometimes I pop meadow hay inside and hide yummies inside that but to be honest the flock usually spend just as much time gathering the seeds of the grasses inside as grabbing the yummies.
And here’s madam Henni already attacking her’s she knows what’s inside and she’s working for her treats occupying her brain and exercising herself at the same time.
Cost £3 for a large sheet. A really large ball of natural sisal string £1.90 which lasts me through about 20 sheets plus other toy repairs so it’s a few pence. Forage treats inside these I paid £1 for 200gms of mixed dried berries from a local shop - must remember to gather and dry a load this autumn…. So the pricing for 21 oblong pouches works out about 19p each.
Took Henni a few weeks to work out what a forage toy was her previous experience of such things was nil!! She learned from the others and is up for trying the majority of things now...even if it is Henni Style!!
The pouch is 100% natural coconut fibre matting. I punch holes in about half an inch from the edge and just thread natural sisal string through as a binder.
I usually get about 21 large forage pouches out of one sheet of matting as i like to make large pouches its easier for me lol sometimes I make other shapes like little drawstring pouches from circles and use the off cuts to stuff the inside with. In the oblong ones I use bits of shredded paper to make it crunchy sounding when chomped on.
The inside of this one I am using dried rosehips, dried hawthorn berries and dried rowan berries its down obviously to the individual what your bird is most interested in. Sometimes I pop meadow hay inside and hide yummies inside that but to be honest the flock usually spend just as much time gathering the seeds of the grasses inside as grabbing the yummies.
And here’s madam Henni already attacking her’s she knows what’s inside and she’s working for her treats occupying her brain and exercising herself at the same time.
Cost £3 for a large sheet. A really large ball of natural sisal string £1.90 which lasts me through about 20 sheets plus other toy repairs so it’s a few pence. Forage treats inside these I paid £1 for 200gms of mixed dried berries from a local shop - must remember to gather and dry a load this autumn…. So the pricing for 21 oblong pouches works out about 19p each.
Took Henni a few weeks to work out what a forage toy was her previous experience of such things was nil!! She learned from the others and is up for trying the majority of things now...even if it is Henni Style!!
