invector Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Looking for some cradles to get dead pigeons above the crop. Can anyone point me in the right direction - prices, postage etc?? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 coat hangers? the old metal rod types.....they have endless uses, im sure this could be one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elma Fud Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Use old fence wire. Not the new high tensile stuff but the stuff pre high tensile, it has a thicker diameter. High tensile tends to bend too easy when weight is applied. Its readily available, usually found on his scrap yard. You can make the cradle stem as long as you want. (within reason) to raise you birds above the crop. EF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Hi sorry to go a bit of the subject but would anyone happen to be able to explain to me how you make one of then coat hanger cradels? Cheers PD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 keep bending a coat hanger untill the woody sits on it :( seriously, just experiment, coat hangers are wounderful things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Hi sorry to go a bit of the subject but would anyone happen to be able to explain to me how you make one of then coat hanger cradels?Cheers PD There was a posting of it on the home/green page a few years ago. LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 I have one that I made earlier ( loved Blue Peter) :( I will take a photo of it tomorrow and post it. G.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hill billy Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 (edited) i use either fibre glass or bamboo canes then stick the pigeon on it and it hangs and bobs about nicely, and if you want a floater then cut a cane in half put a notch in each end push it through the pigeon just under the wings then hold its wings out using the notches Edited June 18, 2005 by hill billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 (edited) Picture from someone selling on eBay me thinks. Well anyway this is the picture I got from somewhere Nice blue veins Jonno Edited June 18, 2005 by jonno 357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 hi jonno i have some of those, very good. bought of a chap on this very forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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