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What would call her?

 

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A young Recessive Pied.

 

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Id call her quite nice, but she does look Rec pied-ish but with alot more feather. What is she? Are there any other markings?

Also with the young rec pied, she has quite dark markings on her head- do you find this as a preview to their flecking?

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***** Announcment******

 

The Council has just Approved the Aviary.

 

THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO STAY........

 

 

.........well some of them anyway..

 

It's been two years of *** not knowing if I would be able to keep the birds but now it's over.

 

:P:P:P :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

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That is awesome news Daz!!!!

 

THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO STAY........

 

 

.........well some of them anyway..

 

 

Have they given you any restrictions on how many birds you can keep? They were doing spot checks weren't they? if so, will they continue or is it all finally over?

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***** Announcment******

 

The Council has just Approved the Aviary.

 

THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO STAY........

 

 

.........well some of them anyway..

 

It's been two years of *** not knowing if I would be able to keep the birds but now it's over.

 

:P:P:P :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

 

Great news Daz! Congratulations!!! :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:

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Congratulations Daz!!! :P

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That's Great NEWS Daz just took for ever :P

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Woohoo, that's awesome.

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Just for those thinking about building aviaries.

I hope this helps. :)

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Just for those thinking about building aviaries.

I hope this helps. :)

 

Hi Daz

 

As you know I have visited your aviary a couple of times now. If you had your time over again, what would you do differently, if anything.

 

What would you change with the electrics? Would you consider running water and a sink.

 

By the way congratulations on all the council approvals.

 

 

Derek

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Well the birds are in.

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And hopefully settled. :boogie:

 

Next is the flights.

 

Hi Daz,

The way I interpreted this post is that you moved the breeding cabinets with birds in there is this correct?

Did the birds have eggs and chicks?

If they did when you moved them did they become stressed or stop sitting on the eggs etc?

Is it too risky for the chicks and eggs

 

Thanks nitsuD

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Well the birds are in.

PR006.jpg

 

And hopefully settled. :boogie:

 

Next is the flights.

 

Hi Daz,

The way I interpreted this post is that you moved the breeding cabinets with birds in there is this correct?

Did the birds have eggs and chicks?

If they did when you moved them did they become stressed or stop sitting on the eggs etc?

Is it too risky for the chicks and eggs

 

Thanks nitsuD

 

Daz's birds were in the flights in the birdroom and were paired up when the new cabinets were in place I believe.

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Oh okay Thanks :boogie:

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Just for those thinking about building aviaries.

I hope this helps. :)

 

Hi Daz

 

As you know I have visited your aviary a couple of times now. If you had your time over again, what would you do differently, if anything.

 

What would you change with the electrics? Would you consider running water and a sink.

 

By the way congratulations on all the council approvals.

 

 

Derek

 

Sorry Derek I just found this one.

 

Some of the things I'd do differently, besides a larger aviary:

  1. I would have lifted the whole aviary one brick higher for better weatherproofing.
  2. I would have had the exhaust fan separate from the lighting.
    At the moment the fan will only come on with the lights and if it is hot enough.
    I would have liked it on durinng the very hot nights.
  3. I would have put a better dimming system in.
    Apparently Henry George has a good one and has invited me over to look at it.
  4. Plumbing the filtered tank water into the room.

Besides these, I am very happy with the set up and it works fine.

 

 

Well the birds are in.

PR006.jpg

 

And hopefully settled. :yes:

 

Next is the flights.

 

Hi Daz,

The way I interpreted this post is that you moved the breeding cabinets with birds in there is this correct?

Did the birds have eggs and chicks?

If they did when you moved them did they become stressed or stop sitting on the eggs etc?

Is it too risky for the chicks and eggs

 

Thanks nitsuD

 

 

Hi NitsuD

 

No some of the birds were breeding with eggs and chicks when I moved them from the garage to the new breeding room.

My son and I were very careful when we moved the breeding cabinets.

I have no loss of fertile eggs or chicks.

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Daz

 

Would you consider tiling the floor next time?

 

What did you think of Bob Smiths aviary/breeding room set-up. I have only seen photos. It looks to be fully timber.

 

 

Derek

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I have found a tiled floor in the birdroom makes cleaning up so much easier, less dust etc. Love my tiled floor :)

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Daz

 

Would you consider tiling the floor next time?

 

What did you think of Bob Smiths aviary/breeding room set-up. I have only seen photos. It looks to be fully timber.

 

 

Derek

 

Hi Derek, yes i'd probibly tile.

 

Bob has a very good set up. It's bigger than mine. 6m x 6m so it goes to prove that you don't need a big set up to breed good birds.

Bob just knows how to go about the business of breeding top birds.

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I have found a tiled floor in the birdroom makes cleaning up so much easier, less dust etc. Love my tiled floor :D

 

 

Kaz I'm with you - I love my tiled birdroom floor, cleaning is a breeze.

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How big is the breeding area Daz? its not too late too tile.......

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Breeding area is 3m x 2m

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I decided to put wood shavings on the floor of the flights

 

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There is about two inches.

 

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Some of the junior birds. They seem to like it better.

 

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off and breeding again with the new nest boxes. Using 12mm ply.

The top right is one left over from last year.

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I have a feeling you will regret the wood shavings :wub:

Reason ? Flight creating dust in the air and all through the birdroom.

 

Have you thought of using white sand ....the kind for childrens sandpits ?

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Arrr there is a trick... No dust in the air. The birds can fly down and up with out causing disturbance. :)

 

When you put in the the shavings make it about two inches thick and walk over it. It flattens down and stays put.

Also don't use the fine dust type.

 

I learnt this one at Tasmania. One of the very good reasons to get about and see how others are doing it. ;)

 

This has been down now for nearly two weeks and as you can see - No shavings in the water or the seed container. (Though I did raise the water container, just in case) :)

 

I have been told not to use sand as the birds can gorge on it and cause impaction.

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Daz

 

1. Why the upgrade to 12 mm ply?

 

2. How often do you expect to leave the shavings between removal and exchange?

 

 

 

Derek

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The 12mm is to give more strength to the nest boxes.

 

The shavings will be "raked" over every two weeks for a few months and then recycled to the garden.

By keeping a close eye on it I should be able to determin the regularity of changes. I also think the weather will play a big part in it. High humidity and rain in Summer may make it a requirement to change more often.

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I like the idea in principle.

 

However, Tasmania has a rather dry cool climate whereas here in Qld we have a very humid climate. Have you given a thought to a build-up of dangerous mould spores that could be detrimental to the birds health.

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