witherd1

Hi all. I am planning to build my new aviary, I have been maybe 15yrs out of breeding budgies, and loving things like these forums, which didn't exist last time I bred budgies. I would like to both ask some questions, as well as document my build for future reference to those looking to do the same. Obviously there are basic requirements that every aviary/bird room needs. I find those to be ample room for flight, separation of sexes in flight, and a bird room with enough room for breeding cages and stock/young cages. With this in mind, I always return to the same deign, but I'm not sure its the best. I am a bricklayer by trade, so I can build my own room from scratch using brick, so I am mainly concerned with my design to start. My usual design consists of a bird room, around 3m x 3m, which will house the breeding cages and a small cage of about 600w x 500d x 1200h for young before introducing them to the main flights. I would usually leave 1 wall of this bird room as wire, with doors leading to the 2 separated flight areas. The flight areas would consist of 2/3 of the roof being covered (colourbond), and the remaining 1/3 being wire roof. The last 1/3 would be wire outer walls. My first main question would be, should the bit room that houses the breeding cages be more closed and protected? Should the flight areas be more closed and protected? I am in Munrubem, so summers get hot, winters will see frost and cold westerlies, but some clear blinds could be used for wind protection. I'll try and put up a diagram of the design I am talking about, to better help explain my questions.

Hi all. I am new here and newly returning to budgies. I first bred budgies with my dad when I was quite young, about 8-10yo. I then talked dad into breeding budgies again in my early 20's, which we did for a few years until I got a life and stuff and moved out. Now I'm 39 and have a couple of young kids, 4 and 6, and an acre of land, so I'm thinking I'd love to get back into it and get my kids interested. I love these forums, as we had nothing like this when I bred with dad, so I'll be asking lots of questions in the appropriate sub forums along my way setting up again. Cheers.