This is my current Avairy set up. I have three sections. Budgies, Tiels, and the Safety Door. Currently for storage I have a metal chest outside of the avairy, and a selving unit inside the safety door section. It is very squashy I have a space of about 2 foot x 4 foot... I am slightly built, but it is still very tight.

 

 

My plan is below. I want to extend the Safety door section, by doubling? it. I have a piece of laserlight behind the shed, which I'll use for the roof, so its size will be as large as I can go... I'll move the end wall out as far as it is needed, and I'll use timber to build the new side walls.

 

 

I'll then put the shelving unit in the new section, possibly some more storage space, and a stool. Any more thoughts? I was also wanting to use treated pine to build this section. Birds will not be spending any amount of time in this section, unless by accident, or if they are in the hospital cage for injury. Will Treated pine be okay? as they won't be eating it? Thank you all for any advice given. maesie xxx

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If the timber isnt touching the ground you could use normal pine and paint it with acrylic base paint .

the new plan looks good your birds are really lucky to have an owner with so much energy

Thanks Lonebudgie... I don't really want to paint it if I can help it, prefer the natural look, but good point though.

 

Thanks Scottie, my birds are pretty well looked after, but as to an owner with so much energy... My ideas are there all the time, but the actual energy to get off my butt and build it is a different story altogether (Laughing out loud).

My only suggestion is if you were to build a safety door in the angled corner between the two aviaries

 

then your room on the end could be free for all kinds of storage and spare cages and hospital or quarantine area etc. Just a thought.

PS always go bigger than you think when making new mods...all comes in handy.

Edited January 5, 200817 yr by KAZ

You could stain the wood, this still leaves its natural colour, but protects it.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I'm a little restricted with size... I have a shed on the left of the avairy, a fence behind (above this picture) and a big wattle tree to the right. It makes any additions quite hard. So is the consensis not to use treated pine? although the birds wont be housed in the new section? Thanks again :(Laughing out loud):

 

maesie xxx

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I'm a little restricted with size... I have a shed on the left of the avairy, a fence behind (above this picture) and a big wattle tree to the right. It makes any additions quite hard. So is the consensis not to use treated pine? although the birds wont be housed in the new section? Thanks again :rip:

 

maesie xxx

My main aviaries have been built with treated pine. They were made that way and in place when we bought our house. Even with birds inside these aviaries ( parrots and budgies, finches and canaries ) we have had no issues. If you are not housing birds there is no problem. Even with us housing birds we have had no problems but our pine is well aged. Newer treated pine might be an issue as it is arsenic I believe and can leech into the ground when posts are set in. And perhaps rain may spread some of the poison.

If I was to build new and use treated pine for aviaires I would set posts into concrete so there is a barrier to the earth. If I was to be more cautious about the pine poles in the aviaires I would wrap the poles with mesh so the birds cannot get to it. But again, I have had no problems. I believe primarily due to the age of the wood.

Edited January 6, 200817 yr by KAZ

Sounds like a great plan.