I decided after my last round of breeding that I needed to do something about new cages. I also needed some cages to hold my birds whilst I had some fences replaced (the aviary has to be moved)

 

I have been trawling e-bay, and then there was a post on here about inside cages, and someone recommended this website

 

JJ Aviaries

 

I looked at the website, spoke to the guy who has the cages, and I am picking up 3 tomorrow. The prices are good, though rising soon, so now was the time to buy.

 

The cages I am getting are 3 x 76cmx46cmx46cm Cages + Stand , all for just $145 for 1 set of 3. So 3 of these below.

 

 

I do not have time to make breeding cages of holding cages, and the fact that these are on wheels will make it so much easier for me to move them.

 

I am pretty pleased. Big day tomorow assembling them. I had best check all those reports for errors tonight (teachers only work mon-fri 9-3...what a joke!!!!!)

they look really great,hope it all goes well tomorrow with assembling them.

It will be simple. I am qualified to teach design. I can build a computer from scratch. If I cannot do this, I should just hop in my car and drive off into the sunset (no Kaz, I am not driving!!!)

Great buy... well done. I'm sure you'll have no trouble assembling them. Have fun and good luck with your fence.

They look great!!! Those cages are easy to put together. If they are the ones im thinking of , then they will just fold together like a cardboard box and clip shut

 

Good luck

I got some almost the same Dave the other week.

okay, I have my new cages. These are my old cages - the wooden ones. You can see they are starting to wear out. I am not throwing them, rather I am going to replace the wood that needs replacing, and leave them in the garage. You never know.

 

 

Here is one of the new cages set up. I am trialling it with some birds in quarantine.

 

 

The only problem is that they cut the dowel perches to the minimum length, so when they cut the slit in them to go on the wire, they are too short. To solve the problem, I simply half screwed a screw in the end. Now they reach through the wire. Only problem will be that the perch is not that steady for mating, so in each cage when I am using them for breeding, I will simply put a thicker dowel perch, that I have cut. You can see 2 in the photo acutally. They are darker than the the thinner one.

Edited June 16, 200817 yr by Dave_McMinn

They look good Dave, Oh and I recommended that site I wish I lived up there so that postage wasn't an issue

The new cages look great! Shame about the perches though.

Looks good.

 

There is a breeder down in Dubbo uses them for breeding cages. The nest box sits over one of the doors.

That is my plan. I have not had a good look at it yet, but it cannot be too tricky to attach a normal nestbox

Dave, for the perches if you put a washer over the screw and then screw it on while the perch is in place the washer should hold it tight and stop it from spinning

Melbournebudgies, I thought about that. The concern is that the further the screw goes in, the better the chance of the dowel splitting, so I m evaluating this at the moment. I thought about also getting some little hook-screws. I can screw them in and they will hook over the horizontal wire on the cage, therefore not moving.

 

I did not use one so far as I did not have any - which is surprising as my garage is like a smaller version of Bunnings.

You could pre-drill them so there is less internal pressure on the dowel that way

That is my plan. I have not had a good look at it yet, but it cannot be too tricky to attach a normal nestbox

 

Here is a photo

 

 

Derek what do you use to hang the nest boxes? I use a similiar sytem on some of my wire cages but I'm struggling to work out a good, easy way to hang them.

Small cup hook screwed into the front of the box. It hooks over the top wire bar.

I considered that but was worried about the strength, sounds like I'll give it a go then Thanks

Heya, have you got a link for the guy that you bought these cages off? I am after some but haven't had much luck sourcing cheap ones Cheers!

Heya, have you got a link for the guy that you bought these cages off? I am after some but haven't had much luck sourcing cheap ones Cheers!

 

I see this is your first post. Welcome to the forums and feel free to introduce your self in the MY FLOCK section. We love photos

 

Here is the link below. It was in his original post. Just click on the name. Good Luck

JJ Aviaries

Edited June 20, 200817 yr by maesie
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thanks for putting that link in there Maesie.

 

Derek, thanks for the info on the boxes and the photo. it is of great assistance.

That is my plan. I have not had a good look at it yet, but it cannot be too tricky to attach a normal nestbox

 

Here is a photo

 

 

 

Very good setup with cages and breeding boxes. Where do I get breeding boxes like this? Everwhere I go they only have the traditional budgie breeding box, which these obviously are not.

That is my plan. I have not had a good look at it yet, but it cannot be too tricky to attach a normal nestbox

 

Here is a photo

 

 

 

Ohhhhhh .... Blue is nice

You need to get someone to make them for you Dave :budgiedance: I have some really nice ones just like that and Daz on our forum made them for me and flatpacked them to me and I assembled them this end. PM him for details.