hi

i bought an aviary yesterday and i would like to have a breeding cabinet and breed them properly

does anyone know any plans ideas what materials etc to make a breeding cabinet to help me get started

cheers cam

Member Daz has posted all his building of breeding cabinets and plans on the forum.

Daz's plans are great. You can use a few different woods... I've seen them built with MDF, Melamine, plywood... really its up to you. best of luck with the project.

...... and I can design them to your requirements

A friend of mine builds them from old bookshelves. Depending how wide the shelf is, he usually divides each shelf vertically about 1/3 way across and puts a cage front on the bigger part and a door on the smaller part to make a nesting box. Make sense?

 

It worked really well for him .

Daz's plans are great. You can use a few different woods... I've seen them built with MDF, Melamine, plywood... really its up to you. best of luck with the project.

 

I heard mdf is bad for budgies. And it rots.

I use CD (external ply wood) ply wood or melamine.

MDF = Medium Density Fibreboard. It is easy to work with but produces large quantities of dust particles. One of the bindind agents used is Formaldehyde which is an embalming fluid amongst other uses. The other draw back with MDF and also chip board is that when it gets wet it swells.

 

I would say if this is to used I would make sure that the wood is primed well and at least two coats of paint applied to keep the moisture out reduced the emmision of fumes from the Formaldehyde.