Posted February 24, 201015 yr Hi Guys, I took some photo's of my breeding cages and aviary and thought you might like to see them. i don't have the advantage of having a breeding room so my husband and a friend built this for me and i must say they have been fantastic. As you can see the floor is wire so evertyhing stays clean. If i ever have to move i can just stick all the birds in the cages and off we go. The aviary is made on a slab of an old glass house which we pulled down and my husband and myself built my aviary on top, as you can see it has a drain for water run off and my husband sealed the end and put a cap on it so whenever i clean the aviary out i can just hose everyhing into the gully and out of the pipe.
February 24, 201015 yr Looks really good Does rain get in at all, because coccidiosis would be a concern. Or do you have a plan for winter that involves closing things down a bit ?
February 24, 201015 yr Author Looks really good Does rain get in at all, because coccidiosis would be a concern. Or do you have a plan for winter that involves closing things down a bit ? Hi Kaz, I'm not sure if you are refering to the breeding cabinets or the aviary but either way i have never had a problem, i think because i keep the floor clean and regularly scrub perches and all the rubbish naturally gets blown down into the drain away from where the birds play as well as the sun being able to dry the floor out i've been able to avoid it. For the aviary, lice are more of an issue. We did have a solid 2 weeks of rain with temps in the 30's i did do a preventative treatment just in case. The birds get very excited when it rains and come out of the shadows to play and have a bath, it's good watching the birds enjoy some of their natural behaviour. The back section of the aviary is 2 panel deep, if you look at the aviary picture you can see 2 exposed panels, add 2 more to the back and that is how much protection they have. Sydney over the past 7 years or so has had little winter rain but very cold nights and nice sunny days. So i have been lucky.
February 25, 201015 yr Look's great Lib, only thing, how do you stop birds escaping when you have to go into aviary? Do you have another entrance that we can't see in picture. Also breeding cages are they open at the front when your breeding or how do you access them without losing any birds?
April 13, 201015 yr Author Hi Guys, I took some photo's of my breeding cages and aviary and thought you might like to see them. i don't have the advantage of having a breeding room so my husband and a friend built this for me and i must say they have been fantastic. As you can see the floor is wire so evertyhing stays clean. If i ever have to move i can just stick all the birds in the cages and off we go. The aviary is made on a slab of an old glass house which we pulled down and my husband and myself built my aviary on top, as you can see it has a drain for water run off and my husband sealed the end and put a cap on it so whenever i clean the aviary out i can just hose everyhing into the gully and out of the pipe. Hi Kaz, I found the picture's of my bird cages by fluke. No i don't have safety doo as yet, working on my husband so far i've been able to shoo the birds up to the back of the aviary.
April 14, 201015 yr Maybe try hanging some netting over the door till you do get that safety door... I purchased some bird net for a hardware store for a couple of dollars, maybe it is worth a look... :rofl:
April 14, 201015 yr Author Maybe try hanging some netting over the door till you do get that safety door... I purchased some bird net for a hardware store for a couple of dollars, maybe it is worth a look... :party0011: Thanks for reminding me, i bought some to protect my strawberries, i think it was 3.99 for 4x4mt, cheap as, i will use that for now.
April 14, 201015 yr Maybe try hanging some netting over the door till you do get that safety door... I purchased some bird net for a hardware store for a couple of dollars, maybe it is worth a look... :party0011: Thanks for reminding me, i bought some to protect my strawberries, i think it was 3.99 for 4x4mt, cheap as, i will use that for now. That netting is very good for these things.
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