what if the bottom tray had about a 1/4" of water so the seed and poop would collect in the water. Then have the tray tapped with say a 3/8 ball valve. Open it/drain it/close it/refill it/open it for a 2nd rinse/close the valve and put another 1/4 in back in.
Heck, I could automate it!
bottom tray question/innovation
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Re: bottom tray question/innovation
They use a type of drain rinse fill system in the large bird breeding aviaries. It is automated, one aviary in Ft Myers set this flush type of system up for their macaws. It flushed clean water every hour.
Thought:
What if you slightly elevated the back of the tray, had the water valve in the back to flush downward, added a funnel kind of bend along the front of the tray to collect the seeds, paper, droppings which would be rinsed down the down a drain within the funnel....hope that made sense.
You would have to create something to catch tosslings when the birds were breeding so they would not be washed away.
Neat idea.
Thought:
What if you slightly elevated the back of the tray, had the water valve in the back to flush downward, added a funnel kind of bend along the front of the tray to collect the seeds, paper, droppings which would be rinsed down the down a drain within the funnel....hope that made sense.
You would have to create something to catch tosslings when the birds were breeding so they would not be washed away.
Neat idea.
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