Our Aviary .....

[cindy]

It is done and ready for birds! I may fool with feeding stations a bit.

[wellingtoncdm]

Congrats! Photos please when the birds are in.

[PrettyBird]

Very nice Cindy! You guys did a great job. Look forward to seeing a pic with birds in

[cindy]

Thank you everyone...long weekend!!!!

this is the upper flight area, roosting bars...they are flat so it gives a spot for their feet to rest.

Feeding stations I might change up a bit depending on how it works out for me and the birds.

A bath container will be given in the morning while I take the water bottle out and put new in.

The seed container will be removed and while cleaning and refilling it a dish of the food of the day...eggfood, veggies will be given.

[lovemyfinch]

Very nice Cindy

[FeatherHarp]

Wonderful! So very well planned and thought out!

[tinysparrow]

its beautiful cindy! your birds are so lucky

[cindy]

Thank you Janine, tinysparrow and Deborah,

We added another roosting perch and some extra perches especially one lower. We stood watxhing them tonight and they were having a blast flying all about. I had to go into the aviary to add the perches and ectra roosting bar...a few flew to the one right behind me to see what I was doing. Most of the ones I put in were families and a few extra BC. Some of the young are just coloring out. So soon I will will rehome them and then I will add the other pairs I have.

[william]

nice cindy! tell your husband good job!!!!... i can picture you sitting in front of it enjoying it !

[wellingtoncdm]

That aviary screams parrot finches!!!

[javansparrow]

nice aviary cindy! congratulation!

one question though (as I live on the other side of the globe - different approach), what was that substrate?

[cindy]

I uses the larger size kiln dried pine shavings...it is rather large shavings so I may go to a finer shaving or aspen....depends how it works...Can't use sand since bagging it and taking it across the house to the trash means crossing polished wood floors...I had a bag break over tile floors...left a nice trail of sand before I realized it.

[cindy]

nice cindy! tell your husband good job!!!!... i can picture you sitting in front of it enjoying it !

William, both my husband and I stand in the door from time to time just watching the birds interact and fly about. They are loving the space and playing in the bedding on the floor.

I only had one incident with a pair being bossy but it calmed down. I had to go in and fix a few things and add another roosting bar, I turned slowly to see a few on the roosting bar behind me craning to see what I was doing. One landed on my head and stayed there, another on the edge of my glasses...startled me a bit but I tried to stay still. Some will stay put and let me talk to them.

My husband did most of the hard work on it and I helped with screening, putting it together and making the roosting bars. He did a great job, once in a while I find him standing in the room watching the birds. I still have cages but not as many and the room is reorganized.

I am thrilled to free flight some of my birds...once some of the young are colored up fully and sold I can move more into the aviary. Some of my older pairs have a nice cage since they do better on their own.

[Sally]

That turned out really nice, Cindy--good job! I can just see the bird landing on your head.

[finchmix22]

Cindy,
It looks fantastic! One question, how do you get inside to stand up? and one more question, lol, How do you clean the aviary and wood/flat perches?
I can't wait to see the finches inside. I could not see them in the pics, but thought they might be there, but hard to see in online pic?
Congrats and tell your hubby what a wonderful job and blessing he is for you!