Aviary extension......new pics added (9 March)

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:24 am

wow.... that looks so great. You can put lots of bird in there.

Would love to have an outdoor aviary , but no way here. Temp was 14 degrees last night.

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:27 am

Great photos......I can see you are really working hard on this project. But when it is full of some lovely Finches it will all be worth the effort...right?

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:27 am

Wow - that's going to be a really great size! I wanna live in it too!

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:34 am

here are a couple of pics showing what I managed to get done today. made the back wall and put it in place. then joined it to the front by adding the sides and roof beams. put in one upright support post at the end furthest from the existing aviary and put two uprights in at the near end. these two will be used for the access door. the space between the two aviaries is going to be enclosed and have two purposes, first being as a safety entrance porch while the second part will be used as a holding area for young birds.

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:11 am

Do you have neighbors close by and do they like birds ? I don't think you could build a aviary that large in most places unless you were in a farming type area in the states
It looks great so far

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:52 am

That is going to be a wonderful aviary....it is so spacious! Now once you get everything finished....where are you going to find all the finches to fill it up with.

Oh I know....you will "borrow" some from Gomer when he isn't looking.

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:51 am

thats not a bad idea Deb. would be an 8 to 9 hour drive though

gomer · Post by **gomer** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:59 am

How you finding the gas outside for the mig?I buy a 4.5kg roll of gassless wire for about $90 it goes well outside in the wind.Coming along well.When your done you can come over and give me a hand with my bird room He He He

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:51 am

was to lazy to change the roll of wire in the mig. all I did was increase the gas pressure to about 20 litres per minute. the gasless wire is still in the box in the shed

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:16 am

have finally been able to get back to the aviary. two central support posts are in place. have the wall completed on one end and approx 75% of the back wall is up. will try to get an updated pic soon

Rayray · Post by **Rayray** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:39 am

nice nice nice

hope you gonna add a pond or waterfall in your aviary , this looks so nice and the birds enjoy it bigggg time !!!

okay stop reading this and finish it !!

Ray

James · Post by **James** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:57 pm

that looks big enough to plant trees in side

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:30 am

am still trying to work out a watering system. so many ideas but so unsure

am thinking along the lines of a large dish about an 1" deep that I can have set up so that when the level drops it replenishes itself with fresh water. it will need to be under cover so the water doesnt heat up to much during hot weather but at same time cannot be under any plants or area that has a lot of traffic.

my aim is to have a few different plants in there. 5 or 6 climbing plants of different varieties ( such as jasmine, ivy and thornless blackberry), to cover the wire that will be placed on the covered walls and back of the cage. heaps of seeding grasses. a couple of box hedge plants. a wormwood plant (herb). two geranium plants that will act as mosquito repellants ( I hope). there will be a bottlebrush tree and a grevillea in there, with these though once they are grown I have to keep the tops pruned so that the height is contollable.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:10 am

For the seed grasses I would build a 2 x 6 x 1 foot deep concrete planter in the floor in the center of the aviary with no perches over head. Put a 1" lip around it, this will keep rain water from flooding the grass. Real dirt no plant food, plant their bird seed. Cover it with a clear dome till the grass gets up about 6".

The box wood can be trained like a bonsai.

You can put a drip water system in to water the plants. You can take a water fall and instead of recirculating the water let one of the drips feed it and it drain into one of the pots, or the corner of the grass planter.

James

aero · Post by **aero** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:06 am

Thats a very very big aviary. Great that you're so interested and working hard. Good luck.

Im new to owning birds, but I think waterfall type watering system willbe best for birds that would give them good water all time and still keep it clean.

Do you plan to have fern trees in there? I dont know what type, but overhere people call that Christmas Tree - so that birds can perch around easily? is that a good idea or bad one?

Good luck with building.

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