Im fairly new to having birds and at the moment I have one large outdoor flight.
Noticed that everyone seems to get more and more involved with the birds ( more and more cages etc)......so Im looking at what I will need so that I can avoid any inbreeding with my birds
My thoughts are.....
Leave the males in the outdoor flight,
Get one large flight for female gouldians,
one for the babies till they colour up
buy pair cages for the birds I want to pair up
I was thinking maybe a couple of the black wire cages joined together would be good for the females and another couple joined together for the babies.
What are opinions on the black wire cages and the wooden type, any pros cons suggestion ideas would be welcome.
Diane
Wire cages v wooden cages
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bluebutterfly213
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Wire cages v wooden cages
Diane
Winter, the season in which most people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.
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Re: Wire cages v wooden cages
I think it depends on what you like the looks of......
Some have taken the wire cages and put them together. There are some pictures on here of those and they look great.
Some love the wooden cages. I really like the look of those....
I don't think one is necessarily better than the other. It just depends on what you like.
Some have taken the wire cages and put them together. There are some pictures on here of those and they look great.
Some love the wooden cages. I really like the look of those....
I don't think one is necessarily better than the other. It just depends on what you like.
Donna
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ac12
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another alternative.
I saw a UK builder who used an interesting material, PVC boards. The reason I find it interesting is that PVC is not porous like wood, so you could leave it unpainted and not have to deal with periodic repainting. And if that is like PVC pipes, should be easy to clean the poop off of it.
The reason I like the wood/PVC cages is I have to cover the back and sides of my cage to keep the poop off the walls. So I might as well have them solid vs wire grid.
The only downsides to the European (cabinet style cage) that I've found so far are:
- How to secure the perch to the solid back surface? Not as easy as installing a perch in a wire cage.
- A solid top prevents lighting the cage from above. I have to light mine from the side, or front.
- If you have a full cabinet cage (solid surface top, bottom, sides, and back, the only place to put doors, feeders and water is into the front, which obstructs the view where some wire cages can have these on the sides.
- I have to make my own cage fronts from 1/2x1/2 inch wire mesh. I would love to have a good commercial cage front or heavier wire mesh.
- Cost wise, making my own cage will turn out to be as expensive and a LOT more time consuming than just buying the breeder cages in bulk.
One that I gave significant thought to was to use an inexpensive bookshelf with a solid back as the basis for stacked cabinet style breeder cages. I might do that in the future.
I saw a UK builder who used an interesting material, PVC boards. The reason I find it interesting is that PVC is not porous like wood, so you could leave it unpainted and not have to deal with periodic repainting. And if that is like PVC pipes, should be easy to clean the poop off of it.
The reason I like the wood/PVC cages is I have to cover the back and sides of my cage to keep the poop off the walls. So I might as well have them solid vs wire grid.
The only downsides to the European (cabinet style cage) that I've found so far are:
- How to secure the perch to the solid back surface? Not as easy as installing a perch in a wire cage.
- A solid top prevents lighting the cage from above. I have to light mine from the side, or front.
- If you have a full cabinet cage (solid surface top, bottom, sides, and back, the only place to put doors, feeders and water is into the front, which obstructs the view where some wire cages can have these on the sides.
- I have to make my own cage fronts from 1/2x1/2 inch wire mesh. I would love to have a good commercial cage front or heavier wire mesh.
- Cost wise, making my own cage will turn out to be as expensive and a LOT more time consuming than just buying the breeder cages in bulk.
One that I gave significant thought to was to use an inexpensive bookshelf with a solid back as the basis for stacked cabinet style breeder cages. I might do that in the future.
Gary
gouldians (GB,YB,BB), blackbelly firefinches (trying to breed), societies (foster parents).
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I've used PVC coated boards...ideal but heavy,easy to clean though and inexpensive.
As to perches just glue blocks of wood to the rear with a hole drilled in them,then slot one end of the perch to grab the front.
If only you could get the bar cage fronts over there you would find it Sooooo easy.They come with nestbox doors to hang boxes on the outside etc...very handy.Drinkers just slide into position between the bars simple to service from the outside.
If you don't want to block the front view...put a door on the side with the feeders and water on them.
As to which State I would pick if I was over there...I'm afraid my knowledge of your weather in different regions is scant.
Over here we just have mostly cloudy and wet...colder wet in the north and warmer wet in the south
Your country has such a diversity of climates.
As to perches just glue blocks of wood to the rear with a hole drilled in them,then slot one end of the perch to grab the front.
If only you could get the bar cage fronts over there you would find it Sooooo easy.They come with nestbox doors to hang boxes on the outside etc...very handy.Drinkers just slide into position between the bars simple to service from the outside.
If you don't want to block the front view...put a door on the side with the feeders and water on them.
As to which State I would pick if I was over there...I'm afraid my knowledge of your weather in different regions is scant.
Over here we just have mostly cloudy and wet...colder wet in the north and warmer wet in the south
Your country has such a diversity of climates.
