It started out as just an 8x8x8 box and 8 birds. I had the birght idea that they would be fine in that box but it got to hot durring the summer. Go figure. So I added the aviary on the front so they could get some sun and see there surroundings. I also had the bright idea that it would be easy to catch the birds if I flushed them into this aviary so I installed a door on the loft side and a door on the out side of the aviary. This same door is how I figured out that 2 of my birds had settled into my loft as one day someone thought it would be cool to "FREE" my birds from captivity :roll: Little did they know that they come back, all except 2. Well my brilliance proved my stupidity when I could not get them in to the aviary come time to go trian.This took me approximatly 3 weeks to build.
As they began to multiply this 4 foot aviary was getting a bit to small. So I added the side part. This was a design that a fancier in the Reno area had come up with. Only real difference is mine isnt as tall and I didnt build nesting boxes in the back. He had backed his lofts with plywood and built his boxes back there. It was cheap and easy to build. This is what I originally should have built.
On the inside I had only had the 3 breeding pairs so I utlized 5 gallon buckets for nesting boxes. Only 2 buckets were used as the other pair laid on the floor. This sufficed untill I brought home 30'some birds from the fancier in Reno. So I was forced into building better nesting boxes. A carpenter could have built this in a couple hours and it took me ALL DAY. But I am dang proud of my workmanship.
The perches took me several hours to build and I am still not done with them. I have about another dozen I want to build
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