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Thanks, KansasKid. I made my chicken coop with mostly hex chicken wire, but made the brooder for the babies with hardware cloth just for security. Luckily I had already figured out the 8-foot lumber rule (I'm pretty frugal like that). I do like the look of the hardware cloth better, but...
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Most ornamentals would be able to slip right through the chainlink, although there are larger species that wouldn't be able to which you could raise.
Thanks, that was the info I needed. 2 x 4s and hardware cloth it is, then. I'm planning on getting smaller ones - probably Mandrins.
I've enjoyed looking at all of these wonderful pictures of aviarys! I am working on mine, and finished phase one - putting up wood fencing around the back half of my house (with concrete blocks burried under it). I was planning on making the other two sides of it out of chain link, but I see...