Aviary pics..... just sharing!

[destiny_56085]

Hint.... the cockatiels and parakeets are bigtime chewers! I had a parakeet in here for a while and it demolished every one of the finch nests and tormented the finches. The cockatiels worked on any woodwork they could get at. I gave the parakeet away on CL and the cockatiels have a nice big wire cage over at my parents place now.

 

[laughingdog]

thanks for the heads up, but ive unfortunately already found out tiels will, and budgies try, to tear up anything wood or otherwise, when in nesting mode. tiels even tore off chunks of plastic, bars and perches of finch cages, though the very minimal damage of budgies was neat, as unknown sex albino, would keep digesting and chewing down wood to paste and spit and spread etc in nest box and before that corner of cage, as other, who was the mounter and cere sexed as male, would just dance around other and nest and hardly chew, except to get other's attention, but he was never allowed by other in nest box, and would just spit the wood paste glue into the other's mouth (nerdgasm for those scientific types who dont have weak stomachs). so will be keeping at least one pair or destructive tiels separate if they dont stay calm, like presently are with new nest box (funny all expensive old wood boxes would do for nests for them, but they immediately took up in two hanging planters put together and hung in huge old cage, with access hole on bottom of top one and drainage plastic bottom liner with shallow terracotta pot with some hay, but male chewed apart the thick wood one), but probly be aviary just for finches, diamond doves (when find a pair or two. anyone know how easy it might be to raise or foster chicks to finches out of shipped eggs?), and "button" quail. odd, budgies do still play alot with toys and alot of antics, even though pair up sometimes so much albino gets saddle sore on back and head, and other times lately that letting free fly, they just act friendly, but when cage for some reason rarely now, they go right to acting extremely bonded and starting to nest even again.

 

[ruthless]

LAUGHING DOG, if you post your location someone nearby might have the birds you are looking for. If you don't want to post town, at least state and what part of the state you are in.

 

[lilchick]

Destiny I have a yellow male canary with the flat top hair do like yours! His hen is brown and yellow. She looks like a bad case of molt... Feathers missing on her neck and head. Do you know what causes that?

I would love to find them a good home here in Indiana....

 

[destiny_56085]

Overmating probably? My female button quail look the same way.

 

[MrsKemmerlin]

I love your set-up, and your pictures are amazing!

 

[lilchick]

Destiny:She was forever nesting and I wondered if she was shedding or using feathers for her nest? They are in a large flight cage with plenty of room. He does sing to her and they get along really well.

I would love to get a pr. of doves. The sound they make is so soothing isn't it?

I have a large black metal cage that housed chinchillas and often want to make it into a dove cage. It is like 2 story with platforms and two doors on it. Rolls around and easy access.

 

[abluechipstock]

love your aviary, the mix of birds is really nice

 

[destiny_56085]

Between the doves, canaries, button quail, or finches...I'm not sure which makes more noise. Constant singing of some sort. When I found out I was PG last summer, I gave my Amazon parrots away..... Someday I'm going to get a blue/gold macaw and a moluccan cockatoo yet.

I love this new camera.... my Christmas present to myself. Its a Kodak Easyshare Z981 10 MP with a 26X zoom. Awesome closeups!!!! I haven't figured out all the doohickeys on here yet....

 

[laughingdog]

im in morristown, tn. i live in cop complex and have neighbour's abandoned guard dog for now, and have always slept with windows and doors wide open. lol so no worries...