Pictures of your peacocks pens?

[CanadianGamefowl]

We have 4 aviaries; each is 32'x48'. One is for the chickens, three are peas. With each addition, we learn new tricks to make everything more convenient and functional. After the first aviary, we learned to solid-stain the lumber before construction. This keeps the carpenter bees out of the lumber. Then we learned to use all 2x6 instead of 2x4. The heavier wood doesn't warp. Poultry net tops don't work for us, as all kinds of critters like to chew thru the netting, including squirrels. Now we only use 2x4 welded wire tops.

The sides of the aviaries run 2 feet outside each "wall", and are covered with landscape fabric and rocks that weigh over 10# each. Raccoons can't move more than 10#, and if something wants to dig inside, their instinct takes them to that corner edge. They can't move the rocks and can't dig under because of the 2x4 wire. Plus, it looks really nice. The aviaries have been completely predator-proof for about 10 years. (Well, we did have a baby skunk in one of the barns a few years ago. He was about the size of a squirrel. I asked him to leave and he did.)

And for the ladies, the barn interiors are also painted. Each is eggnog yellow with contrasting trim and there are several hooks and shelves for storing stuff. It must be a girl thing...

I bought a manual push mower to cut the grass in the aviaries. About half the grass in each pen is allowed to grow wild to keep the ground cooler during summer. The birds appreciate the cooler shaded ground and when it gets really hot, I tack a tarp to the ceiling of the most "open" aviary. This easily cuts 15 degrees off the ground temperature in the afternoons. Every year, we learn new stuff and enjoy the birds even more.

I would like ones that size also. When I had yearling gamefowl I covered a garadge in a box Frame 12' Wide x 20' Tall x 12' High. The tarps were toast from the sun. So I covered in the 2"x4" corn crib wire you used for your aviary. Mechanic wire the corn crib on. Then framed a door. Made it (2) garadges long. Worked well for poultry, stags. Kept them safe.


Thanks for sharing the build info.
Once the incubators start. Hens get broody, The building starts...