My Setup

[jimmy]

Hi all,

Pictures below are of my avairy and one of my zebra finches, i hope to add to it when the wife lets me have more room. :-|

The shed is 6ft x 4ft and the flight is 4ft x 4ft, it has electric sockets and lights.
At the moment i have 2 canaries in the flight and a pair of exhibation zebras in a 4ft cage in side the shed. The zebras are at the moment sitting on 4 eggs, the 3rd was laid on sunday so i am assuming 14 days from then is D day.

what colour are these zebras called ?

http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=63&stc=1
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=64&stc=1
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=65&stc=1
thanks

Jimmy :grin: :grin:

[laurab]

Umm, I think you did something wrong Jimmy!

[kenny]

hi jimmy the one behind the bars is a chestnut flanked white but i dont know what the others are cos you cant see them for some reason

ken

[jimmy]

Sussed it now :) :)

thanks for info on zebra colour kenny, fingers crossed for eggs :grin:

[Waxbillman]

hello Jimmy

a very smart avairy/shed you've got there.

matthew

[kenny]

hi jimmy was that shed/aviary purpose built or did you buy it like that mate ,just wondering as there is nowhere near me that does anything like that


ken

[Gary]

http://www.bransby-bunny.co.uk/aviaries.html

some nice ones on here ken

[jimmy]

Hi Ken,

I brought the shed and built the flight myself, cut a door in the side of the shed to access the flight and covered the roof in one lot of felt.

I looked on the net and as Gary says they are some nice ones about, delivery isn't a fortune either, i got the timber, felt and plywood for nothing off a job, so that was the cheapest way for me.

More links.

http://www.stusanimalhousing.co.uk/avaries.htm

http://www.hawthorne-animal-housing.co.uk/aviaries.htm

http://www.gardeningthoughts.co.uk/index.htm

[kenny]

thanks guys for the pictures my wife has promised me a new shed and aviary for my birthday in january when we get our garden sorted so i will keep all the info if you dont mind ....................ken:grin: :grin:

[kenny]

rung this little bugger today i didnt think it was going to live otherwise i would have rung it earlier,its out of focus cos i didnt have me glasses on

http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=69&stc=1 kenhttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=70&stc=1:grin: :grin:

[jimmy]

Hi Ken,

Glad the bird lived mate.

Kenny, in your profile you mention "a bit of photography" as one of your hobbies, when are you going to learn the other bit :) :) :)

[kenny]

you try holding a camera in one hand and a moving bird in the other david bailey ,my camera is a digital slr with a 28-200 lens on it the camera alone weighs nearly 2 pounds without the lens ,this isnt one of your namby pamby cheap silver boxes from argos this is a camera ...................................look at this anyway.http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=71&stc=1

[jimmy]

Just as i thought Ken, your camera sounds a little bit under specified for close up photography. :) :) :)

[jimmy]

My cock zebra giving the hen a rest.

http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=74&stc=1

[kenny]

hi jimmy,

i am not knocking it mate but that is the first time i have seen a zebra finch nesting in a canary pan,i have seen them in alsorts of box shapes and wicker nests but that is a first for me i might even give it a try myself as they are a lot easier to clean than mine.

ken

[jimmy]

Hi Ken,

When i brought the zebras, the guy in the shop sold me a wooden nest box with a slot in it, they seemed reluctant to go in so i took the top off, the cock bird built a nest in it and the hen laid 1 egg, after a week i checked and it was clear.

After nothing happened for a couple of weeks i put the canary nest pan in as well, the cock bird took the material from the wooden box and built a nest in it, so i removed the wooden box.

They are now sitting on 4 eggs :) :) :razz:

[kenny]

hi jimmy as i said i am seriously going to give it a try i have got some old nestpans,as i said they are much easier to clean then wicker and wooden boxes as you said about them being reluctant a lot of finches dont like dark places budgies are ok as they are used to nesting like that and my javas prefer the same type but usually if the nest is too dark they will not enter something to do with the predator instinct from the wild i think


ken

[jimmy]

Go for it Kenny.

Anything else i can help you with just give us a nod. :) :) :)

[kenny]

yeah jimmy give us a tenner

ken

[kenny]

hi jimmy is that the same cock bird you showed me before cos if it is i was mistaken that one is a fawn


ken

[jimmy]

Yes that is the same bird Kenny.

Will paveroti be ok. :)

[kenny]

oh my god dont insult me i cant stand that rather rotund human being with the biggest comb over in italy he is like a singing roundabout,


ken

[kenny]

hi jimmy

i dont know wether its me jimmy mate but have you realised we havent been repremanded for joking or anything else,and did you also notice that once the joking stopped on the CNAI that saturday and sunday where dead on there,

ken

[jimmy]

You'r spot on there Kenny.

I do agree that some people just want serious bird stuff, thats each to their own, but its nice to have a bit of fun along the way.

Probaly best to keep most of the funny stuff in the "off the wall" section though.

Nice forum this Kenny, well set out and well presented, nice people too.what do you think ?

Regards

Jimmy :)

[kenny]

hi jimmy ,

your right i forget sometimes to put the posts in the right place,that was one of the things i was told of about on cnai i will have to try to remember in future,and your right about this site a really nice bunch of people on here and a heck of a lot of dverse questions and answers on here wich is great.i know i keep saying this but i have kept birds for over 25 years but i have learnt stuff on here i didnt know and thats what its all about and no egos i had enough of that when i belonged to a bird club.

cheers jimmy


ken