So my flock of parakeets started out at 3, they were in a small cage that was very unkempt..
The rescue lady I got my bigger birds from gave me a nice big cage that suited them well...
But, My friends have dumped 4 more budgies on me, so now I have a flock of 7... and even the newer bigger cage is too small.
So during the quarantine for the new budgies(i suspect its not really needed as they are young birds and very active and healthy-looking, but Ill do a qt anyways) I am going to be converting an old rabbit hutch into the new Budgie Barn.
Its 4ft wide, 2ft deep, and 2.5 ft high, and looks like the perfect size for my lil flock...
It already has 1/2in hardware cloth but I did have to jerry-rig a bird door on it, so I used a piece of the original cage...
I cleaned it out really well because it used to be a rabbit cage and I did use it as a brooder for my chickens about 4 yrs ago.
I scrubbed with hot soapy water, then I scrubbed with hot bleach water, then I scrubbed with a birdcage disinfectant, so I think its clean and sanitary for my keets!
The outside of it and the inner back wall is painted with latex paint that has been cured for years now so it should be inert if nibbled.
However, I may still paint it to match the color in the birdroom, its a lighter brighter more tropicallyish green....
Anyways, here youll see why its called the budgie barn, and tell me what you all think? sorry bout the mess, but its supposed to rain so my laundry room has become my workroom for a bit...
I just need to design and attach a slide-out poop tray for underneath it...
And being that the roof is wooden, Ill probably build a nice playgym on top and maybe make an access door to it...
It is surprisingly light-weight, and my plan is to hang it from the ceiling in my new birdroom I just finished...
And here is the cool door, its the big swing-out door from a small cage, and has 2 food doors, I locked one slide-up door shut with that link of chain, the other I made so it flips down and gives a little landing platform.
The rescue lady I got my bigger birds from gave me a nice big cage that suited them well...
But, My friends have dumped 4 more budgies on me, so now I have a flock of 7... and even the newer bigger cage is too small.
So during the quarantine for the new budgies(i suspect its not really needed as they are young birds and very active and healthy-looking, but Ill do a qt anyways) I am going to be converting an old rabbit hutch into the new Budgie Barn.
Its 4ft wide, 2ft deep, and 2.5 ft high, and looks like the perfect size for my lil flock...
It already has 1/2in hardware cloth but I did have to jerry-rig a bird door on it, so I used a piece of the original cage...
I cleaned it out really well because it used to be a rabbit cage and I did use it as a brooder for my chickens about 4 yrs ago.
I scrubbed with hot soapy water, then I scrubbed with hot bleach water, then I scrubbed with a birdcage disinfectant, so I think its clean and sanitary for my keets!
The outside of it and the inner back wall is painted with latex paint that has been cured for years now so it should be inert if nibbled.
However, I may still paint it to match the color in the birdroom, its a lighter brighter more tropicallyish green....
Anyways, here youll see why its called the budgie barn, and tell me what you all think? sorry bout the mess, but its supposed to rain so my laundry room has become my workroom for a bit...
I just need to design and attach a slide-out poop tray for underneath it...
And being that the roof is wooden, Ill probably build a nice playgym on top and maybe make an access door to it...
It is surprisingly light-weight, and my plan is to hang it from the ceiling in my new birdroom I just finished...
And here is the cool door, its the big swing-out door from a small cage, and has 2 food doors, I locked one slide-up door shut with that link of chain, the other I made so it flips down and gives a little landing platform.
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