The breeding cages are units of 4 stacked on top of each other. The breeding cages are made from 10 mm square tubing as a frame to which the base and tops, made out of wood, are slotted in. The zink trays are pushed in from the front. This helps with cleaning. The fronts are clipped in and the nest boxes hang from the breeding cage frames. An access door on the breeding cage front provides access to the nest box.
Being modulare helps as you can bolt a new set of breeding cages (4) to the end and off you go. The breeding cages are seperated by boards. This effectively means that if we require we could have four by 7 metre long breeding cages to house show birds or babies. This can be achieved by removing all nest boxes and boards which divide the breeding cages.
Power has been layed on and the lights come on at 6 in the morning and go off at 9 at night after which night lights stay on.
From 1996 to 2008 we used Canary double breeders as our breeding cages. In 2008 we changed the breeding cages to those displayed below.
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The breeding room with breeding cages and external nests
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Ian preparing the breeding cages before they are installed and the first one
installed.
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Breeding cages being fitted and the stands used to lift the cages off the floor.
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Ian fits the floors and trays and a close up of a breeding cage with nest.
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Breeders with nests fitted.
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Breeding cages with pairs and row of breeders with young.
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Breeding cages against back wall with flights in background and breeding cages
late afternoon.
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Breedering cages against the back wall and the cuboard used for storage.
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The breeding room with flights in the background and a nest.
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A nest box used and made by us and a nest with young.
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Breeding cages with birds in and access to the flights from the breeding room.
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