John J. Wilson & Son
Building a New Birdroom
When
you decide to build a birdroom from scratch, it is a good idea to sit down with
a sheet of paper and jot down notes on features that you would like to
incorporate in the finished product.
Give some thought to your electrical requirements heaters, lights, timers, sockets, dimmers, security lights etc.;
You
don’t need to have a “bottomless” pocket to be able to afford many of the
items that we have acquired for our new birdroom.
By
asking around, looking at the “small ads” in your local paper, or by
visiting your local recycling center, many “luxury” items can be bought
second hand for next to nothing!
Next, having decided on the size of the structure, draw a floor plan to scale, so that you can see how your cages, flights etc. will fit the available space.
Don’t just think of how many cages you can cram into the space, think about your own comfort as well as the birds’, after all, you will be spending a lot of time in the new building, so make things easy for yourself by making it simple to keep clean, and where possible have some storage space for show cages etc.
If your birdroom is any distance from your house, a water supply is a great advantage. This coupled with a water heater makes cleaning so much easier.
Just inside the entrance doors is a small "office" area that houses a telephone, intercom, and a small computer for budgie records. There is also a music system piped into the main aviary to stimulate the birds. This is operated by a timer.
A door from the office leads to a kitchen area where there is a sink unit and water heater. There is also a storage cupboard and seed bin area.
A door from this kitchen leads to the main aviary, which houses two flights and 35 breeding cages.
Additional storage space is provided below the perches in the flight, which is accessible from outside the flight. This houses show cages and nest boxes.
Removable shelving can be placed outside the flight for assessing birds.
Automatic
heating and lighting is provided and lights are operated via
dimmers.