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Finnish
19-02-2005, 10:47 PM
I started to put my new aviary,s up today for the two Gos hawks.Just took a few pics for anyone interested.



Finnish
19-02-2005, 10:48 PM
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Finnish
19-02-2005, 10:49 PM
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Finnish
19-02-2005, 10:51 PM
I still got about a days work left on them yet.When they are finished i will put some more pics up.
Will
19-02-2005, 10:52 PM
I'll be following with interest, Finnish, all the best with it. You going with mesh or bars? Will you be keeping the pics coming? Good luck, mate.
Finnish
19-02-2005, 10:56 PM
You going with mesh or bars

You will have to wait and see!! :lol:
Will
19-02-2005, 10:59 PM
Look forward to it, I'll be pinching as many ideas as I can this year for my own. Hope the weather stays good for ya!
Gaz
20-02-2005, 09:04 AM
Lee,if your doing it on your own you should have said mate,told you i"d have given you a hand........
Looking good though dude :mrgreen:
Shaun Byrne
20-02-2005, 09:19 AM
Hilti drills and paslode nail gun, its right what they say, you never see a poor plumber! lol!!

Looking good so far mate.
Varmint
20-02-2005, 10:29 AM
What you gonna put on the floor Lee?
Finnish
20-02-2005, 03:01 PM
Lee,if your doing it on your own you should have said mate,told you i"d have given you a hand........
Looking good though dude :mrgreen:

Thanks Gary i got James next door helping me.I have not done any thing today went out with bird.Look's like its going to be a 1 10 light after work this week some time.
Finnish
20-02-2005, 03:03 PM
What you gonna put on the floor Lee?

I might just leave it how it is because i can just jet wash the floor after the moult.
Wightwings
21-02-2005, 07:28 PM
great use of space mate cant wait to see it finnish (ed)............ :roll: :lol:
HawkMan69UK
21-02-2005, 08:36 PM
havent you finished yet you need to take a few days sicki mate :lol:
TimberDog
21-02-2005, 08:42 PM
Come im dying to see finished artical....


could do with some ideas as im moving house and am dreading building three mews ...

Still got a black nail on me thumb from last attempt!! :twisted:
Jack Merlin
22-02-2005, 09:06 AM
I'm about to start building a mews/breeding aviary. Just discovered the big polytunnel I used to lamb the sheep in might provide the foundations! The tube bases are still there, set in blocks of concrete, and a scaffolding pole slips neatly into one!! So, if I can get scaffolding, that will provide the framing.

But what to use for the sheeting? What's good and cheap? I'm offered 0.7mm box profile, 8 foot long, but the man is asking £8 each for them -- secondhand!!! Chipboard is a LOT cheaper and I'm told it is OK if painted with a good waterproof paint. Any ideas?

Jack
GoneHawking
22-02-2005, 09:16 AM
Jack, Chipboard is ok for the inside if kept dry but if it gets wet and is unpreserved it can just expand and blow apart, not sure what a cheap alternative would be but better to build good and build to last i would say.
Shaun Byrne
22-02-2005, 06:34 PM
Go for the profile sheets. £8 is cheaper than decent ply and will last 100 times longer. Chipboard is the worst thing possible to build from, whatever you paint it with. If you are going to use timber go for a marine ply or at the very least, outdoor OSB and a good coat of timbercare.
GoneHawking
22-02-2005, 07:45 PM
H4WKA, Sounds good mate.
Jack Merlin
22-02-2005, 07:59 PM
Go for the profile sheets. £8 is cheaper than decent ply and will last 100 times longer.

Yes, it is good stuff. The trouble is I'm a skin flint and a roofer told me I should get cheaper! KK's trolley system cost about a fiver. (Mostly scrap materials).

Just located a supplier of box profile (new) at 80p per foot, so that £5.60 for 7 ft sheets. The problem is going to be transport. But I might use this example to haggle down the price of the second hand stuff!<vbg>

Jack
GoneHawking
22-02-2005, 09:52 PM
Jack is that your rear end making that squeaking noise??????? only messing, hope you get a bargain, good luck with the trolley system.
Jack Merlin
23-02-2005, 10:26 AM
I'm a converted Scot, mate. Even worse, I'm a converted Highlander. It's folk like us that invented copper wire -- fighting over a penny!<g>

Jack
Jack Merlin
24-02-2005, 09:39 AM
Just located 2nd hand 7ft box profile at £5.50 a sheet! (£ notes and no receipt -- what a surprise!).

Now who was it said to go for the £8 stuff??<vbg>

Jack
Finnish
24-02-2005, 09:40 AM
Well done J/M :lol:
Jack Merlin
24-02-2005, 07:12 PM
It's probably off the church roof...<g>
Shaun Byrne
24-02-2005, 07:16 PM
Someones probably ripped off a nice hack pen somewhere! lmao!!
Shaun Byrne
24-02-2005, 07:17 PM
Bet they come with pre-fixed shelf perches and one has a food chute already cut in! lol!!
Jack Merlin
24-02-2005, 07:23 PM
Bet they come with pre-fixed shelf perches and one has a food chute already cut in! lol!!

Oh, I wondered what those bits were!<g> I thought it was where they put the statues of angels and saints.
Finnish
02-03-2005, 04:53 PM
Managed to do a little more on them today(in the rain) its starting to do my head in now so much to do and not enough time well put the bounce netting on cut the doors in and the slide put the nest ledge in.
Finnish
02-03-2005, 04:54 PM
:D
Finnish
02-03-2005, 04:56 PM
:D
Finnish
11-03-2005, 08:05 AM
I am not going to work today must finish them off.Putting the cctv in today and finish the doors roof is now on.I need to put the feeder pipes in and some pirches.Take some pic,s later if i finish.
Jack Merlin
11-03-2005, 08:14 PM
I had a conducted tour of Varmint's breeding facilities today down south of Perth. I must say I was VERY impressed. A thoroughly professional set up and far more extensive than I had imagined. What a modest fellow he is!

Only problem, it has caused feelings of guilt that all my material is lying in a heap still waiting for me to get to grips. And this in horizontal sleet. Don't ya just love the north of Scotland in "spring"?
Finnish
14-03-2005, 03:24 PM
O yes finally finish the aviaries today both birds are in and i am just so glad its done.
Sean
14-03-2005, 05:39 PM
very nice :)
Finnish
14-03-2005, 05:41 PM
Its just a shame i did not have time to paint them.
Shaun Byrne
14-03-2005, 07:12 PM
Dont worry mate, the birds will do that, a lovely brown and white splash effect!! lol!!
Finnish
14-03-2005, 07:31 PM
The male has been in for two day,s he has started some art work already.
Finnish
14-03-2005, 10:25 PM
And here he is in his new home for a few months
Shaun Byrne
14-03-2005, 10:30 PM
And the caption is.............."What the f**k are you looking at?"
Finnish
14-03-2005, 10:34 PM
He thinks he's proper hard now he's getting FAT :x
Shaun Byrne
14-03-2005, 10:54 PM
Wouldn't poke my head in THAT aviary!!!
Gaz
15-03-2005, 04:31 PM
Wouldn't poke my head in THAT aviary!!!
It aint that big :butthead: :mrgreen:
Shaun Byrne
15-03-2005, 06:10 PM
You aint getting your ass in there then :twisted:
Spudy
15-03-2005, 06:29 PM
now now girls lol
nice job finnish looks very very good hope you dont mind coming up to leeds and building mine for me(forgot to mention on your own and bring supplys lol).. 8)
but no thats very nice(paint job by birds included lol)
Moses
15-03-2005, 07:21 PM
And here he is in his new home for a few months


haha thats a very mean looking bird the tony soprana or de niro of birds :D
BrianM
15-03-2005, 07:22 PM
what size are the breeding chambers finnish ???
Finnish
15-03-2005, 07:32 PM
Chamber 1 6x7 1/2ft
Chamber 2 9x7 1/2ft
both about 7ft high
Finnish
20-03-2005, 12:05 AM
what size are the breeding chambers finnish ???


Whys that Brian are you thinking of breeding Gos hawk,s :wink:
BrianM
20-03-2005, 08:02 AM
just for future reference fin :wink: :D
Finnish
20-03-2005, 08:11 AM
No worries mate. :)