trying to catch the birds or trying to clean the mesh bottoms. A minimum of 25.4mm x 12.7mm (1inch x ½ inch) with a diameter of 1.00mm (19 gauge) should be used to facilitate cleaning droppings from the cage bottoms - most of the droppings fall through instead of clinging to the wire. We thought long and hard as to what makes a good aviary design. After many hours we came to the conclusion that most of us have an “I want, I want, I want” obsessive way of approaching bird-breeding (or lets call it what it is “crazy collecting.”) We all want far too many types of bird species and I think this is the reason why good aviary design and costs of proper husbandry go out the window - We are prepared to pay large amounts
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of money for the birds but skimp on paying hard earned cash on solid, well- designed, beautiful aviaries. We think the first bit of advice is to
keep focused and breed fewer species, as hard as it may seem it will yield more rewarding results as time goes by. Remember the old adage:”Jack of all trades, Master of none.” We think this is the first difficult hurdle to get over. So Master Jack, cut that bird wish list in half, and halve it again, if you want to succeed. If you are an obsessive collector remember to not spread yourself too thin - The birds are the only ones who will suffer in the end and will live miserable lives in very sad, tiny, cruel spaces. We have come up with a good concept for an aviary design, we are
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