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Aviary panels

Chop your wood to size (jigsaw or handsaw) ... mine were 6ft uprights and 3ft at the top and bottom :) Screw them together and then staple your weld mesh to the frame :) If I can do it anyone can :) :lol: The you just screw them all together to make a tall run. You can add a top too using the same method.
 
Steph said:
Chop your wood to size (jigsaw or handsaw) ... mine were 6ft uprights and 3ft at the top and bottom :) Screw them together and then staple your weld mesh to the frame :) If I can do it anyone can :) :lol: The you just screw them all together to make a tall run. You can add a top too using the same method.
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Do you have any pics?

Where did you get the mesh? As thats main concern.

Would love to do it myself though :) I like a challenge.
 
I got a huge roll of mesh from Ebay :oops: Here are piccies of one I had made, its about 8.5ft x 8ft. Cant remember exactly. I had the roof covered in plastic corrugated panels. I saw how easy it was to make and made a small one myself. The hutch Bunningham Palace is massive and has a ramp up to save run space.

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Me and my OH made all our runs too. It is very easy - and means you can make your run to exactly the size you want. However do wear gloves when handling the wire - it hurts:shock:
 
We have the mesh, and are too going to do this as priority in the new year :roll: Im going to hopefully make it so we can walk into the run so cleaning out is easy :) How do you secure it down to the slabs? :) We shall bolt the panel that mets the shed, to the shed... if that makes sense :? xXx

You can actually buy Aviary panels round here, but for a 6ftx3ft panel theyre £20, cheaper to make your own hun :) xXx
 
Mine arent attached to the slabs the runs are so very heavy and wont move :) I have a couple of dog kennel runs which are walk in but they were very expensive :oops: the aviaries work out alot cheaper and are walk in too.
 
Steph said:
Mine arent attached to the slabs the runs are so very heavy and wont move :) I have a couple of dog kennel runs which are walk in but they were very expensive :oops: the aviaries work out alot cheaper and are walk in too.
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Good Point, they'd be very heavy so wouldnt need bolting down, unless theres muscly foxes round here :lol: :roll::?

Your run looks amazing btw xXx
 
Wow brillant ideas.

I did look at buying the panels but there isnt much point. I can easily make some, have made the mesh doors for playhouses so far! Minus Violets as i have changed that.

Oooo am excited now!

Where do you get the plastic roof stuff? :D
 
I have just been researching and found this place here http://www.westhagleyaviaries.co.uk/menu/menu.htm. The charge £12 for 6x3 panel and a bit more for a panel with a door. I think their panels almost as cheap as doing it yourself. And less painful. You would just have to attach the panels together, and then add the roof (very cheap from B&Q).
 
Shel said:
I have just been researching and found this place here http://www.westhagleyaviaries.co.uk/menu/menu.htm. The charge £12 for 6x3 panel and a bit more for a panel with a door. I think their panels almost as cheap as doing it yourself. And less painful. You would just have to attach the panels together, and then add the roof (very cheap from B&Q).
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I got ready made panels like those from an ebay guy. They were fitted together with heavy duty cable ties. I put corrugated sheets on the roof this week to keep it dry in there. It's great for sitting in with the buns, and easy to clean - I chuck a bucket of disinfectant down and scrub it with a yard broom every weekend, and a good sweep every night once I've hutched the buns keeps it all shiny clean!
 
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