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Having settled
down and got married, I moved to Scunthorpe in 1969 and started to get a collection of
birds together again. These were originally housed in a brick out house and then
eventually in a wooden birdroom measuring 8 feet by 6 feet. This aviary contained 12
breeding cages and a small indoor flight. This small set-up proving to be very successful,
breeding approx. 50 birds per year, and in my first full year as a Beginner in 1970,
benching Best Beginner Breeder at about 16 shows. Personal problems caused me let a friend
have my birds and move away from Scunthorpe to Stourbridge in 1972. I soon bought another
birdroom, originally 15 feet by 10 feet. This was replaced about 12 years ago by a
structure that is now “L” shaped, measuring 27 feet along the back wall and 22
feet along the leg of the “L” shape. It contains 40 cages, 2 small flights and 2
larger flights. |
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with automatic lighting, heating in the form of oil filled radiators, extractor fan and
air filter. I am in the process of installing an automatic watering system at the present
time. I
have two flights, one houses my proper coloured birds (normal greens) and the other my
other varieties (pretty ones) which consists mainly of a few other normal colours,
and spangles. Cocks and hens are all housed together and although I don’t
really worry too much about a set number of birds, I always hope to have at least 50% more
hens than cock birds. I used to have an outside
flight that was covered in except for one side but I realised that once the birds were
paired up and the weather was cold it was very seldom used. It has now been converted to
form the leg of my “L” shape bird room, thus providing another inside flight and
a further six cages. |
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Any new acquisition to the stud are quarantined in a special birdroom away from the main group of birds. This is seen as a sensible precaution for any new bird before it is introduced into the main flock. |
