grahamw59

Hi Jason. Have a few Quail running about in the bottom and you'll have a steady supply of Quail's eggs for the Mrs. I used to mash up the excess ones and put them in a dish for the adult Zebras to feed to their young.

Yeah....never enough space. An aircraft hangar would be ideal.

Managed to find one or two old blurry pics...including some of my other birds as well as Zebras: (I later changed to basket-type nest-holders...which I could buy locally very cheaply, though they'd been designed for a totally different purpose. lol). There were 3 big aviaries. I also built a few dozen double breeder cages, but unfortunately didn't take pics of them, which is a shame considering the many hours of sawing, drilling and hammering it took to make them. lol. The aviary below was 12 feet x 6' x 7' high. The biggest was 12 feet X 8' x 8'. Main frames constructed from Coconut wood and bolted together. Double breeders were 4' x 15" deep x 18" high....constructed from local 1" x 1" hardwood for frames and enclosed in quarter ply. . . . .

Hi guys, and thanks for the welcome. I'll try to find some pictures and give a little more information in future posts. ...Just working on going back abroad and taking up where I left off, now that my boy is going to uni' and relieving me of my 'human' responsibiliies here. Jason, I was married to a Filipina for 15 years.

I thought it was about time i had a look at the forum again, as it's been a while since I joined. My interest in breeding Zebra Finches goes back many years (more than I'd care to think about - lol), but I actually took things most seriously when I lived in the Philippines for a few years and bred cagebirds including Zebra Finches on a fairly large scale. I had a couple of hundred pairs of Zebras, amongst other species, and built all my own cages and aviaries...many of which I custom-built for other expats and locals. The climate (very humid and hot) could be challenging and I had to be quite innovative with local materials, but overall I didn't have too many problems. I'm also interested in freshwater tropical fishkeeping. Regards to all...Graham, from York.