This time I am making single cages, this will allow me to move the cages at any time, as I have made a few bird rooms in the past I have had to demolished the cages because they where built into the shed walls so I lose all the cages when I change the shed or like last time moving house, making single cages costs a bit more than banks but I can now attach breeding boxes to the sides of the cage instead of the front of the cage, this will take up bird room space but I don’t intend to cram in as many cages as I can into this bird room.

Here I am making more cages, as this is the first single cage I am making I need to work out all the dimensions so the carcass fits around the cage front, also I need to incorporate a false floor plus a good size pull out draw, as I will be building eight or more of these cages I write everything down so I can replicate each cage, also as I go along I make wooden templates so each cage has all the same dimensions

Now before I put the back on the cage I want to make a small ledge around the cage to let the false floor to sit on, I cut a small bit of wood the same height as the opening at the front of the cage, this I use as a template to set the height of the ridge so it is equal all-around the cage and the floor is level.

Now with the back glued and nailed on I put the ledge bit on, this wood is ½” X ½” pine, the next stage is to make a frame for the false floor, and this wood is ½” x 1” before I staple the wire mesh on, make sure the frame fits the cage, and make sure it is not to tight so it’s easy to get in and out

Here is the frame with its 6mm x 6mm wire fixed on; this size wire mesh should be OK for the java’s to land on, now the frame is just dropped in the cage no need to fix it down

Here is the cage almost finished, I need to give it a good paint with some vinyl silk emulsion, and add some perches. I have made another two cages to start me off breeding again, as the breeding gets on the way I will build more of these cages.