You will need
- Board thickness 1,5-2,5 cm or sheets of plywood
- Planer
- Saw
- Hammer
- Nails
- Screws
- Screwdriver
- Chisel
- Perch
- Drill
- Loops for roof-doors
- Birch sawdust
Instruction
1
Prepare Board 1.5-2.5 cm in thickness or sheets of thick plywood. Align the workpiece with the plane only from the outside. Shape the wooden bottom of the nest and do (with a chisel) in the middle a small hole with a diameter of about 5 cm Is a next tray of eggs. If you are preparing a house for parrots, lovebirds, groove is not necessary. Prepare them hay and twigs – they will weave a nest egg at the bottom of the box.
2
Secure the boards with nails or screws. The size of the finished nest of house choose for the parrots. Usually for the small (lovebirds, budgies), it is enough not more than 20 cm in height, bottom area 15x15. Round the entrance to the house (notches) do diameter of about 5-7 cm, Respectively, for large birds (cockatoos, arrow) increase the size of the house (height - 120, the bottom – 90x90 size of the hole is 20).
3
Install a perch from which the male will feed the female and Chicks. It should be about 10-15 cm (depending on the size of the parrot), and inside - go through the entire box or to enter it only a few inches. The female must be able to stand on it and jump down so as not to damage the eggs.
4
Drill out the bottom drawer of small holes in 2-3 rows, to house parrots incoming air. Then you put it under a bowl of water. Through these holes the little budgies will come from water vapor, humidifying the air. It must be done in hot weather so the Chicks died. On the bottom of the box sprinkle a layer of about 2 cm of dry birch sawdust.
5
Make the cover of house for parrots definitely removable it will be easier to clean the top and follow the birds. Make flat or planar cover and install it on the box using the hinges and screws.
Useful advice
Make a house for breeding domesticated parrots by early summer. Biologists do not suggest to make such nests at other times of the year. To bring healthy Chicks, parrots should get a lot of sunlight and fresh fruits rich in vitamins. The weak offspring they displayed in the spring, during the period of beriberi. If a couple decided to have Chicks in the short period of daylight artificially lengthen it with the lights.