The Aviary...TONS of PICS

[SamG347]

Well Finally got some pictures of my Aviary. This is just my old chicken pen that with a little flight netting and some plants I converted into a pen for my Exotic Waterfowl and Pheasant. I hope you all enjoy the pics...I might be swapping the pheasant rooster pictured for a Buff rooster but I want to see how much more coloration he takes on.

Gate between old coop and Feed Shed

Look towards pond(stock tank)

Under Feed shed...Winter area and feeder

Look Behind Feed shed

Whole Duck gang

White Drake in shade..

White Drake showing off his crest..which isn't in fully yet.

Melanistic Rooster..still coloring in

Crossing my path

White Drake Reg Hen Pair

Melanistic Hen

White Mandarin and Silver Wood Duck Drake

Silver Woodie Drake...he will still get a lot more coloration is as well

More mandarins

Looking towards opposite side of pen...

2 Buff and a Buff x Melanistic hen waiting to go into aviary.

Melanistic rooster blocking exit

 

[SamG347]

Heres a good one that semi shows a reg male mandarins crest...it is usually displayed like this when they do their deep mating call/whistle.

 

[HottentotTeal]

Wow, i love all the plants there! Looks quite natural for them.

What are those tall green plants in the middle? Looks kinda like cornstalks.

 

[SamG347]

Thanks the birds love it as well. I'm hoping by creating a natural setting to have pheasant hens sit on nests in the spring. But I have the bators as back up incase they don;t

And I did have bobwhite in the aviary as well...but they all went right up and out of the 2 inch flight netting. Owell....

The plants are mostly oats.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

AWESOME!!! I want to set up something like that for my Bobwhites

 

[HottentotTeal]

How do you go about planting oats? Do you have to buy specific seeds?

I see that Tractor Supply sells this one:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/game-attractants/plotspike-trade-forage-oats-4201292

I don't know if the one near me sells it though.

 

[SamG347]

HT, those would work fine...I just get mine off farms...simple and easy to do. Just wrake the ground up...spread seed...tamp down...water!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep, all looks great that silver drake's gone be nice this spring!

 

[noodleroo]

I love it! I have a stupid (ignorant) question; do your pheasants and ducks get along pretty well?

 

[HottentotTeal]

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The feed store i bought the Mazuri sells it by the pound, so i got 2 pounds! going to plant it now.