How to Build Everything You Need For Your Birds: From Aviaries . . . To Nestboxes [Paperback]

Don LaRosa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2003

An aviary construction manual, intended for both novices and experienced breeders. Comprehensively written and professionally illustrated, with construction details, diagrams and pictures, material lists, insulating and finishing techniques, environmental concerns, and simple step by step instructions. Essentially, everything you need to know, about building everything you need, for your exotic or caged birds. Every plan and construction detail is compiled from years of hands on experience in the raising and breeding of birds. Projects range from simple houses, cages, breeding and nesting quarters ? to small, medium, large and grand scale aviaries. Many designs are based on modular construction, containing the flexibility to start small and go larger and material and costs can be calculated in advance. All designs require inexpensive, non-specialized, easy to obtain materials assembled in a straightforward manner with the minimum tools, for strong, durable housing, tailor-made for a specific breed, or modified as needed. Included also are construction plans for feeders, waterers, humidifiers, hospital quarters, shipping/carrying cages, wiring, plumbing and ventilation plans; plus ideas, construction tips and general information seldom found in other bird publications.

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About the Author

Dominic 'Don' LaRosa is a former breeder of exotic/caged birds with a BA in Education, and retired from more than thirty years in manufacturing engineering. At the time Dominic wrote How to Build Everything You Need for Your Birds in 1972, he was a free-lance technical illustrator, and a full-time bird breeder; designing and building his own aviaries. Drawing on his experience, he drafted the illustrations and wrote the book so others could find the information unavailable elsewhere. Obtaining a copyright and self-publishing in 1973, he has sold wholesale for thirty years and retail, on the internet, since 1999. He resides in Southern Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (July 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403346879
• ISBN-13: 978-1403346872
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #650,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, easy and brilliant!, June 27, 2005

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S. Dunsworth (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Build Everything You Need For Your Birds: From Aviaries . . . To Nestboxes (Paperback)

I waited a long time to get this book and it was worth every moment. The designs are well thought out and easy for even the mechanically challenged to understand. The author has devised an aviary/cage system that can be increased or decreased at will, by adding or subtracting carefully yet simply designed panels. Each panel fulfills a particular function of the whole to form the basic unit and you can add unlimited units to form your ideal facility. This information is timeless and I am very pleased.

5.0 out of 5 stars bird books, February 2, 2011

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This review is from: How to Build Everything You Need For Your Birds: From Aviaries . . . To Nestboxes (Paperback)

My son-in-law has the book and is using it to get started in raising game bird and chickens. When and if I ever get it back I will set up my own operation.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you've got only one bird, look elsewhere, October 30, 2007

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Michael Horowitz "all-around good-guy and cof... (FALLS CHURCH, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Build Everything You Need For Your Birds: From Aviaries . . . To Nestboxes (Paperback)

This is not for the do-it-yourselfer who wants to build a cage for his small parrot in the living room. It is for folks who want to build the equivalent of chicken coops in their back yards. I learned more about parrot toys searching the Inet.