Aussie Finch Forum

no expenses spared then! looks great can't wait to see the birds in! looks like something I saw in one of Kingston's book, A guide to keeping and breeding australian grassfinches or something like that.

Steel wool for any gaps

Why didnt I think of that?

It would have saved me having to cut my hair after using that stupid spray foam filler, I now have a rather fetching chunk missing. ;) Well it was either that or looking like my head was slowly exploding!
Off to Bunnings in the a.m.

welcome

Must be time for an update from the mayor of Gundaroo.... how's that 80sqm of Auz coming along?
New members bring new ideas for us "know it alls".
BB and the steel wool....me with the peace and quiet aspect, baffle 'em with b*@#$&it til they leave you be....does it work on the offspring? i'm trialling it anyway.

Delighted to update; sorry to report slow progress on the new buildings. Between work and family, I have been mugged by life and dragged backwards throught the hedge of circumstance over the last couple of weeks, and therefore building has been a (relatively) low priority. Roof of outside section is finished, made easier now that they have released a 1.8m wide roll of the 12mm mesh.

This has rather upset my plans for sorting the birds out before spring (that horse is in the box, as it were, and has possibly already bolted)
Will post pics as I go; delighted if someone is interested.

Baffling with bullshit is less effective on children I have found, especially ones own children, but a technique effective for children and public hospital administrators alike is to talk about cattle prices with excitement.
They glaze over and wander off....

BTW, BB, I mix aquadhere through the steelwool first, sometime coarsely cutting the steel wool first for 'those hard to reach places' like the underside of the ridges on corrugated iron. IHYLAVM (I hear you like acronyms very much).

Mouse mesh is pliable enough to roll into various shapes for mouse proofing too and yes the odd squirt of the exploding putty doesn't hurt either.

Steel wool is better though as it can be compacted into tight spaces.