Mr. T

I hear ya, just keep in mind it doesn't take long for them to chew through links so plan on your 10 ft section becoming two 5 ft section in about 24 hours... repeat that process everyday... I have yet to see my birds favor one color over another so Im usually buying a 50 ft bag of whatever is the cheapest every month or so for them to play with and chew up. right now they have 3" white chain for $33 for 50' and 2" black chain for $26 for 50' I just ordered a bag of both.

thats odd, I have never heard of that. Plus that place is kind of pricey, if you dont care about color or shape, white chain here (http://www.crowdcontrolstore.com/8mm2plasticchainbagof50.aspx) is on sale for $25.98 for 50' thats only $0.51 a foot.

I gotcha, A good alternative to metal chain for toys is Cotton Clothesline, again you can cut it to length and string up just about anything you want with a knot in between each item. We make a ton of wood/plastic chew toys that we string with the clothesline and it works great. Plus its really hard for them to chew through. I also use it for wrapping foot posts on my PVC perches so they have something to dig their nails into and its cheap enough to just remove and throw away once its gets dirty or sticky! Almost forgot, those arent zip ties! they are actually straws haha all of our birds love playing with them for some reason so I just grab bunch and tie them together with another straw, and then tie the clump I just made to the chains! I used to use zip ties in the aviary but it got old reconnecting everything on a daily basis, our macaw finds great pleasure in disassembling anything I make and snapping zip ties is also a favorite past time so I try and make things that are easily reassembled. The s hooks are great for reconnecting busted chains.

Have you considered using plastic chain? I buy 2" plastic chain for my grey and cockatoo to chew on/play with and 3" chain for my Macaw. You can find it pretty cheap online I have ordered from here before (http://www.stanchiondepot.com/plasticchain.html) I would start with a 50' bag of chain and a bag of S hooks and you can cut them to length and string them up pretty much anyway you want. This is a few feet on a perch I built, we use a TON of it in our aviary outside and the birds love swinging and climbing on it.