Aussie Finch Forum

On the really hot days were it gets over 40 how long do you run your water misters and at what times?

Just a few minutes should be enough to then give some evaporative cooling. Even lightly hosing down the outside roof & walls of the aviary is enough to drop the temp a few degrees. May need to do a couple of times on really hot days.

Thanks Tiaris, gonna hit 43 here again today.

If you have large planted aviaries in my opinion, the best thing to do is stay away and do not disturb the birds. they will find the shady spots and the coolness on the ground.
If you have sprinklers put them on auto timer for a short time in the hottest part of the day.

I have it on an automatic timer. Set for 3 minutes at 10.30 and 2 minutes at 13.30 I am going to cut the first one down to 2 minutes and cut the water pressure down a tad as well.