Aussie Finch Forum

Summers come quick anyone have any ideas how i can keep my birds nice and cool ?

Shde cloth over the avairies to block direct sun and misters to cool the birds off, as well as making sure they have a nice place to have a bath and somewhere shady to roost.

what are misters and how do i get one and how do they work and how much ????

Have a look here it explains it better than I could lol viewtopic.php?f=84&t=3297&start=0&hilit=mister" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, you could also just use a soaker hose hung up around the top of the avairy if you can't get the irrigation tubing, I bought one this week for $5.

one thing with misters harv, is that if you have water restictions in your state be careful on how much water you use. A few points to concider are :

You only want to cool the birds off and not flood them out

Placing a soaker hose over the aviary or any sprinkler system up high can heat up so the first lot of water may come out a bit to hot for the birds

Using a good timer on your tap so that the water comes on during the heat of the day a few times

By combining shade cloth and a soaker hose so that the water will run down the shade cloth and cool the aviary similar to evaporative air con in your house....

I personally try to avoid my aviarys during the heat of the day as not to stress the birds out , hope this is of some help......pete.

thanks mate i was just thinking of puting some shade cloth 10cem about my avairy
inside my avairy im going put 2-3 bird baths in , they also have water to drink, and im going to sprey mist over the avairy 2-3 times a day

but i have one big proplem the coved bit of my avairy is tin which heats up heaps , an thats were they like to stay , i have 6 chicks in the nest about to felge , and a mother sitting on egg that should hatch in about 4 days, should i remove the eggs, i think it might take it out of her trying to hatch eggs in this heat she stuggled today and it was only 26 decress,

as for the young babys i hope they will be fine , but if u have any ideas how i can cool down the tin ? would be apreated mate ,

shade cloth will be the cheapest option for now , like you say 10 cm or 15 higher then the cage will be fine , see how that goes , other than making a second roof over the top and having insulation in between .moving perching and nesting areas to lower points will help , but as for current nest of eggs, its your call , I would leave them ,because if it cools down you will kick yourself for removing them....pete

yer u have a point i might just leave them she how she goes and hope it cools down

Is this your new aviary Harvey ? If it is Id be waiting a little while till the sun hits its peak summer position and then start adding shade .
Its only getting to 30 so far after a dismal winter so let them enjoy the sun while they can before it gets too hot .

All my birds are sun baking , even the black dogs are still laying in the full sun most of the day .

Plus you want them to be as used to the heat as the cold , this is Australia mate ...extreme weather .

Then agreed with the shade cloth , lots of bowls for bathing in and wet down the floor of the aviary with misters of even by hand .

In SA even with water restrictions you can mist or spray. Its classed as health and safety for animals.