Can anyone give advice on ways they helped their aviary birds survive the heat. I am just thinking of moving mine to an outdoor aviary, and with the Bureau of Met predicting this as an increasing trend rather than exception I am interested to hear of possible solutions. Ideas that spring to mind are putting one of those little fountains in the aviary for fresh running water, or perhaps insulating the covered section - anyone got experience with this?

 

Chrisg

Put a bird bath in the avairy (bunnings has them for about $10)

Put Shade Cloth over the aviary

Water the roof of the aviary two or three times

Hang wet sheets - If you can get a fan and blow it onto the wet sheet this this increase the effectiveness of it.

Hose the birds down (make sure you don't saturate them as then they just get wet and sticky a light hose every few hours or even three or four times a day will do great

Don't leave veggies in the aviary they go off and the birds can get sick from eating them

WATER WATER WATER make sure there is lots of it, they will attempt to get into the water so that is why a bird bath is a good idea

All AV's advice is great.

You must be careful not to wet the floor of the aviary as this will activate the Coccidiosis parasite which cant cause serious harm, even death.

Ice cubes in a shallow water bath

What I do is.

 

My avairy is already insulated, but I put a shadecloth over the top. I hose the roof every hour or so. Change the water every day and make sure the birds can swim in it, ie bird bath.