In this video I show you a step by step guide on how with the help of a family member, I built my indoor Finches aviary, including a cost breakdown for all materials we used
What a great job you did, I only need to make a indoor one in my internal kitchen/conservatory so can miss out a few of the steps. It gave me great insight on what to do though, thanks.
Nice video! Keep them coming. I love birds. Never had beautiful finches like those but did have European Goldfinches, canaries, and parakeets! Some day I'll try and get some again and I van use your video for suggestions, thanks for sharing 👍
Very nice, looks beautiful inside and very easy to take care of the birds! The local climate has a huge effect on how you end up building a structure to house birds. I'm guessing this one is in an area with less extremes of temperature than where I live. I have a good size aviary building, with wire mesh to keep vermin out, and well insulated, but it has lots of large windows and a "shed" roof for passive cooling in the summer; hot air can go up and out windows just under the roof peak at the front wall, while cooler air comes in a couple feet above ground level at the back wall. There are deciduous trees shading it in summer. The inside pens have a ceiling of wire mesh flat across; the birds can't get up into the slanted shed roof section. Each aviary compartment also has an outdoor flypen with live trees/bushes and grass. The wire mesh there is dug into the ground 18 to 24 inches. In the winter I close the windows and close off the outdoor access. The peak of the shed roof has a slow paddle fan. In the winter I heat the aviary compartments with brooder lamps and the slow moving paddle fan circulates the warm air back down for a uniform temperature instead of all the warmth being up in the ceiling. Where I live gets very hot and humid in the summer but can get below zero Fahrenheit in winter. If I had a building as small and tightly sealed as this one, it would become far too hot in the summer in my climate. Given the price of electric, I needed to minimize the cost of both heating and cooling as much as possible, especially heat in the winter, or I just wouldn't be able to use the aviary in the winter. I don't use any extra cooling in the summer; the birds seem to like hotter temperatures than I do!
Nice one m8 I’m just geting in to keeping finches bulging a bit 8ft tall buy 4ft wide/deep indoor wood that be ok for all year round for few birds pluse breeding
Depends what birds they are. Some won't do great outside in our climate, & heat/humidity is essential for breeding with lots of different species. So ues, you're better off with an indoor climate controlled area, for shelter too. Again though, depends which birds you keep as you might experience nest raiding, aggression, egg abandoning etc if you have the wrong species & the wrong numbers.
Amazing video, Dave! Learned a lot with your videos. Do you know any Zebra Finches breeders in South East? I want two and It's hard to find down here. Thanks!
Ma786sai Dua beautiful. Bless you. For keeping 10 Gouldians in my flat will a cage 4 ft by 2.5ft deep by 3.5 ft high be fine? Pl do guide me on the best size I will need. Do both males and females call? Cyrus India
Hey Cyrus. Thank you so much for watching. I personally think that would be way too many birds for that size cage. I would say 6 as an absolute maximum. You would need a cage measuring 6ft x 2.5ft to comfortable house 8 birds (10 maximum). Too many birds in a cage the wrong size can be extremely stressful for them, & cause all manner of behavioral issues. Males & females call, but the male sings & the female chirps & tweets. I hope this helps 🙂
@@FinchManDave Ma786SaiDua God bless you truly. So 6 by 2.5 ft cage is best for 8 to 10 max finches. That’s most kind of you. I don’t want any breeding, just to see and enjoy their sight and calls. Will zebra, long tailed and owl/barred finches be fine with Gouldians?
@@cyrussataravalla6731 I have Owl & Gouldians together & both are passive species, they get on perfectly fine. Shaft-tails can be a little pushy, especially during breeding season. Zebras can be aggressive, so I would avoid having them in a mixed flock unless you have a very large enclosure, as they need lots more space than your average finch. I only keep cock birds as I dont breed at the minute, & mine are all fine together
@@FinchManDave ok Dave that’s most helpful truly. How kind of you. I don’t want to breed at all. But some females will come in my lot naturally. Won’t keep any nesting box etc. are u referring to long-tailed Finch being a bit pushy!
