Gouldian Finches prepare for winter

My goulds can stay outside during winter, so I need to prepare the aviary with plexiglass.
That will give them enough protection for wind and snow.
The inside bird shed, where they find their food, there is a electric heater where I keep the temperature at 15 degrees.
The young birds will also get used to the cold and will be strong when spring begins.

[@aviariolapinaeta-mundodeav705]

Meravellous!

[@RemcoPetersGouldamadine]

bienvenido gracias

[@leenorris2862]

How ???

[@MrHobolarry]

Your birds look amazing. I'm hoping to get an aviary for Gouldians soon. Do your birds stay in the aviary throughout the winter? Do they have access to a heated birdroom so they can go back and forth between the aviary and birdroom? I'm hoping to use a similar set up for my aviary -protecting the aviary with plexiglass or double glazing and giving access to a heated birdroom here in the south UK.

[@RemcoPetersGouldamadine]

Hello, thanks for your reaction. Yes my birds stay outside during winter, but can go in and out to a aviary inside. I do not heat this but isolatie the shed. I have a small heater there if the temperature drops below 10 degreas inside it will heat a little bit, but not warmer then 10 degreas it will turn off again. The Goulds do not have problems with the cold, but you don’t want them in draft so i use plexiglass. In this film you can see the aviary inside ua-cam.com/video/oLWbiamnaY4/v-deo.html . Also in my latest film you can see I build a water flow in the aviary outside. Good Luck with your aviary,

[@MrHobolarry]

@@RemcoPetersGouldamadine thanks for the reply! Very interesting. I was planning on having my birdroom warmer than 10C so very good to know what they can tolerate - you're birds certainly look healthy so you must be doing something right! Do you know what temps the outside section goes down to in the winter? I'm assuming you are in Holland which I think has slightly worse winters than the southern UK?

[@layers85]

@@MrHobolarry I keep Gouldians (amongst many others) in a bird room in Merseyside. I have a couple of heaters that I only turn on when the temperature is going to drop to 5c or lower. The heaters keep the room around 8-10c. A lot will depend on what temperature the Gouldians you purchase are used to. They don’t do well with sudden temperature fluctuations but if acclimatised properly, they can actually survive freezing temperatures. Not for long periods tho and as already stated never in a draught

[@Diana-rj7zf]

Hi, goede oplossing! hoe heeft u het plexiglas bevestigd aan de voilere? Grtjes

[@RemcoPetersGouldamadine]

Hallo, plexiglas zit met schroeven geklemd in de aluminium profielen van de volière de luchtkanaalplaten heb ik wel in U-profielen zitten en dan bevestigd aan de volière.

[@agabird3]

Hallo Remco zou graag wat kennes op doen over het houden en kweken van goulds kom zelf uit Oss

[@RemcoPetersGouldamadine]

agabird3 hallo dit is mijn e-mail adres [e-mail] dan kunnen we via de mail contact op nemen