Building a Finch aviary - how I built an indoor aviary for my Finches
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- 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
Beautiful job!
@@cristobalpacheco4202 Thank you 😁👍
You thought of everything! A very well done project, that we can all consider for each stage in our builds 👏🏻
Thank you Natalie. Glad you enjoyed watching 😊
That is great you know how to look after finches great job
Cheers Simon 😁
thanks for lots of great ideas.
You're very welcome. Glad you liked it 😁
Amazing videos super informative!!!
Thank you so much 😁
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.
Thank you for the kind words. Glad you liked it 😊
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!
Thanks, Coop 🙂
Yours sounds very well thought out.
Wow, what an amazing thought out aviary..fabulous job...looks beautiful 😍
Thanks Deb 😁
Thank you SOOOOOO much!! I learnt a lottttt more than I expected! Definitely need a mic for your commentary tho haha
You're welcome 🙂
Well done!
Thank you 😁
Amazing .
Thank you 😁
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 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words. And you're very welcome 😁
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.
@@FinchManDave be gold finch cocks and canary’s hens be indoor abery 8ft tall 5wide/deep
I want to do something like this when and if I have my own house
I absolutely loved seeing it all come together. So worthit 🙂
@@FinchManDave which is why I’m sacrificing the wardrobe of my house (if I do move out) to build an indoor aviary
@@GeckoTech_Engineer Good luck with your project. Let me know how it goes, if you do it 🙂
@@FinchManDave wardrobes are a want, aviaries are a need
Very nice
Thank you 🙂
Nice birds
Thank you 😁
Wow ❤
😁😁😁
Mate where did you get your m and m lighting kit???
I ordered them on Amazon US. You'll need to change the adapters though as they're US plugs
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!
Thank you, Fernando. Glad you're getting something from my videos 😁
I don't know of any but will keep my ear to the ground for you & let you know 👍🏼😁
Any up coming video on medications for sick birds..also on supplements used. 👍
Hey Dujoun. None planned on medications as such.
I do however have plans to do review videos of supplements in the not too distant future 🙂
Are they pure wild type guildian finches? Thanks.
The two feeding from me in the intro?
@@FinchManDave yes. 🙂
@@parrot340 yes, both are. RH & BH 🙂
@@FinchManDave fantastic. You planing on breeding them? 🙂
@@parrot340 no plans to. I only keep cock birds now
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!
@@cyrussataravalla6731 you're welcome, Cyrus 🙂
Yes, shaft tails can be pushy. Not all of them, but it isn't unusual.