Aloha from Hawaii 🌺 I’ve tried bare Hawaiian soil which was easy to clean but then when it rains hard, it also gets saturated with the wet soil outside and it takes longer to dry since it’s in a shaded area. I tried hay, but it gets moldy when it’s wet and they could give birds aspergillosis. Straw smells sour when it’s wet. Concrete is too expensive as well as patio blocks. I’m currently using coconut husk chips that costs $12 in the hardware store. And so far it’s been the best. It absorbs water really well and it dries well too. As long as my button quails stir it up when they’re foraging, it doesn’t get moldy and it doesn’t stink. I only have to replace it every 6-8 months rather than the hay and straw every week. Great episode as always! Mahalo🤙🏽
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I enjoy learning from you guys. Getting finches just to watch such beautiful little creatures, but need to be a good Steward to protect them and know what I'm doing thank you so much
In my country you need a permission if you want a fix construction with a concrete fundament in your garden. So the best option for me is pavement on gravel and the aviary cannot be bigger than 8 squaremeters (the number is different from community to community). If the property was mine I would put a big aviary in my garden, where the birds could stay year round. Probably adding a greenhouse to let them enjoy plenty of sunlight during winter.
Hi guys, what if you had an area that you could only do 3 foot wide but you could do 8 to 10 feet long. Would you do a walk-in versus something that might be say 3‘ x 8‘ x 3‘? Which would be best? If it’s only 3 feet that would provide the opportunity for storage underneath, but then to go along with your theme of substrate what would I use that would be sanitary artificial grass? Because like you guys, I’m not a carpenter and there’s no way I could figure out how to make a pull out drawer for cleaning purposes. Lol
If you did the cage with storage underneath. I’d reccomend putting a door at each end with possibly some built in dividers so when you need to catch your birds you can section off parts of your 8 feet to make it easier to catch the birds. For most of my cages I have used old news paper or shredded paper or paper towels and then I just replace them weekly. You could look into the sand option as I know many breeders use sand for their substrate in their larger cages.
Aloha from Hawaii 🌺
I’ve tried bare Hawaiian soil which was easy to clean but then when it rains hard, it also gets saturated with the wet soil outside and it takes longer to dry since it’s in a shaded area.
I tried hay, but it gets moldy when it’s wet and they could give birds aspergillosis.
Straw smells sour when it’s wet.
Concrete is too expensive as well as patio blocks.
I’m currently using coconut husk chips that costs $12 in the hardware store. And so far it’s been the best. It absorbs water really well and it dries well too. As long as my button quails stir it up when they’re foraging, it doesn’t get moldy and it doesn’t stink.
I only have to replace it every 6-8 months rather than the hay and straw every week.
Great episode as always!
Mahalo🤙🏽
Love that! Wish I some of that available in my parts as I would definitely give it a try.
Interesting solution!
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I enjoy learning from you guys. Getting finches just to watch such beautiful little creatures, but need to be a good Steward to protect them and know what I'm doing thank you so much
Thanks for watching! Yes I agree with you.
In my country you need a permission if you want a fix construction with a concrete fundament in your garden. So the best option for me is pavement on gravel and the aviary cannot be bigger than 8 squaremeters (the number is different from community to community). If the property was mine I would put a big aviary in my garden, where the birds could stay year round. Probably adding a greenhouse to let them enjoy plenty of sunlight during winter.
That would be awesome if you could build an aviary where your garden is.
Hi guys, what if you had an area that you could only do 3 foot wide but you could do 8 to 10 feet long. Would you do a walk-in versus something that might be say 3‘ x 8‘ x 3‘? Which would be best? If it’s only 3 feet that would provide the opportunity for storage underneath, but then to go along with your theme of substrate what would I use that would be sanitary artificial grass? Because like you guys, I’m not a carpenter and there’s no way I could figure out how to make a pull out drawer for cleaning purposes. Lol
If you did the cage with storage underneath. I’d reccomend putting a door at each end with possibly some built in dividers so when you need to catch your birds you can section off parts of your 8 feet to make it easier to catch the birds. For most of my cages I have used old news paper or shredded paper or paper towels and then I just replace them weekly. You could look into the sand option as I know many breeders use sand for their substrate in their larger cages.
Thank you so much for the reply!! I love you guys!I should gave mentioned this would be a outdoor avairy… if that mattered.