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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 18, 2013 5:53:18 GMT
It's good to know something new about budgie keeping in UK Wonder what barrieshutt would say about it.
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Post by darrenc271 on Dec 18, 2013 17:39:23 GMT
Av got a 4 ft tube heater and a 2 ft tube heater just put them on at nite keeps the temp to about 14 don't let my birds out in the winter months either
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Post by Learner on Dec 18, 2013 18:04:35 GMT
Mine have had the choice about going out or staying in during the day on all apart from one really rotten windy day this year. So far 6 have chosen the fresh air and 3 have mostly wanted to stay in. None stay out all day long but they seem to like the rain or at least the splashes of it that can reach them. A dash of sunshine, when we have it, does them the world of good.
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Post by darrenc271 on Dec 18, 2013 18:33:26 GMT
Yeah it is good to let them out mine love the rain to and there bath
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
bluetone1008
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 18, 2013 18:42:54 GMT
in the end i used this reflective bubble wrap insulation in the avairy. seems to work well. i have no power in the shed so i cant use a heater. had no problems last year. have to see how i go this year.
nice to see the thread i started over a year ago making a comeback!!!
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Post by Learner on Dec 22, 2013 17:18:10 GMT
in the end i used this reflective bubble wrap insulation in the avairy. seems to work well. i have no power in the shed so i cant use a heater. had no problems last year. have to see how i go this year. nice to see the thread i started over a year ago making a comeback!!! That silvery, metalised bubble-sheet looked pretty good but it was fairly expensive. I guess the advantage of it would be that it could be removed relatively easily if you needed to investigae behind it. Did you staple it in place? I'm not so sure my huge sheets of plywood and glued-in-place polystyrene blocks will be so easy to oik out if ever I need to see behind them. The clear bubble-wrap double 'glazing', on the other hand, should be easy when the time comes.
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
bluetone1008
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 23, 2013 19:32:38 GMT
yeah i stapled it in place and then put wire mesh in front of it. ideally would like something more permanant but didnt really think it through when i built the whole thing. i'll know for next time! cant remember how much it cost but i dont remember it being particularly expensive, i got it off of ebay - thats where i get everything!
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Post by Learner on Dec 24, 2013 0:35:50 GMT
I think thermal insulation is a good idea. I'm hoping it will help keep my birdroom shed a bit cooler in the height of summer as well as the other way round in winter.
Wet is my present problem at the moment (and I knew it would be) although my son seemed to disagree with me at the time the aviary was constructed.
The rain runs down the windward side of the shed, hits the damp-proof plastic strip then seeps inward between the shed floor and the walls. The result: an ever widening damp patch all around the edge of floor inside.
It's not a flood just a damp stain on the damp resistant flooring. My concern is too much of it will result in a soggy floor and rot.
When we get a couple of days without rain I'll be out there with a mastic gun!
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Post by Hezz on Dec 24, 2013 9:59:55 GMT
Well, then, Learner, be gentle when the time comes to say "I told you so!" What a shame, after everything else the pair of you got right!
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Post by Learner on Dec 24, 2013 20:26:58 GMT
Well, then, Learner, be gentle when the time comes to say "I told you so!" What a shame, after everything else the pair of you got right! I was. ... and diplomatic. The wet strip is nothing serious and will be remedied just as soon as the sun shines for a day or two. I have the gun and mastic ready.
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Jan 1, 2015 19:41:45 GMT
spangle
Brand New Budgie
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Post by spangle on Jan 1, 2015 20:56:00 GMT
I live in Vancouver BC and am now into my third winter with a outdoor aviary (8' x 8' x 3' wide), currently with about 20 budgies.
Before I build the aviary I did an internet search to determine if the birds could manage our winters where it is rainy (average winter temperature is about 5 degrees C) and periodically drops to minus 10 degrees C, rarely to minus 20 degrees C. The only "local" reference that I found was a mention of someone else in Vancouver with an outdoor aviary but with full time access to an unheated(?)garage. Based upon that small amount of "knowledge", I built my aviary with a full roof cover (rain protection), in a sheltered location with a 3" diameter access to a smaller indoor cage in a room heated to 5 degrees C. I was a quite prepared to raise the indoor temperature after observing the indoor / outdoor preference of the birds, but have not done so. I see no preference summer / winter for the use of the indoor space. A few (maximum of 3) birds are just as likely to go indoors in the summer at > 25 degrees C, as in the winter at any temperature.
After two full winters, when the temperature has reached a low of minus 8 degrees C, I have observed that a few birds do go indoor. Although I have an old tree in the aviary with many perch locations, the birds are just as likely to land on the cold aluminum frame (the aviary started life at a lean-to greenhouse)during the day, rooting on the branches at night.
Although I am a small hobby breeder (2 - 6 clutches / year) I never colony breed since I have a mixed flock and I have a preference for spangles and pieds. Breeding is only ever done in breeding cages indoors at a nominal room temperature of 20 degrees C.
Although I have no mechanism to "talk" to my birds, I don't observe any behavior to suggest that they are being compromised by the conditions that I have provided for them. I have noted that in the UK, some (many ?)owners maintain year round outdoor aviaries with accessible heated indoor space, but I have never actually seen anybody mention temperature.
Summer / winter they get thawed kernel corn and greens (dandelions / parsley) every day. I have read that the birds need to acclimated to an outdoor aviary, so I move birds into it only during the summer.
Happy New Year
spangle
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