Ideal Breeding Aviary

In my country, the Philippines, most of the breeding aviaries I visited are so secured from any unwanted elements like mice, lizards, cockroaches, mosquitoes and the likes. The whole aviary is equipped with enough lighting; birds are safe from rain showers but still allowing the sunlight to get in through. All windows and doors are covered by mosquito screens, etc.. This kind of setup is so ideal that your birds are always undisturbed, happy with their environment that even dusts and smokes coming from the outside are limited.

Although, I have seen lots of advantages in setting up traditional aviaries like I mentioned above, I only have one complaint, I couldn’t stand the heat inside. The humidity is so much that I couldn’t stay a minute inside. I’m not really sure if that temperature would somehow affect the health of the birds, but according to the owners, their birds seem to be happy and healthy and all are breeding pretty well.

Another thing, you have to make sure that you clean the aviary on a daily basis especially the catch basins. I visited one, somewhere around Metro Manila, the smell inside is so terrible. The owner said they clean the food and water containers on a daily basis but for the catch basin, only once or twice a week. So, if you’re planning to set up traditional aviary, make sure not to skip this part.