For those days when is extremely hot. There are removable plywood panels to allow air flow in the outdoor aviary. The inner doors removable plywood panel is placed under the clear section of roof to prevent the hot suns rays entering inside and overheating the interior. On these hot days the internal temperature is normally only about 1 degree hotter inside than the external temperature is.
Colony Breeding Room
The colony bird room is approximately 6 x 6 feet with 4 main perches, feeding and water stations. The colony breeding room is entered via a 3/4 height door via the selective breeding room. This door has a latch which is locked from the selective breeding room. It is possible to hang about 6 breeding boxes off the 3 walls. This is the maximum number of nest boxes recommended in a room of this size. 
The birds are free to leave and enter the colony room via the bird door. The door is operated from inside the selective cage breeding section of the aviary by pushing or pulling the orange piece of plastic connected to a rectangular piece of sheet metal in between two plywood runners. with the door closed it stops the gouldians from entering the open flight section. When it is approaching dusk the birds will return back into their room to roost for the night till the morning.
It is very important to construct your aviary wall linings with wood as the gouldian finch will roost right up against a wall at night. If it is a very cold night the bird will loose allot of body heat if the wall is made of metal such as corrugated iron or colorbond. My aviary walls are all filled with insulation batts and lined with sisalation the finished with an inner lining of plywood. This provides my birds with a surface which will not draw their body heat away from them over night. You can easily loose a gouldian to a cold night with metal walls if they are not lined with wood.
Selective Breeding Room
The selective breeding room has 12 separate holding or dividable breeding cages. Selective breeding gouldian finches is my prefered method for breeding gouldians. The room also has a sink with 2 cupboards underneath, central door locking, an alarm system, a solar panel to recharge 4 x 18amphr batteries,internal low voltage down lights, internal and external temperature gauge. The extreme temperatures that my aviary are exposed to are as follows: summer-46degrees Celsius(115 Fahrenheit) winter 1degrees Celsius( 34 Fahrenheit). |