Shade and sun questions

[EKquail614]

I’m totally new to all of this but have been reading up everything I can. Now I’ve come to a question I’m not finding a clear cut answer on so was hoping for some opinions here.
My plan is to build a raised hutch that has a full wire front, enclosed house part on one side, partial wire back and then wire ends with flaps to adjust ventilation as needed. I plan to also add a raised and slightly slanted corrugated tin roof.
Here’s the question: Is a cage ok in a mostly full sun spot? I plan to put them on my back deck, they will be mostly covered by the roof overhang but not entirely. My back deck gets mostly full sun. If providing adequate ventilation and shade in form of tin roof and roof overhang will this be ok?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Paint the tin roof white to reflect sun and heat (or buy it in white). I have a brooder house made of wood that sits in full sun all day - wire-covered window at one end, screen door at the other end, corrugated rusty tin roof. I haven't yet painted the roof of my brooder white yet, but plan to. It is currently unoccupied. It gets hot enough under that roof to bake brownies. For a while I put an oscillating fan inside, near the window and angled upwards, to force hot air out through the roof vents. It works, and I have put a broody hen with eggs/chicks in there during 90-deg + days (they were fine), but it could be better.

 

[vall]

Really depends on your climate but I would add shade cloth if it gets over 80 degrees. I had a tarp high over my pens till the vines filled out the trellis to provide natural shade.

 

[007Sean]

If in a hot environment, shade is essential. From your description of the amount of sunshine that will be on the hutch, I would put a tarp, shade cloth above the hutch. Make sure there is good ventilation all around the hutch.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

If it's a singular cage then I would consider doing ventilation all around the top just under your roof. Then using shade cloth over the roof, painting it white will help a bit. Ensure birds always have a LOT of water, they'll chug it when they're hot!

 

[EKquail614]

Paint the tin roof white to reflect sun and heat (or buy it in white). I have a brooder house made of wood that sits in full sun all day - wire-covered window at one end, screen door at the other end, corrugated rusty tin roof. I haven't yet painted the roof of my brooder white yet, but plan to. It is currently unoccupied. It gets hot enough under that roof to bake brownies. For a while I put an oscillating fan inside, near the window and angled upwards, to force hot air out through the roof vents. It works, and I have put a broody hen with eggs/chicks in there during 90-deg + days (they were fine), but it could be better.

Thank you!! I hadn’t thought about painting it white, I will definitely do that!

 

[EKquail614]

Really depends on your climate but I would add shade cloth if it gets over 80 degrees. I had a tarp high over my pens till the vines filled out the trellis to provide natural shade.

I live in Kansas, we have hot summers and cold winters so I’m trying to plan how to have enough ventilation for summer but not too much for winter. I love the idea of plants on a trellis for natural shade!

 

[EKquail614]

If it's a singular cage then I would consider doing ventilation all around the top just under your roof. Then using shade cloth over the roof, painting it white will help a bit. Ensure birds always have a LOT of water, they'll chug it when they're hot!

Thank you! I’m now planning on adding in roof ventilation. I was originally planning on having one waterer but I think I’ll have two just to be safe

 

[EKquail614]

If in a hot environment, shade is essential. From your description of the amount of sunshine that will be on the hutch, I would put a tarp, shade cloth above the hutch. Make sure there is good ventilation all around the hutch.

Thank you! Definitely adding some form of additional shade!