Mews Examples

Insulated mew with thermostat controlled vent fan with wire protection.

Center support for roof but open wall that will be partitioned with tarps to make two chambers.

Mew front with screen to help prevent west nile.

Hallway to provide a double door entry so that birds that may get out of their chamber do not escape.

Electrical conduit (emt) for window bars.) Caution needs to be taken to look for any seems that over time split and may cut a birds foot when they grab and slide on bars. Wrap with electric tape if this occurs to prevent injury.

Chamber with astroterf for perch padding, padded table for bath pan and to keep birds with sensitive feet from hitting the floor with force.

Adding an Awning can keep birds at the window cooler. The tarp at the top reduces temperature by 5 degrees. Two of these inexpensive tarps drop it 10 degrees (can't get much more of a reduction from just shade.)

If the center of the tarps are propped up, then water won't collect in the center.

Fans can be added to supply a flow of air. The box on the right demonstrates how the fan can be covered from the elements (the box is open on the bottom and plastic was placed around the cardboard box to keep if from deteriorating.)

When living in an apartment, the balcony would work for a mew. Just put up a couple walls of 1 x 2's, some soft flooring I could easily clean and some cardboard visual barrier on the bottom and wa-la - a mew.

All I had was a deck in a condo I was renting. It worked.

Mew on right with doubble door entry (protectes against accedential escape.) Window on front and back.

I think this is 8' X 8' x 7 or 8. ! window in the front and half of the roof is open to the sky. A slightly slanted roof provides some drainage of water. Locks secure the mew.

Mews on the left. Hallway on the right. Middle mew converted to a multi-purpose room.

An open design. Bars on roof an walls. A jump box for shelter from elements. This configuation usually has a perch in the center where the hawk's leash is teathered too. This prevents active birds from flying to the bars and wearing feathers.

This type of shelter can be used to shelter a raptor in an enclosure.

This perch is in a shed that is attached to a dog run. The dog kennels are below the perch. This shed has a window that can be completely blocked off from light. Makes for a safe perch at night. In a.m. the bird can be transfered to a weathering aera.

Here is a facility that can be used for falconry, breeding or a mix