I've done it the cheap and easy way...
I use a clip on lamp from Lowe's....10 bucks...and I buy the featherbrite bulbs uva/uvb...Total cost is about 30 bucks a cage ( for the little guys..lovebirds and budgies)
I don't use it EVERYDAY....I forget...but have I noticed a difference? I do believe so....definitely you'll notice that their plummage is more vibrant...almost iridescent...
You can buy the fancy lights and put them over the cage...they'll run you quite a bit more and for me, with 4 cages, that wasn't going to happen.
I don't know about an automatic mister...I just grab a water bottle and spray away. That is certainly something I can do a few times a week for free.
