Questions about outdoor aviary?

ItsAmandaYall

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Feb 13, 2012
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Houston, TX
My question is can I keep birds outdoors year round in an aviary? I live in Houston, TX and have taken the following temps from weather.com. When it gets hot out I was thinking of multiple bird baths/mister, switching water 2x day + ice, and shade for half of the aviary. Another idea I had was building a storage shed with windows and building cages inside for better protection. Oh also, another idea would be to have a storage shed for indoor and they can fly out the window/door to the outdoor aviary. And for the cold I would cover their cage, tents/cozie corner, seal the windows. Would either of these ideas work? Thank you.
Jan 63/45
Feb 66/49
Mar 72/54
Apr 79/61
May 85/69
June 90/74
July 92/76
Aug 93/76
Sept 88/72
Oct 81/63
Nov 72/54
Dec 65/47
 
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Mare Miller

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May 14, 2011
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sierra foothills of central California
Parrots
13yr. old male umbrella cockatoo,
we call him Amigo!

7yr. old Goffin cockatoo, she IS Sassy!!
Those temps are fine not going to be an issue with your birds. The cooling mist in the summer, is awesome. My experience comes only from my free flying cockatoo who thrives in temps from 29-110 degrees Fahrenheit.
 

aliray

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Jan 28, 2012
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Rotonda West , Fla
Parrots
yellow sided green cheek conure,Chiquita Quaker parrot Sweetie Pie, African red bellied parrot Tiki, spanish timbrado canary Lucas
I think the difference might be that Amigo can fly wherever up to the tree tops and cool off in the leaves. fly into shade or wherever he is most comfortable while an aviary would have limited space and freedom unless it is one huge aviary that covers 25 acers :D. I do not put mine outside on the back lani in the summer even though it is on the north side, roofed over, screened in with no seeum screening to keep the bugs out, because I live in Fla it can get quite warm . They live in air conditioning like we do but as soon as it cools off hear they wiil be spending parts of the day out there.:D
 

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