"Aviary vs Cages" Which one wins

[@christineketay2130]

Seriously helpful and lots of great insights for making the best decision on direction to go.

[@birdnerd]

Glad they helped

[@sherriwilson2407]

Love your shows. Thank you so much.

[@birdnerd]

Glad you like them! Thank you!

[@BirdAndbeyond]

Nice. Im in process of setting up aviary.

[@raidsh]

Great 👍🏻 job I do same thing in AZ

[@dumbwaiter3644]

For me the major advantage is the ability of the birds to build their strength by flying reasonable distances. I have 2 aviaries with a common birdroom and find the birds to be much stronger than those that spend all their lives in cages. Natural daylight and access to rain showers also seems to help. I do however hang all my nestboxes inside.

[@birdnerd]

I totally agree. Thanks for your input.

[@chrisandsamlivingthedream]

Exerlent vid Chris ..great set up .. cheers Chris & Sam

[@birdnerd]

Thanks 👍

[@paulgailgalura4618]

sweet. I'm about to build my own lovebirds aviary. Thanks!

[@michaelfrazer1807]

Thank You

[@moe5520]

Thank you Chris for the video, it was kind of interesting one. Just wondering have you faced stargazing on birds when you transferring them from such large aviary to smaller cage? Thanks.

[@birdnerd]

No I haven't had any issues with star gazing with the gouldians.

[@TERNAKBURUNGSANTAITBS]

That's a good for breeding. I'll make like that for my bird farm

[@cerealkiller6715]

Can you breed canaries in a aviary? I have 30 canaries and am currently building a indoor aviary for them. It’s 10 ft long by 5 ft wide with 7 ft high ceilings. Do you think this is big enough? For canaries I have a pair fancy gloster and boarders and two pair of mini canaries and black canary and red factors and red agate and 1 Russian male canary and a pair of solid yellows and a pair of white. I also have some rust colored red and a few pink canaries. I have just about a equal number of males to females. I just wanted to know if it’s possible to breed canaries in aviary?

[@birdnerd]

You have a great collection of canaries. You can definitely breed in a colony setting with canaries. Just beware that it can be tricky during the breeding season as males will become aggressive towards each other and will fight.

[@lisadepson8900]

Where did you get your cages?

[@mj6962]

Wow that is amazing!!

[@birdnerd]

Thank you I am in Utah

[@BaccaratBaccaratato]

Thanks for sharing. Do you have floor tray for cleaning? How often do you clean the aviary? Cheers

[@birdnerd]

I have news paper to cover the floors and I change the cages out every saturday.

[@maheshm7898]

Nice bro

[@gmtrumanandrade6145]

And for example if u breed gouldians in a big aviary is it not a risky situation which they might inbreeding??

[@birdnerd]

You definitely have the risk of inbreeding. You will need to make sure that all of your birds are not related or you don't put nest boxes in for them to breed if you have multiple birds that are related in the same cage together. Your best option would be to put them in breeding cages so you can choose your pairs.

[@jean-pierrevanrossem3261]

Hi, don't you experience some difficulties with mixing parakeets and finches in one aviary? I have about 30 finches (gouldians, canaries, and other species) and one pair of budgies. I had to take the budgies away because they destroyed all the finches nests. Do you have some tips for me maybe how to handle this problem? Greetings from Belgium

[@birdnerd]

Great question. Yes parakeets can become very destructive and nosy birds. I would not suggest breeding them with any other birds but their own species. In my large flights I don't usually breed birds together so i'm not too worried about the parakeets disturbing nest. But is you watched my latest video on the parakeets I did end up separating them into their own cage to breed so they wouldn't disturb any of the smaller finches.

[@jean-pierrevanrossem3261]

birdnerd thanks for the response, my problem or ‘issue’ is that i always breed in the aviary. So i guess my only option is to take away the budgies then in a seperadge cage. Furthermore i want to say that i like your videos very much so keep posting new ones please. Grts

[@adityajadhav4072]

Would an aviary of dimensions 11.75 ft x 11 ft x 10 ft tall be enough to permanently house 7 budgies?

[@birdnerd]

Yes that should be fine.

[@birdnerd]

Yes that’s should be fine

[@priscilla4822]

How do you catch your birds

[@adityajadhav4072]

What are the dimensions of the aviary? Also what and how many birds are in there? 🙂

[@birdnerd]

The outside aviary is 12’ by 12’ then there is an inside section that they can fly into as well.

[@adityajadhav4072]

birdnerd Would an aviary of dimensions 11.75 ft x 11 ft x 10 ft tall be enough to permanently house 7 budgies?

[@danielwrekly3921]

Have you eva tried crossbteading ?

[@birdnerd]

No I have tried to stick to breeding the birds with their own species.

[@jimb6978]

How do you heat your aviary in the winter with snow and extreme cold?

[@birdnerd]

I have a heater that is on a thermostat that keeps the bird room at a certain temp

[@thehcorps]

Hi, how do you transfer bird in a breeding cage? Or vice versa? Thanks chris

[@birdnerd]

I will be posting a video shortly on how to transfer and catch birds

[@antisepticfox4260]

@@birdnerd upload it ill need help with that please

[@KaltrinaDemiri]

Where do you live? You have nice mountain views lol

[@birdnerd]

In Utah

[@chopperreadEars]

How long do u have to wait for your hen to lay..5 month female canary..is she ready

[@birdnerd]

I would wait until she is 12 months

[@chopperreadEars]

@@birdnerd tank u v much for your reply..also can a hen sing like a cock canary as my too keep on fighting beaks open and going for it..had to separate them ..are they the same sex..this is 2 weeks now..and just v dominant when it come to perchers feed drink u name it..also when do u separate your male's from hens

[@chopperreadEars]

But only one is singing the other just gives a call ..and that's the one that is v dominant..tnks birdnerd

[@dovecoteaviary3969]

😍😍😍

[@arajveersingh8475]

Aviary size???

[@birdnerd]

That flight was 10 feet wide by 12 feet long by 7 feet tall.

[@weepeeteeee]

Another reason birds will not breed is if there are not enough nest-building materials i.e. straws, hay, etc.

[@birdnerd]

Yes for sure.

[@gmtrumanandrade6145]

How would you know which are already paired? Since u mix em in the aviary? Do u recognize whose their mate?

[@birdnerd]

I will usually watch the birds on a daily basis and will be able to tell which birds are paired up.

[@milad8255]

wow

[@mariadefatima6469]

Sure aviary is much better I also have one and I'm alwAys trying new things

[@mariadefatima6469]

I don't even have any cages I just leave them alone and do what they want I don't care about colors

[@samiarayess5348]

First lol

[@darwin5921]

Why do you Americans destroy the English language. Just say aviary. You don’t need to try and and pronounce the I and A It’s pronounced avry. The same as vehicle 🚗. Why do you lot use the H.

[@spnjaredfan]

Tomato, tomatoe 😂