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Our breeders are all housed outdoors year round in large walk-in
flights. Our Aviaries are based on Dr. Lee Simmons Ultimate Habitat (see
link for instructions). We took his great ideas and modified them to work
with a walk-in Aviary. Each flight is protected from insects by mosquito
screen, which is in turn protected by hardware cloth. There are no
mosquitoes, flies, bees or wasps in our aviaries. This helps keep our
birds free from sickness and disease.
There are safety aisle ways for feeding stations and nest boxes.
These areas are also double protected with screen and hardware cloth. Our
flights are partially covered by a roof with a section out in the middle
like a large sunroof. This allows both sunshine and rain to enter the
flights. Should the birds wish to get into the shade or out of the rain
the roof is always there. The open section is also covered by screen and
hardware cloth. Each flight has a bath bowl in addition to overhead
sprinklers. During the winter months a double layer of heavy plastic is
put up to keep the cold Texas winds off.
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