Chipper wrote:
Bjornlefevre, have your birds already been outdoors thru the winter ? how cold is it typically where you live? How do you protect birds from the wind?
Yes my birds have always lived in the aviary outside, even through winter.
On average the temperatures are 10,5°C year around. On a monthly basis the average would be for
Januari: 3,3
Februari: 3,7
March: 6,8
April: 9,8
May: 13,6
June: 16,8
July: 18,4
August: 18
September: 14,9
October: 11,1
November: 6,8
December: 3,9
The coldest I have known winter to become is -10°C and that would be extremely cold for us.
My aviary is built alongside my gardenshed, so is protected from that side. On the far fence and half of the opposite from the shed I put up wooden panels (Collstrop). The side that I left open is usually not one the direction of the wind comes from.