Freezing Tempatures

[JimHcctx]

Hello,

I live in south Texas, I have 3 pair of ringnecks in outside aviaries and the temptature for the next three nights is suppose to get down below freezing. In previous years, this has happened, but only for a couple hours and I would find the birds out in the cold taking baths and gernerally ignoring the cold, or huddled inside thier nezt boxes.

For the next three nights however, the temapture is suppose to be below freezing for up to 10 hours, and I am wondering if I should catch them and place them in cages in the garage for a couple days untile this artic blast passes through?

Will they be ok in these tempatures?

thanks

[xx_sheena_xx]

I dont know if they could be outside when its that cold for that long, where i live it doesnt usally get too cold.
I think it would be better to put them in your garage then leaving them out in the cold.

[Recio]

Hi Jim;

IRN can stand temperatures going down till -10°C. In winter they can still bath and they will break the ice looking for water. The risk of freezing temperatures is that the birds can loose some fingers, specially if they hang on the wire for sleeping during the night: the fingers can be lost when they try to fly out the wire in the morning. If your birds are protected from wind, and dispose of enough caloric food (specially sunflower seeds) during cold winter, they can stand low temperatures without any problem.

Hope it helps

Recio