A couple people in the notes are wanting more info on this structure, so here we go! The aviary is 8 feet tall (at its internal peak; the posts rise a bit higher above the roofline) six feet wide, and twelve feet long. I keep two doves in this space, but it was built with the intention that I might eventually add a pigeon loft on to the end if I decided to keep homers or tumblers. As flight spaces go, it's decent sized; I'd have gone bigger (but not taller) if I was keeping something like a parrot. The roof is a right angle, which made all the cuts relatively easy, and is steep enough that mostly stuff shears right off it--it takes really wet snow to actually build up on this thing.
This isn't a greenhouse--it's actually specifically constructed to NOT keep the weather out. The front, back, and center roof sections (as well as the floor) are all open steel hardware cloth, so that sun and air can move through freely. There's enough shelter that the birds can stay out of the rain, but the space stays cool. It's constructed modularly--the roof is a single section; the floor, front, and back walls are all sections, and the windows (which are individual panes in steel frame) are screwed into that construction.
If I was building this to stay in one location permanently (it moves with me) I would have made a brick or concrete foundation for it instead of the mesh floor. If I was going to convert it to a greenhouse, the roof would all be swapped out for corrugated clear plastic paneling, I'd need to add a vent fan, and the front and back walls would need to be filled with windows.
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