The Bird Room
Some video of my fids hanging out in the bird room. I was happy to see the Nanday starting to play and forage. We adopted her (and 6 others in the video) from The Gabriel Foundation, and for the first 6 months, all she seemed to do was just sit on her perch. Now she explores, plays, and tears things up! Stinker (Gold Capped) is still demonstrating perseverative-type behaviors (rocking, yelling), but with time this will change. Our concept for the bird room is that it really functions as one big cage, where everyone is free to come and go from their cages where they have food, water, more toys, and hiding places for naps. For safety issues, some may have restricted access to the larger bird room when we are not home to supervise. Both the Cherry Head and one of the Gold Capped conures are physically handicapped, but they do just fine. Everyone’s vocal chords are intact! Life with Aratingas! 
Wow! Very cool that another bird started to talk back to them when watching the video. The thought of that really made me smile
Birds are such social beings…though it may sound like empty ‘noise’ to us, to other parrots it is like hearing their own language being spoken or something! When you make your bird room, my only advice would be to ensure you have an easy-clean floor surface, and that you put in full-spectrum light bulbs in the ceiling light fixture. Thanks for your comment! 
I’ve learnt alot of bird language. Animal behaviour really fascinates me. Thanks for your suggestions. I have hard wood floor now, and the poop that comes from one lorikeet is astounding! Is there anyway you could teach your to go in the cage? That’s what I will do with my birds… it’s too hard with a lorikeet cause they go every 10 minutes, although she knows what “go potty” means! I’d have an outside aviary for warm days so they could get some sun. I can’t wait!
One of these days…. I would LOVE to have the nerve to start training that they go only in certain places… like they could have pooping stations that they could fly to and land whenever they needed to do that… Great Idea! Thanks!
hehe good luck with that!… I have tried and failed, but lorikeets seems poop ALL THE TIME. Every 5-10 minutes, since it is liquid. I still try though… No chance if you don’t try eh? Earlier the better too.
Awsome bird room
Thank you! Of course, there’s always more stuff add and replenish so that it doesn’t get boring. Clean up can be a real chore, but I’m happy that there’s a place for them to hang out, explore, and be safe!
Do you ever have any issues with the different sizes of birds hurting eachother? We have a Nanday and Caique which are similar size birds and they fight a little but there’s no real danger. We’re interested in a larger bird like an amazon but are concerned with them hurting the smaller birds. Great video!
We recently acquired an Amazon-an incredibly gentle soul. Two conures will tag team against another conure. The Hahns is domineering with everyone including the Amazon (except the Cherry Head). The most fearless are our 2 Pacific Parrotlets, as they will “dive bomb” as a team against a larger bird! For safety they stay in another room & free fly when no one else is around. Ultimately, it depends on the individual bird’s personality, how they’ve been socialized, & their personal preferences
i bet those birds and cages costed u a furtune
The cages and toys were an initial expense, but more than anything- deciding to create a room like this was based on what I felt would be the highest level of responsible ownership and commitment. With the exception of one, all these guys were adopted through the Gabriel Foundation- a parrot welfare org. These guys have an avg. lifespan of 30+ yrs. They’ve been in other homes before mine, with various levels of care. They deserve the best that I can give them- a quality diet, space & love!
O the room is so cool would love a room like that for my 3 conures
That at :48 isnt that an endangered species called a Tukamon or something
So how do you stop them from destroying the walls? My bird ignores the toys and immediately goes after anything she shouldn’t!
What you see in the video: 1 Hahns Macaw, 1Cherry Headed Conure, 1 Nanday Conure, 1 Blue Crowned Conure, 2 Gold Cap Conures (Petey- the one crawling on his belly died 9 mo. ago at 35+ yrs. He was handicapped and was here to live out his last days). Penelope (the one in the cage by herself) is a Black-Capped Pyrhurra Conure (also known as Rock Conure). She ended up returning to The Gabriel Foundation & was adopted by another family, as this environment was too noisey for her.
Wow… there are so many questions I would want to ask you first before attempting a reply. Email me if you want and we can try to figure it out. Thanks!
Very nice do you let them be out all the time in the room or just when you are with them?
The bird room was designed so my birds can fly, forage, and explore freely during the day. They are also allowed to fly about the house- but only with supervision, when I am present. Thanks for your interest!
Damn, i thought i was the only one with so many aritingas, five alltogether, and thirteen in the flock, they all mingle amungst them selves in my computer room, i can imagine how loud your room is
best video damm good i love you ……….me and my bird jealous
Great Room, I’m redoing my bird room and this gave me some great new ideas. Mos tof my guys where adopties too and are older birds. Thanks for shareing pic’s of this.
Wow! Good for you for being such a cool bird owner! The look of contentment on all their faces is brilliant! Good job!!
wow this is probobly alot of fun for you….i hate to ask but i would like to know what kinds of birds u have..like a list..i love your birds…i like the spiderweb like thing in the corner..i bet ur very busy…i hope you have fun with all of those birds.. there alot of fun
they live better than i do
dats what i call spoiled birds!
Wow. That’s great. You must really love your parrots.