How many budgies can I comfortably keep in a 7ft longx3ft deep and 7ft high aviary?

Hi Roxio, I have no idea about housing them in aviaries, but since you haven't gotten any responses yet, I will tell you what I know about cages.

 

 

My cages are 5 feet wide by 2 feet deep and 3 feet high. I feel that when I squeeze 18 in there, it is a little crowded. So I would say that 18 to 20 would be quite comfortable in your aviary, since it is slightly bigger all around.

 

 

Height doesn't matter so much as width, because they are all going to want to crowd near the top, whether that's three feet up or seven feet up. The extra height does allow for a little more exercise, though, if they fly down to feed at ground level. Maybe someone else will know whether you could fit more than 20 in there.

 

 

By the way, welcome to the forum!

Thanks for the answer. They do fly to the ground to eat so they get a lot of exercise. I have a perch that is suspended the entire length and one on each end across the depth. I'm thinking maybe couple more perches.they all seem happy but just look a little crowded to me.

I just now noticed that your profile says you have 25. So, if I guessed 20, and you are saying that 25 looks a little crowded, then we are both probably right.

 

 

There is a rule of thumb I have seen around that you need 4" of perch space per bird, minimum. Well, I have seen them with just 4" per bird, and there is no way they could be happy with such a small amount of perch space. I at least double that, and then also add as much extra as I can without blocking their flight paths too much. I actually make sure that I have enough perch space for all the birds on each side of the cage, because I know that when I'm feeding them or doing other stuff, they will all fly to the opposite side away from me. So I figure they need enough spots to land on in each side.

Good idea about enough perch spots on both sides. I'm off to start on that now! Thanks for your thoughts