New loft

[ohiogsp]

Here is my latest spin off from the red rose loft. Step by step lots of pics.

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[warriec]

Wow, this looks good. I see you only have white pigeons - is there any reason for only whites

[TAWhatley]

Wow! Very nice job on the loft and gorgeous birds! Thank you for sharing with us!

Terry

[LokotaLoft]

thats a great loft you have there ,just want to add one suggestion though.You are gonna have to add a little more of a landing board there for them to come down on before they can find the way into your traps being that its a little small of a space for them to be able to land on but otherwise its awesome

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by LokotaLoft

thats a great loft you have there ,just want to add one suggestion though.You are gonna have to add a little more of a landing board there for them to come down on before they can find the way into your traps being that its a little small of a space for them to be able to land on but otherwise its awesome

Yes, I thought that also AND, Lokotaloft........do you think there needs to be a drop inside the bobs? My bobs are high and the birds walk through and then drop in.
When we built our first loft up in MI, we had a board on the inside of the loft so that the birds could "walk" inside. Then, once the birds got some age on them, we had a cock bird that would pace in front of the traps and wouldn't let anyone else come in, so........we had to remove the board.
Also......I counted 11 birds in one picture and only 10 perches. I assume there are other perches that are not pictured. Rule of thumb is....1 1/2 perches per bird.
The loft looks great though. The landing board outside is easy enough to fix.
The birds look good also. I always get jealous when I see everyones white birds. I WANT some.........
Good job........

[ohiogsp]

I think I am going to put a 2x6 across the front just wanted to get the birds into the new loft so I could start flying them earlier. These birds are going to be for releases eventually. I had a hard time finding enough whites to start this loft but I got them. I have anouther breeding loft and a flight loft the breeder loft is very simular to this one. Here is some pics of my other red rose loft. I love these lofts.

[LokotaLoft]

I agree with you Renee on the traps needing a drop off too, otherwise they have to walk in further to get the bobs off their back and that might freak them out a bit keeping them from going all the way in

[ohiogsp]

I had worried about there not being a drop from the bobs. If it becomes a problem I will have to change it. I hope it is not a problem.

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by LokotaLoft

I agree with you Renee on the traps needing a drop off too, otherwise they have to walk in further to get the bobs off their back and that might freak them out a bit keeping them from going all the way in

They will sometime walk in and then back out. The rods could stick them. They aren't sharp, so I don't think it would hurt them, but like you said, it might freak them out just a bit.......

[ohiogsp]

I have anouther loft that does have a board inside the trap and have not had any problems. I will have to wait and see.

[LokotaLoft]

you could possibly just move the trap up above where its at now, where that board goes thru the middle of the front and that might just work out well .You might also want to think about making a bigger door to rease them out thru and possibly build the trap into that which should be fairly easy

[ohiogsp]

I will be adding boxes as well and they will have a perch on the front of every one. Most the time they sit on the board in the last pic anyway.