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13th October 2008, 02:24 PM
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A little more progress...Hi Gang... Thanks Jay3 & Ivor, we feel very fortunate to live here on the Mountain !!! They refer to this area as the "TAG Country" We are in the very NW corner of Georgia and when the wind is right, able to spit into Alabama and Tennessee...  Tosh & I went to the Chattanooga racing pigeon clubhouse on Friday last and enjoyed seeing Alvin's coop and operation... They have a beautiful place to meet and get the birds ready for their races... Their trailer for transporting the birds on race day is really something... I will get a picture next time we go up... Followed Alvin around while he got his Young Birds ready for Saturdays race... I really learned a lot in the couple of hours we were there... Some minor progress on the loft here... Sealed the V-perches with a coat of water based varathane, and got carried away and decided to stain the nestbox fronts... Another coat on the perches and a couple on the nestbox fronts and I will deem them ready to be "Pooped" on... Hopefully will start closing the loft in later this week... Keep-em-Flying... Dr.E...    
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13th October 2008, 02:50 PM
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looks like an assembly line for lofts. Very nice. Did you build or buy the perches and box fronts? It's going to look terrific! Keep taking photos. I'm enjoying watching the progress. Save this picture of the perches, cause you'll never see 'em looking like this again. LOL.
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15th October 2008, 11:26 AM
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Nest Front's / PerchesJay3...
Perches and nest box fronts were purchased from Foy's... My Lowes is a 60 mile round trip so many times it's less expensive to have the "Big Brown Truck" bring things rather than run the pickup over and back for materials... Time was a factor as well... Next expansion will not be a push to completion so will build my own... Keep-em-Flying... DR.E...
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15th October 2008, 01:28 PM
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Whew! 60 mile round trip? I think I would mail for them too. Let them use the gas.
It's going to look great. You haven't finished this one yet, and already you're talking expansion. You do look ahead, don't you? Most of us figure that out after we've built the first one. But then, you've done this before. LOL.
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16th October 2008, 08:53 PM
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DR. E,
Glad to see your progress.......looks to be a nice start. Alvin had told me that someone down there was getting started. He got me started a little over a year ago. Great guy. Good luck and let me know when you are ready for some birds. I have a few too many  Barry
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