does anmyone have a garden dovecote like the ones on the posts

psychopomp said:

once a month? losing a bird like that is normal? I dont have free flying birds....so i dont have a clue about that...

i dont think I could handle it!!

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Fbirdie82 said:

I both agree and disagree with aspects of garden dovecotes. I do believe that the strongest SHOULD survive, and that I would rather let nature do the culling. In the long run this is best for everyone (good for fancier because less expenses, good for pigeons because less death). HOWEVER, I care greatly about ALL of my birds. I cry every time I lose one. I even feel sad when I lose an egg.

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james fillbrook said:

no but when you have got say a flock of 30-40 it does not even make a diffence i know some one that was losing 1 a day due to sarrow hawks

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Becca199212 said:

I have 2 dovecotes, one on a post and one on the wall- a wall-cote. The birds used to live in them but we now have loft which they all live in. When they were in the dovecotes- we had about 8 birds between 2 dovecotes in a small garden, we didn't loose one bird in the two years they spent living in the dovecote.

There's definitely a low risk of death from predators where I live, I caught a cat on the landing board with two pigeons standing right in-front of it once- not sure what was going on there, the dog and the hose sorted the cat out though, we never saw that one again.

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