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Spent yesterday with my son building this double kit box for our rollers.
Thank you for your response, I appreciate it. So what are the hinged doors covered with, if I may ask?Hardware cloth just on the floor, and there is a door covering each trap.
It keeps them calm, and keeps them from wanting to breed all the time, they will get plenty of exercise, with daily flights and a well controlled diet.
I hear you Treesa.........me either.I just can't get used to seeing such small living quarters (having homers myself) but I guess they are outside and flying alot too.
Are you using hardware cloth on the openings and putting a door over the traps?
I was wondering why they were kept in small quarters, now I know...do they live in there their whole life? if you wanted to breed I guess they would have to be in a breeding loft then. I wonder how long it takes for their eyes to adjust to the light when they are let out.Hardware cloth just on the floor, and there is a door covering each trap.
It keeps them calm, and keeps them from wanting to breed all the time, they will get plenty of exercise, with daily flights and a well controlled diet.
I agree 100% I have a question, how do the birds in the kit box learn to trap when there is no aviary?Aloha LittleJohn,
You don't have to justify to anyone why you house your birds the way you do. As long as they are dry and have ample ventilation there should be no problem. I feel it's a lot more humane than racers who send out their birds several hundred miles and have them get lost and STARVE to DEATH.
I raised approximately 80 young last year and didn't lose one. How many racers can say the same.![]()
I am not quite sure what the concern is for square footage of a kit box, not all pigeons are homers, nor do they all need 200 square feet per bird of roaming room, it almost sounds as if it is "such a bad thing" to keep 10 birds or however many in such "small" confines...but whatever. It is a different hobby than having homers, for sure.
Aloha LittleJohn,
You don't have to justify to anyone why you house your birds the way you do. As long as they are dry and have ample ventilation there should be no problem. I feel it's a lot more humane than racers who send out their birds several hundred miles and have them get lost and STARVE to DEATH.
I raised approximately 80 young last year and didn't lose one. How many racers can say the same.![]()
I agree 100%
I totally agree. There are times when people say things with a keyboard that are often misinterpreted, and it happens.If we start putting those that don't "do what we do" down because of what they DO do, we're opening up a can of worms that we don't want to open.
Thanks LittleJohn..........I think this makes PT history.......the shortest "argument" ever........LOL..I totally agree. There are times when people say things with a keyboard that are often misinterpreted, and it happens.
My point is only this, and no more...I take very good care of my birds.
A kit box is a tool, which allows roller enthusiasts to be able to train their birds to fly together, eat together, and be a team. When they are a team, then they perform together, and it is an incredible sight to watch.
There are people out there who raise pigeons for food, and I dont fault them for that, people who raise them to race...and hey if that's their thing...then it's all good. Some raise them just for show....just to look at, and that's fine too.
The thing to remember is that we all have a common interest, even though we go about it differently....so look around and see how others are working with their birds, and there may just be a few things that can be learned from it. No reason for arguing about anything...no reason at all.