. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 12 THE PEACTICAL PIGEOST KEEPER. as shown at d in Fig. 1. A very usual form for these is that in Fig 6, where the top or perch itself is a slip of wood, about an inch and three-quarters wide and six inches long, nailed over the top edges of two pieces of board the same length and about six inches wide, arranged in the form of a triangle. These perches are fixed about twelve inches apart, projecting end out from the side of the loft, which is easily managed by nailing a strip of board to their ends, and fixing that to the wall. The use of the triangle is
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 12 THE PEACTICAL PIGEOST KEEPER. as shown at d in Fig. 1. A very usual form for these is that in Fig 6, where the top or perch itself is a slip of wood, about an inch and three-quarters wide and six inches long, nailed over the top edges of two pieces of board the same length and about six inches wide, arranged in the form of a triangle. These perches are fixed about twelve inches apart, projecting end out from the side of the loft, which is easily managed by nailing a strip of board to their ends, and fixing that to the wall. The use of the triangle is to catch the droppings of the birds, and throw them ofi" Pig. Pemh. from any bird that may be on a perch exactly underneath) on to the floor. As pigeons have scarcely any oil in their plumage, such a precaution is very necessary to save serious damage to it; but this form of perch is most objection- able, the birds being very apt to knock themselves in flying against so many sharp angles, giving rise to many cijfies of wing disease. We mention the plan only because it is so fre- quently employed, as be carefully avoided; an infinitely better one having been devised some years since by Mr. Caridia, of Birmingham, a fancier to whom we have been indebted for many a practical hint respecting the management of our pigeons. These admirable perches are shown in Fig. 7, representing two rows, one over the other. Here a a are strips of board the length available for a row of perches, and 6 J are short lengths of broom-stick or other round poles, either screwed or glued into holes made at the proper intervals, so as to pro- ject about five inches. The right distance is about sixteen inches for long-reaching birds like Carriers, down to twelve inches for smaller breeds. Underneath these are nailed to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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