. Pigeons and all about them. Pigeons. 20 PiriEiiNS Axn All About Them. NEST BOXES. I am altogether opposed to fixed nest boxes. They are not easih' cleaned, and are propagators of vermin and disease. In a fixed range of nest boxes if infec- tious disease of any kind makes its appearance the whole range is infected, and must be pulled down and destroyed. Further, fixed boxes, especially when some height from the floor, have other serious dis- advantages. Hens, when about to lay, are often unable. Open Nest Box, with Upper and Lower Compartments. Open Nest Box with Division on Floor Level. to r
. Pigeons and all about them. Pigeons. 20 PiriEiiNS Axn All About Them. NEST BOXES. I am altogether opposed to fixed nest boxes. They are not easih' cleaned, and are propagators of vermin and disease. In a fixed range of nest boxes if infec- tious disease of any kind makes its appearance the whole range is infected, and must be pulled down and destroyed. Further, fixed boxes, especially when some height from the floor, have other serious dis- advantages. Hens, when about to lay, are often unable. Open Nest Box, with Upper and Lower Compartments. Open Nest Box with Division on Floor Level. to reach their box and lay on the floor, or they injure themselves in their attempts to reach the box. Again, if a youngster falls out of such a box the jar when he reaches the ground oft knocks the life out of his body, or else breaks a limb. Portable nest boxes are, I am firmly convinced, much the best to use. Each pair may have a double box about two feet six long and sixteen inches deep, or two single boxes of smaller size. These comprise all the internal fittings needful in a Pigeon loft. Xest boxes should only be there in the breeding season; removed at the end of that season, thoroughly cleansed, allowed to remain exposed to the weather for a few weeks, then scrubbed, dried, and put away till the following spring, or else broken up for firewood. If specially made boxes are preferred, then I advise that they be well painted inside and out. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original House, Charles Arthur. Bradford, Eng. , Pigeons and Pigeon World
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