The national standard squab book . ven a hog pen, can be made a successfulhome for pigeons with a little work. The points to remember are these, first, that the buildmgbe on fairly level, sunny ground; second, that it be raisedfrom the ground so that rats cannot breed under it out of sightand reach; third, that it ought to be fairly tight, so as to keepout rain and excessive cold. Pigeons ought to have sunlightand fresh air, like any other animal, and need protection from the elements. i • j In practice, therefore, most squab houses are found raisedon posts a foot or two feet off the ground; t
The national standard squab book . ven a hog pen, can be made a successfulhome for pigeons with a little work. The points to remember are these, first, that the buildmgbe on fairly level, sunny ground; second, that it be raisedfrom the ground so that rats cannot breed under it out of sightand reach; third, that it ought to be fairly tight, so as to keepout rain and excessive cold. Pigeons ought to have sunlightand fresh air, like any other animal, and need protection from the elements. i • j In practice, therefore, most squab houses are found raisedon posts a foot or two feet off the ground; they face thesouth (here in New England) because most of our bitterweather comes from the north and east. If you live in aState, territory or foreign country where conditions aredifferent, adapt your squab houses to those conditions. Insome locahties, the fierce weather comes from the south andwest, in which case your squab house should face the north or east. • i. .l j Here in New England we build a tight house to withstand 21. CHEAP BUT PRACTICAL NEST are empty esg crates piled one atop another from floor to roof of squabhouse. Each e?g crate is two feet Ion?, one foot wide and one foot deep. Thepartition in the middle makes two nest boxes, each one foot square. Into each ofthese nest boxes a wood nest bowl is placed. The birds build their nests in thesewood nest bowls. ? ^A^ EASY START 23 the cold winters, but in the South the buildings are more guided by what you see around you in the place where youlive. If the houses used by your friends and neighbors forhens and chickens are tight and warm, make your squabhouse tight and warm. It would be foolish for you, forexample, if you live in Texas, to build a strong, tight, closesquab house, for in that latitude, in a henhouse built tightand close, vermin would swarm and harass the chicks, andthey would harass the squabs just as fast. Some of our customers write from places like Oregon andIdaho, where there
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