. California poultry culture. Poultry. CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. 167 the height of the fence. Bring out a partition three or four feet on each side of the eight foot space just to make it more private. Nail heavy cleats on the partition boards and place a shelf every twelve inches. On this shelf place your little nest boxes, a box for every pigeon, with one landing board to the two boxes. A male bird will try to take up a whole section so make two of the nest boxes rather private by having the landing board between and he will be content to have only two of them. I do not con- sider nappies
. California poultry culture. Poultry. CALIFORNIA POULTRY CULTURE. 167 the height of the fence. Bring out a partition three or four feet on each side of the eight foot space just to make it more private. Nail heavy cleats on the partition boards and place a shelf every twelve inches. On this shelf place your little nest boxes, a box for every pigeon, with one landing board to the two boxes. A male bird will try to take up a whole section so make two of the nest boxes rather private by having the landing board between and he will be content to have only two of them. I do not con- sider nappies a necessity, but they certainly do look rather pretty. A foot from the top of the fence build a sixteen foot roof of lum- ber covered with roofing paper. At the very top stretch a wire covering for the entire top, making the pen 30 to 60 feet in length; wire in the sides also, with a gate at the far end. The covered roof is always a favorite place with the pigeons for sunning them- selves and in the flight a number of perches should be placed. This makes a fine pen for twenty-five pairs of Squab Breeding Homer. Blue Barred Squab Homer. Pigeon grit should always be before them, and hard salt, A ver}^ good way to feed salt is to get it in ten-pound bags, pour sufficient water over it to wet it thoroughly and put it in the oven and bake hard. It will be hard but softer than the salt purchased for the purpose at the feed store. Pigeons to do their best must have an abundance of pure water, both for bathing and drinking. Now as to food. Good sound wheat is the staple, I find, with corn, good, dry cracked com, a close second. No poor food is cheap. Canada peas are much relished by the birds, but as they are fattening should be fed sparingly during the breeding season. During the moult, 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 p
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