. American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs. Pigeons. 218 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE of the chute should be at least 6 feet from the floor of the aisle, to permit a tall percon to walk under same. Six feet 2 inches is a better height. To make the bottom removable, nail a small cleat across the under side of the 1x12 bottom, 11/2 inches from each end of same, making this bottom board about 2 inches longer than the aisle is wide, so that an inch will extend into the hole leading to nest room, and another inch extend
. American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs. Pigeons. 218 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE of the chute should be at least 6 feet from the floor of the aisle, to permit a tall percon to walk under same. Six feet 2 inches is a better height. To make the bottom removable, nail a small cleat across the under side of the 1x12 bottom, 11/2 inches from each end of same, making this bottom board about 2 inches longer than the aisle is wide, so that an inch will extend into the hole leading to nest room, and another inch extending into the hole leading to the fly pens. The cleats will prevent the board from slipping or falling down and the board can be taken down, cleaned and put back up easily. There should be two of these exits for each nest room, one leading from each EXIT CHUTES SHOWING REMOVABLE BOTTOM FLOOR OF EXIT CHUTE This floor is made removable for the purpose of cleaning HOW TO BUILD A FLY PEN The best and most practical size for a fly pen is 6 feet and 4 inches high, 12 feet long and as wide as the loft room it is to be used in connection with. Eight feet is the width of loft I advise, but a foot or two wider than that is all right, especially when the house is already built. Any space more than 10 feet for the width of fly pen or nest room is unnecessary and a dis- advantage. Such extra space can be utilized for unmated birds, youngsters, feed bins, grit and nesting material,. 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 Eggleston, Ernest H. Warrenton, Mo. , American Pigeon Journal Co
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