Lloyd90 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Anyone here ever kept homing pigeons? Want to get a few keep them at my mates farm, need some plans to knock up a small coop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumber Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Are you wanting to race them or keep fancy birds like tumblers or fan tails? We used a 6x4 shed for youngsters and strags (strays). Mesh door inside the main outer door. Side window became the trap to a outside aviary built on to the side of the shed extended higher than the roof. Simple perches. Not kept birds for nearly 30 years but my brother has a few, mainly for pets now. Word of warning, which ever you get they'll attract feral pigeons and being on a farm will be a PITA. RPRA will give you more information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) No idea. But out of curiosity I googled around. 'West of England South Road Combine' has a list of racing pigeon club contacts in the SW. Two are in Bristol. You could always give them a call as a starting point. Edited May 15, 2020 by Bobba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) I was shocked when my mate told me how much the feed cost for his lofts ! and his wife would be more shocked if he told her .LOL Edited May 15, 2020 by derbyduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 38 minutes ago, clumber said: Are you wanting to race them or keep fancy birds like tumblers or fan tails? We used a 6x4 shed for youngsters and strags (strays). Mesh door inside the main outer door. Side window became the trap to a outside aviary built on to the side of the shed extended higher than the roof. Simple perches. Not kept birds for nearly 30 years but my brother has a few, mainly for pets now. Word of warning, which ever you get they'll attract feral pigeons and being on a farm will be a PITA. RPRA will give you more information Just for steadying work with the dog mate ... won’t let dog touch any... will he used to throw one past him whilst hunting and fire a starter pistol type of training 👍🏻 33 minutes ago, Bobba said: No idea. But out of curiosity I googled around. 'West of England South Road Combine' has a list of racing pigeon club contacts in the SW. Two are in Bristol. You could always give them a call as a starting point. Thanks mate where was that? These search engines can be sensitive to what your searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: Thanks mate where was that? These search engines can be sensitive to what your searching. 'West of England South Road Combine' is the website I ended up on when googling HTH Edited May 15, 2020 by Bobba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumber Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 I get it! Personally I did steadying with hens, similar to the link. https://youtu.be/edF9NGurOz0 When it came to the flush/drop training I did it while walking the boundaries. Not ideal but made do. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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