Health Discussion

    The subject I wish to cover is my personal routine on maintaining my bird's general health and how this routine works for me. The information listed below is my best attempt to answer some of the questions that people have asked me throughout the years. You may find some of my methods a little unorthodox and different from the mainstream. If some of it works for you then it was worth the effort.

    Simple.  Imagine your family moving in with you and they bring twenty close friends with them. Obviously you had better open a hotel to accommodate everyone. Your primary concern should be, would my new loft design work now, and grow with my future needs. Your concern should not only be for the birds you have today, but the possibility of a change of breed in the future. As you may already know, each breed of pigeon has its own specific needs.

    I studied as many loft designs as possible for over two years. The lofts below belong to me. They are an amalgamation of many visits to lofts all over the country and also many trips on the Internet. They work for me and have been worth the brain-drain.

    The one thing that we have going for us in Texas is the hot weather and sunny days. This translates into clean dry lofts and an excellent breeding season  (January - July). It is therefore not necessary to lock our birds away in an enclosed shed of some type. This standard practice has always caught my attention. I don't care much for the dust, so I can only wonder how the birds feel about it.  Being English we always try to "micro-size" everything  (bigger isn't always better - sorry!). 

    Eliminating extensive cleaning projects has always been one of my primary goals.  Realistically, how can you possibly build a shed that is big enough for the birds to get the correct amount of exercise? It simply is not possible. As they say, our birds are supposed to be "little athletes". Therefore, there's no substitute for unrestricted free-flight as God intended.