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Title: Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935
Subjects: Poultry Pigeons Cage birds
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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plant be made in each corner. Some people prefer to have singlepigeonholes and to arrange them in double sections by makingeach alternate perpendicular board project several inches beyondthe front edge of the horizontal shelf. When this is done, apair of pigeons in possession of one side of a double sectionwill usually claim the entire section and prevent others fromentering it even when they are themselves using only one side. For indoor perches for pigeons individual perches shapedlike an inverted V are most used. These are attached to the 26o OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS wall, one above another, about 12 or 14 inches apart. Thepigeons rest on the upper edge of the perch, and the slopingsides prevent their plumage from being soiled by birds roostingabove them. In the outdoor flies running boards are placedalong the sides to make exercising and resting places for thebirds, for they usually prefer a shelf of this kind to the ground.Long perches are also placed in the fly when the running boards
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Fig. 211. Running boards in pigeon fly. (Photograph from SpringerBrothers, Bridgeton. New Jersey) do not give room for all the pigeons in the flock. Out of doorsthe birds get along very well on long perches, but in the houseeach wants a separate perch. Feed hoppers like those used forfowls are used in pigeon houses. Drinking vessels for pigeonsshould be of the fountain type, exposing only a small surface ofwater, because if the vessel is open the birds will bathe in it.For the bath any circular vessel with a depth of 4 or 5 inchesand a diameter of 18 inches or over may be used. MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS 261 Ventilation and cleanliness. The ventilation of a pigeonhouse is managed in the same way as that of a poultry house,by adjusting the openings in the front. Most kinds of pigeons arevery rugged and, when fully feathered, can stand a great dealof cold. When a house is open in winter, some of the young,unfledged squabs may be chilled and die from exposure, butbreeders agree that, on the w

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