Converting any outdoor structure to a perfect pigeon loft by Elliot Lang
Now there are some great ideas people have for lofts and then their are individuals who are in a class all of their own. Here is a great article from Elliot Lang. I am also including his book if you want to bring your loft and breed pigeons to the next level he is one you need to follow.
Here is his article.
Over the years, every possible location for a pigeon loft has been used. In Belgium and Holland, some of the best fanciers are still regularly installing lofts and keeping pigeons literally in their lofts!
Although this is both convenient and easily accessible from within the house, it really isn’t as sanitary as an outdoor space for your birds. In a lot of places it is actually illegal to keep pigeons inside your house and will result in your local sanitary inspector or public health officer shutting you down.
With very little cost you can convert almost any outdoor structure into a great loft that your pigeons will be happy in. It could be a shed, a grainary or an old barn; anything has potential!
As an example of this, during World War II, the British Army converted a number of double decker buses into huge, portable pigeon lofts that could easy store hundreds of birds. The only real limit is your imagination (so long as it’s in a healthy environment: you don’t want the pigeon loft to make your pigeons ill),
There are pigeon fanciers who only build their lofts above stables with the belief that the strong smell of the manure will help their pigeons find their way home. It could be true, but you can never be certain! All I can think about, in this situation, is that pigeon lofts above stables will have all sorts of horrible vapours seeping up into the air that your pigeons are breathing, which may cause them a great deal of discomfort.
In reality, for most people, the best and cheapest structures for converting will be old sheds, potting sheds or garages.
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