lvlasked Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 na thats more money haha im only racing 10 YB anyways
Guest JonesyBhoy Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 24 x 8 loft.. from left to right is 5 x 8 stock with aviary .. 5 x 8 corn store... then two 7 x 6 old bird sections and a 2' corridor.. space for 6 pair of stock and 15 pair of Natural old birds.. 8 x 8 young bird loft with adjoining 8 x 5 avairy..
Guest mick bowler Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 one sect 8ft then 4ft for hens 4 ft for yb equals 16 ft i was reading it as 3 x 8ft and 2 x 4ft!! Thankyou!
JohnQuinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 16 x 8, O/B racing loft, this year i will race natural. This loft is Open Plan at the moment but i am going to split it into 2 x 8' Sections with approx 16 pairs in each section. Y/B loft is 8 x 8 and will house approx 40 natural Y/B's this season. Big loft is 20 x 6 in 3 sec's, 8' 6' and 6', i have perches in the 8' Sec and nest boxes in both 6' sec's. This loft houses my stock pigeons (12 pairs) and late bred's, usually about 10-14 annually. In recent years i have paired early, then worked a make shift roundabout system for 6 races before pairing up for 2nd half of the season.This year i am going 100% natural, old and young bird racing.
budgie Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 16 x 8, O/B racing loft, this year i will race natural. This loft is Open Plan at the moment but i am going to split it into 2 x 8' Sections with approx 16 pairs in each section. Y/B loft is 8 x 8 and will house approx 40 natural Y/B's this season. Big loft is 20 x 6 in 3 sec's, 8' 6' and 6', i have perches in the 8' Sec and nest boxes in both 6' sec's. This loft houses my stock pigeons (12 pairs) and late bred's, usually about 10-14 annually. In recent years i have paired early, then worked a make shift roundabout system for 6 races before pairing up for 2nd half of the season.This year i am going 100% natural, old and young bird racing.Good Luck to you John keep up the good work of last year.
JohnQuinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Good Luck to you John keep up the good work of last year. Cheers Andy, here's hoping i can push on and make the results a bit more consistent
PATTY BHOY Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I have a small back garden, there’s not enough room for even a small loft in it. What I have is a garage with a ‘tandem garage’ (car port) built on to the end of it by the pervious owners, which extends from the back of the garden to the back of my house (then becomes driveway). Don’t have a car so I adapted these buildings over the years into an 18’x15’ loft and 18’x 8’ aviary. Garage is divided into 5 small sections each roughly 5’ x 5’ running ‘u- shape’ around a central corridor 5’ x 4’. 3 sections contain 20 nest boxes, (20 natural pairs) other 2 sections contain perches enough for 30 YBs, split in first instance, 1st & 2nd round, but as YBs pair up, they are moved over to vacant nest boxes in OB sections, and the loft and aviary go ‘open plan’, with all birds having access to all areas. I prefer Natural system, but my loft layout forces it on me anyways, as all my internal walls are mesh (for sight, light & ventilation) and all the birds are always in view of each other, and they all trap through a single set of open doors into the aviary, then go through a single floor-mounted 2-hole ETS trap which gives access to corridor and all sections in the garage..Would be nice to see your set up,any pics?
Guest youngboy Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 well i have a 18 half foot by 8 loft 4 sections 2 sections for ybs next season 20-25 perches in each im trying dark for 1st time so 50% dark and 50% natural1 section for 12 pair of stock1 section for 8 pairs racers and 4 pair flying out stock have room for loads more loft ha but mmother wont leave me.
frank-123 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 2 9 x 6 lofts with 12 nest boxes in each which was my young bird lofts previously my young birds will now be in a 12x 8 and i have a small stock section 8 nest boxes 2x5 and i will have an aviary added to that quite soon i will fly natural method quite a small set up but its enough work for me
Guest spin cycle Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I have a small back garden, there’s not enough room for even a small loft in it. What I have is a garage with a ‘tandem garage’ (car port) built on to the end of it by the pervious owners, which extends from the back of the garden to the back of my house (then becomes driveway). Don’t have a car so I adapted these buildings over the years into an 18’x15’ loft and 18’x 8’ aviary. Garage is divided into 5 small sections each roughly 5’ x 5’ running ‘u- shape’ around a central corridor 5’ x 4’. 3 sections contain 20 nest boxes, (20 natural pairs) other 2 sections contain perches enough for 30 YBs, split in first instance, 1st & 2nd round, but as YBs pair up, they are moved over to vacant nest boxes in OB sections, and the loft and aviary go ‘open plan’, with all birds having access to all areas. I prefer Natural system, but my loft layout forces it on me anyways, as all my internal walls are mesh (for sight, light & ventilation) and all the birds are always in view of each other, and they all trap through a single set of open doors into the aviary, then go through a single floor-mounted 2-hole ETS trap which gives access to corridor and all sections in the garage.. like 'patty bhoy' i'm intrigued and would love to see some photos
Guest spin cycle Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 i now have a 12x6 single section race loft holding 24 pairs, a 6x4 yb loft with settling cage, 10x5 stock loft with flight. 6x4 store ,8x4 'mess' hut...which originaly was going to be for roundabout hens and an old chick house as a spare section
dal2 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I have a 28x8 ft racin loft with a two foot corridor straight thru(best thing ever)>two sects 6x6 for ybs split into sexes waeslidin door, 18x6 widowhood cocks(homemade), one 4x6 natural end wae 8 boxs for ma waterdoos and one 4x6 widow hens vperch and grilled sloped floors.Across the garden is a 10x6 stock loft wae far toooooo many stock birds in it.
Guest IB Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 No up to date photos, this is what I have found:- 1. old aviary (now 3 times size) showing bath - corridor to left 2. looking to old corridor (centre - before ets) - summer mode, YBs left, OBs right . 3. old corridor after ets - winter mode, corridor closed, hens end (left) open. 4. OB racing ends (2, now 3, cocks in winter) - right off corridor. 5. YB ends (hens in winter) - left off corridor. 6. My 2007 YBs in weaning end. 7. Looking from OB racing end across corridor to YB ends, floor level. 8. Inside double doors old aviary looking out, still only way in / out.
Guest BRYANBROCK Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Have two 20 x 8ft lofts 3 sections in one with 2 sections and store in the other also 5 x3 ft shed where baskets are keptfly natural going to change that this year tho
DJWa Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 No up to date photos, this is what I have found:- 1. old aviary (now 3 times size) showing bath - corridor to left 2. looking to old corridor (centre - before ets) - summer mode, YBs left, OBs right . 3. old corridor after ets - winter mode, corridor closed, hens end (left) open. 4. OB racing ends (2, now 3, cocks in winter) - right off corridor. 5. YB ends (hens in winter) - left off corridor. 6. My 2007 YBs in weaning end. 7. Looking from OB racing end across corridor to YB ends, floor level. 8. Inside double doors old aviary looking out, still only way in / out. like looking into the tardis there ian
Guest spin cycle Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 No up to date photos, this is what I have found:- 1. old aviary (now 3 times size) showing bath - corridor to left 2. looking to old corridor (centre - before ets) - summer mode, YBs left, OBs right . 3. old corridor after ets - winter mode, corridor closed, hens end (left) open. 4. OB racing ends (2, now 3, cocks in winter) - right off corridor. 5. YB ends (hens in winter) - left off corridor. 6. My 2007 YBs in weaning end. 7. Looking from OB racing end across corridor to YB ends, floor level. 8. Inside double doors old aviary looking out, still only way in / out. thanks sounds complicated but i bet it isn't ...sounds like it could be very efficient time/motion wise cleaning/feeding and you're always in dry. how do you come on ventilation wise?? do you have some mechcanical help??
Guest IB Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 thanks sounds complicated but i bet it isn't ...sounds like it could be very efficient time/motion wise cleaning/feeding and you're always in dry. how do you come on ventilation wise?? do you have some mechcanical help?? None of the pics show that the garage has a tiled vee roof, that area is meshed off from just above my head so birds can't access it. I put in a full length ventilated roof ridge and also drilled 1/2 inch holes through the roof on either side of it , there are 8 holes between each set of joists, repeated along full length of roof. Along the top of the back wall, above the nest boxes there are 7 louvre ventilators running the full length. On the front wall, in the YB weaning end, there is 4' x 4' fully meshed veranda, and on either side of that at the top of the wall, there is also a louvre ventilator. The aviary front and end walls are mesh from ceiling to about 2' off floor, and double doors are mesh floor to ceiling. All in all there is a push/pull of air through the place, you can see air movement in the moving down (caught on internal mesh walls) and the swaying cobwebs, hanging from the roof ridge.
Fly_caster Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Have two 20 x 8ft lofts 3 sections in one with 2 sections and store in the other also 5 x3 ft shed where baskets are keptfly natural going to change that this year tho Hiya, Where is the loft as shown in your avatar pic ? Looks real tidy ! Cheers, Steve
yeboah Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Main Racing loft 42foot x 12 foot 2x 8x7-6 yb sections 1x 16x 7-6 cock section 1x 10x10 cock section 10x 6 hen section on front main loft tiled roof 2-6 coridor with four bay window trapping sections on front with storage underneath access from passageway , 3x 12x6 stock lofts and aviarys leaving enough room for the washing line to take a pair o knickers
THE FIFER Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Posted January 11, 2011 Some good reports re lofts etc, keep them coming, cheers
b.massey Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 1 20ft loft 4 sections. 1 24ft loft 4 sections avary on endstock loft 18ft with 3 sections
Guest BRYANBROCK Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Hiya, Where is the loft as shown in your avatar pic ? Looks real tidy ! Cheers, Steve Avatar picture of the europa classic loft holds 3000 birds was there 2 years ago best weekend i ever had
Fly_caster Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Avatar picture of the europa classic loft holds 3000 birds was there 2 years ago best weekend i ever had Nice one Bryan - must be great all of that space eh ? Thanks again, Steve
clockman Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 18x6 old bird loft 3 sections6x5 y/bird loft6x5 stock loft.
lvlasked Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 you all seem to have a big lofts with section apart from me i feel lonly haha
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