dndrollers
5 posts
Jan 08, 2008
7:10 AM
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Can I see pics of your individual cages. I need ideas. Thanks
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Electric-man
1029 posts
Jan 08, 2008
7:45 AM
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If all goes well, I am going to be getting a set of Tony's "crown breeding cages" this spring! I think they will work great for me! Should be easy to keep clean and maintain also!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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DeepSpinLofts
223 posts
Jan 08, 2008
10:27 AM
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What a coincidence.... I plan on purchasing an 8 Unit Crown Breeding Pen in spring also.
Those crown breeding pens sound like a wonderful idea. I've discussed the benefits of utilizing these particular breeding pens with Tony recently and I'm sold on them as a great addition to my breeding program.
Just have to assemble it out of the box once the UPS or FEDEX deliverer brings it to your home.
Yep... good idea for breeding!
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
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bman
530 posts
Jan 08, 2008
10:43 AM
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I have them (crown) and love them. Although I split them and set up on 30" legs. Didn' like getting into the lower cages.
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Snake Doctor
135 posts
Jan 08, 2008
12:14 PM
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Sandy Claws gave me a set of Crown Cages from Tony as well, they just could not come down the chimney!
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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quickspin
245 posts
Jan 08, 2008
12:19 PM
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ptlofts
28 posts
Jan 08, 2008
12:33 PM
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Some of my breeding pens.
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kcfirl
246 posts
Jan 08, 2008
1:23 PM
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I breed primarily in an open loft. I'd like individual breeding pens some time but I recommend that they be at least 3 feet tall so the birds have to fly up and down between feed, water. and nest box. This will help the birds defecate more regularly andimprove fertility as well as longevity.
Ken firl
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rollerpigeon1963
216 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:00 PM
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Here is some of my individual cages. Each cage is 2'wide x 18" high 24" deep. Have 17 individual breeding cages and I use a open loft for my fosters.
Thanks Brian
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
919 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:06 PM
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Vey nice cuzzzzzzzzzzz
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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washington86
124 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:24 PM
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FANTASTIC cages..love to build something like that someday. too bad i got a small yard, that can't really fit something like that. somehow, my breeders seems to successful in an open loft then individual cage. Never before that my breeder did good in indiviual cage. But very NICE cage.
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kopetsa
67 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:25 PM
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how long to the birds usually have to stay in these cages?
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Snake Doctor
138 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:29 PM
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Nice set up 63!
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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rollerpigeon1963
217 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:43 PM
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Thanks Rudy, and Washington86,
Washington these are our rabbit cages I converted over to pigeon breeding cages. All I did was take the center dividers out so each cage is as wide as the entire cage. Being 18" tall and 24" deep is plenty of room for a pair of birds. Each cage has its own water fountain, feeder {Automatic} and a grit bowl. As well as two nest bowls. Outside of the cages are card holder to keep notes on the pairs and the fosters. The front double door stays open most of the time except for rain and bad weather. You can see a exhaust fan in the top off centered of this photo. The kitbox doors are on the side so I can feed and water from inside of the loft.
Kopetsa my breeding season isn't that long. Usually start around Feb and end around May/June. Then after that they go in the hen and cock pen. Which they have outside flights for plenty of fresh air and room. My open loft is just shelves with nest bowls on them. And I keep a record book on the inside of the open loft so I will know who has whos eggs.
Again thanks for the nice commits and best of luck to everyone this coming breeding season.
Brian Middaugh
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
920 posts
Jan 08, 2008
5:47 PM
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Hey brian are those bantam chickens on the right ??
u forgot to post ur champs the pigeons ??
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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gotspin7
1161 posts
Jan 09, 2008
4:40 AM
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1963, nice set up!
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Sal Ortiz
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CSRA
1112 posts
Jan 09, 2008
7:51 AM
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63 you got it going on
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MGS LOFT
20 posts
Jan 09, 2008
3:06 PM
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WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT THIESE?
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
923 posts
Jan 09, 2008
3:43 PM
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Heck yeah corona extra.....................
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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luis
490 posts
Jan 09, 2008
3:45 PM
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These are some of mine..........
I love um'!!
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washington86
125 posts
Jan 09, 2008
6:43 PM
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thanks rollerpigeon1963, thanks for the creative hints for indiviual cages. I'll try doing something like that in the future. Last time, I didn't have grits for the birds, and they went crazy. I think that was the problem. My birds kept climbing on the cages and wanting to get out. Before, i didn't know, but now I know. I don't have that much birds yet. I only have 2 pairs, and that is it, they are the only two piar that are breeding. I have fosters, and that's the onyl way for me to have multibirds.
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brudahpete
402 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:13 PM
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Just dug this post up for a few newbies to check out. You may not have anything remotely this fancy but it will give you a good picture of quality and control in your breeding program.
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http://www.freewebs.com/brudahpete/
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quality
156 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:35 PM
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I don't have any pictures but when I 1st started with individuals, I had smaller pens like the 1's shown.
Now I have gone bigger so the birds can get a bit of exercise. 12 of Mine are 4 feet wide, 4 feet tall, & 3 1/2 feet deep. Then there are 2 4 feet x 4 feet x 7 feet tall with access to outside. I use the latter for the old hens.
I took the open loft out & don't use fosters.
The individuals are in my garage 22 feet x 11 feet.
When I winter the birds, I pull the nest box out & can house 12 birds in each individual. 24 in the 2 bigger 1's at least thats how many perches are in each.
My fly coop is 20 feet x 12 feet at a different location.
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Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
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brudahpete
403 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:41 PM
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My 6 breeding cages are within my loft, once the eggs are laid, I try to foster them out to hatch or just let the parents hatch them before fostering depending on how fast I want to produce young. I have a few pair that are great to adopt, sit on eggs, hatch and raise the squabs. I have 6 breeding cages & 6 foster nests as well in each loft. My 2 lofts are about 6' X 12' & around 7' tall. I built them that way so I could catch birds easier.
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http://www.freewebs.com/brudahpete/
Last Edited by on Jan 20, 2009 5:47 PM
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530flyer
32 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:43 PM
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nice breeding cages guys...
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530flyer
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jnyce
517 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:49 PM
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so what do you guys do in the winter with the wired fronts on the cages that are out side
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jerry t
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rollerpigeon1963
285 posts
Jan 20, 2009
5:49 PM
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Guys,
This year my individual breedings looking like these old one. Since I got rid of most of my gamefowl i converted there fly pens into individual breeding cages. The cages are 4 feet wide, 12 feet long and 6' 6" tall. Each fly pen with house 1 pair of birds and I have 13 to use for the rollers. That means with them being this size I don't have to clean them as much LOL LOL. And I am able to feed and water from the outside without going into the pen. Only time I have to go into the individual pens is to band the squeakers. I'm still going to use a few of the old individual pens for a few test pairs and probably keep the foster birds since they are the same family that I'm flying. There is a lot of options I can look at now. Best of luck to you all this breeding season.
Brian Middaugh
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Rob408
67 posts
Jan 20, 2009
6:22 PM
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1963- Nice set up.
Quality- I'd like to see pics of your set up. Sounds very well organized...
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cv rollers
234 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:23 PM
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these i made for a friend they were quick and easy also only $100.00 will make trays later
these go inside his loft only 16 so he can reach bottom
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iowarollers
21 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:33 PM
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cv rollers what are the demensions? those look like they would work great for and ol shed i want to make into lft so if ya could let me know thanks kevin
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cv rollers
235 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:41 PM
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they r 24in w.x 20in d.x 16in h. ...the length is 8ft total had home depot cut so i just stapled together used scrap for the back made them real strong,wire is 24in also made it easy only cut 16in strips took me one day to do
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
330 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:44 PM
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Good work CV.
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cv rollers
236 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:46 PM
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thanks TT
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Marvin
81 posts
Jan 20, 2009
7:56 PM
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robert whats wrong with your ind. cages there nice . maybe you might want to go smaller do to space
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2349 posts
Jan 20, 2009
8:01 PM
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Very nice Indy guys. Quickspin whats the dimension on your Indy cages.
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Ralph
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quickspin
980 posts
Jan 21, 2009
10:57 AM
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I can divided them in the middle now as I made a 2nd door on the right. So I can fit 8 pairs instead of 4.
Exactly
5' tall
39" Wide
27" deep
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SALAS LOFT
I.C.R.C
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Windjammer Loft
672 posts
Jan 21, 2009
2:36 PM
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THese are ones that I made:
These are ones that I bought:
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
Last Edited by on Jan 21, 2009 2:38 PM
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-mannyfresh- spins
101 posts
Jan 21, 2009
3:12 PM
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great cages everyone...quikspin especially liking urs..looks great..well good luck 2 everyone..
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-mannyfresh- spins
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2366 posts
Jan 21, 2009
4:11 PM
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Good looking out Quick I like them like that more moving exercise for the bird you think..I'm going to make something like that and build a pen around it like 6 by 8 like what I have on my kitboxes and everyday let out each pair for a while and back in this way they get plenty of exercise flying around the pen.
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Ralph
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RXR Loft
396 posts
Jan 21, 2009
8:58 PM
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what about these all 4 are built together, with poop trays under each.
look behind my buddy you can see his ind breeders their are 28 if you need dimensions I can get them for you
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RxR Loft
Roll'em if you got'em... cuz commies don't roll
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brudahpete
405 posts
Jan 22, 2009
5:55 AM
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Rudy, Your story of getting into the hobby is so close to mine. Your loft is awesome, one day mine will get there!
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http://www.freewebs.com/brudahpete/
Last Edited by on Jan 22, 2009 5:56 AM
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steve-moua
12 posts
Jan 22, 2009
3:22 PM
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mine is not as high tech, but here you go.
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PREP Lofts
Last Edited by on Jan 22, 2009 3:22 PM
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tmcdevitt
3 posts
Jan 22, 2009
10:09 PM
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Val,
We just purchased an 8-compartment set of breeding cages that look really good. Getting ready to put them up and start the breeding season.
Terry, TnT Holey Roller Lofts
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gabe454
1485 posts
Jan 22, 2009
11:03 PM
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Hey CV those look pretty small bro what size are they
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GABE 454
TRIPLE "G" LOFT
L.P.R.C
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