Inside The Loft
Steps going up to Pen #1 into the breeding loft. Here we have 8 individual breeding pen's and 16 nest in a 9x12 section with a 4x8 fly pen. Note the wooden louvers and wooded dowel rods thoughtout the loft. Same layout in Pen 2. | |
Steps to feed room. These steps raise up so a vehicle can drive throught the loft. | |
Crate Storage | |
Inside the office looking at the breeding board. | |
Looking inside the pigeon loft office. Here we have a laptop computer with all pedigree's, printer, microscope, and Ukion base hooked up to printer and more. | |
Storage area on 3rd level. | |
Main hall to flying lofts. 3 Old Bird compartments and 4 Young Bird compartments. | |
Looking inside YB loft. Big louvers at the top is where the birds go out to fly. Small louvers on bottom is the way out to the avery. All louvers slide up and down inside the wall and can stay open by magnets inside the walls. | |
Pen #1 - breeding pairs. Note automatic water behind bird setting on water shelf. | |
4x8x7 fly pen. Each of the 16 pair compartments has this fly pen. | |
Individual pen with hen on nest and 2 babies. Cock down below taking in some sun rays. | |
Hen on nest with her 2 babies. | |
Birds setting on nest door perch in Pen #2. | |
August, Hofkens newspaper sale add 0n April 30, 1977. |