How to take care of two pigeons? How to prepare a cage for two pigeons?

silverwarrior said:

How should I set up the cage perfectly for them. Right now they have two bowls in the cage, one for water and other for food. I'm only feeding them wheat grains and some breadcrumbs.I would only feed bread crumbs sparingly some fanciers have problems with birds becoming crop bound with bread.

This is pigeon feed (I am unable to obtain this) I personally I feed chicken layer pellets and whole corn in separate feeders.

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Should I use any floor covering like soil?
In my loft I do not bother with any bedding. I find as my pigeons fly from on area to another the bedding migrates to the outer perimeter of the structure leaving the floor exposed.
Instead I have 3 tarps that I interchange when necessary.
Leave the soiled tarp in the sun for the poop to bake and harden and it just flakes off when I drag the back side of my garden rake over it. Fold the tarp in half and then just pour it into my compost bin.

In my nest boxes I fold a feed bag to fit. When a bag gets soiled; fold a new one; pop out the soiled; pop in the new. Feed bags are a nylon mesh bag.
Frozen poop just peels off in below freezing temperatures and just flakes off in summer when left out in the sun to bake and dry.

I have 65 trips around the sun it is the best method I have stumbled upon.

Make sure the twine is removed from the open end of the bag it can get tangled around your birds.





I use a 10" dog bowl for pigeon nest filled with pine needles or wood shavings.




Easy Peasy.
Should I let them roam free in a room for some time everyday? Sounds like a good idea.

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