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Free flying has many of the same dangers as free ranging, so be prepared to lose pigeons if you decide to go this route. Also, pigeons outfly predators rather than trying to hide from them, so they need a larger flock than free ranging chickens do to have the same level of safety.

If pigeons can get out of the netting, I wouldn’t put pigeons in there. It’s unlikely that they’ll try to escape, but if curiosity (or just getting spooked) could cause them to fly out, they won’t be able to figure out how to fly back in, even if they want to. That’s the reason why people keep...

Fly off? Are you planning to leave the netting as it is?

My chickens have Marek’s, which is a huge part of the reason that I got my first couple pigeons; everything I’ve read says they can’t get Marek’s. My pigeons have so far proved to have less health issues than my chickens, even though most of the ones I’ve taken on have either been injured or...