Identifier: americansquabcul00eggl (find matches)
Title: American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Eggleston, Ernest H
Subjects: Pigeons
Publisher: Warrenton, Mo. American pigeon journal co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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r a side yard pig-eon house can be extended clear aroundthe house if desired but if so constructed there should be a divisionpartition in the center of the back to prevent birds from flying aroundif one should desire to catch them. wire or slat enclosure with the entrance large enough only toadmit pigeons. The best plan is to have the nesting rooms separate and thefly pens and run-way together. Then have the entrance to thepigeons nest room so small or high up that the chickens cannot 32 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE get to it. Chickens can with this arrangement be fed so thatthey can scratch for their feed and pigeons can be fed in theirnest room, which is the best place to feed on account of keepingthe feed where it will not be exposed to the weather, and whereyoung birds will have access to it. The nesting for pigeons kept in connection with chickensshould be so arranged that the hens cannot get into the pigeonsnests, for if they do they will trample and break the eggs anddo other damage.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN FOR ORNAMENTAL SQUAB HOUSE GET STARTED RIGHT 33 An old hen with little chickens is especially apt to fight apigeon if she is not used to them being around. The old henseemingly taks the pigeon to be a hawk and will pounce onit with murder in her»heart, often catching and killing or crip-pling the pigeon without its even having an opportunity to flyout of the way.

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