
Predator-Proofing a Pigeon Loft: A Nightly Check for Northern Yards
Use this practical nightly pigeon-loft check to inspect doors, wire, floors, feed, and seasonal gaps before predators find them.

Use this practical nightly pigeon-loft check to inspect doors, wire, floors, feed, and seasonal gaps before predators find them.
Run a quick weather, bird-condition, feed, water, and hawk-awareness check before deciding whether a roller-pigeon kit should fly.

If you want to fly birds, it’s pretty inevitable that a hawk of some sort will eventually grace you with its presence. Losing your birds to hawks could become an ongoing heartbreaking event, or (if you read this article) it could be an eye-opening education in how to avoid this altogether. You need to “train the hawk”.

Have you ever been perplexed by an incident involving your birds? Have you ever experienced any unexplained deaths or disappearances? Have you ever observed your birds acting strangely or unusually for no apparent reason? Well then, do I have a story for you…

Learn which bird-mite signs to check in roller pigeons, where mites may hide in a loft, and when qualified veterinary help is appropriate.