CONSTRUCTION OF SQUAB HOUSES 



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of even a temporary place for pigeons has a knowledge of 

 pigeons and their needs and is familiar wit*h the best plans 

 for squab houses and equipment, they will start their tem- 

 porary arrangements along certain lines and then as they de- 

 velop and extend, they will grow into a fairly well arranged 

 squab house. 



Considerable stress should be laid upon the plans and equip- 

 ment of a squab house, even a small or temporary one, for the 

 accommodation of birds in the way of the room they occupy, 

 fly pen arrangement, and their nests, has considerable to do 

 with the way they start to work, their health and general con- 

 ditions and the number of squabs they will raise. 



ONE-UNIT SQUAB HOUSE WITH GARAGE IN THE REAR 



The average beginner and often experienced breeders are too 

 apt to pass lightly over this and conclude that anything will do 

 temporarily and that eventually they will make the necessary 

 changes and arrangements. It costs no more and generally less 

 to make the proper arrangements to start with, even though old 

 lumber is used and an old building is utilized. To do it right 

 takes less time, less material and makes a much more convenient 

 place. These facts are multiplied when considering the differ- 

 ence between a newly constructed squab house along proper 

 lines and an improperly constructed one. 



In visiting squab plants, I have noticed that, as a rule, more 

 lumber and material has been used and more work put in than 

 is necessary to construct and equip a house that would be more 

 satisfactory, less expensive and more pleasing to the eye. Why? 



