EQUIPMENT AND LOFT NECESSITIES 



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Whether you are constructing a new plant or operating an old 

 one, you should equip it with the Eggleston double nests. This 

 system will pay for itself every year by increased squab 

 production, to say nothing of the convenience in cleaning the 

 plant. 



Each pair of squab breeding pigeons require two nests as they 

 lay and go to setting again before their squabs are large enough 

 to leave the nest. By this system there are two nests connected 



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SECTION OF DOUBLE NESTS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION 

 The top of the nests should be entirely covered with lumber when 



completed. 



with a short running board, or porch, in front of them, with an 

 upright board separating the running board in front of the next 

 two nests on the same row. By this arrangement a pair of 

 pigeons will claim two nests, and fight off other birds that light 

 on the running board in front of their nest or try to build in the 

 nest next to the one in which they are building. 



There are various methods used for nest boxes — orange boxes, 

 egg crates and other similar boxes are often used by stacking 

 them on top of each other and nailing a 4-inch strip across the 

 front of the boxes, which holds them together and makes a pro- 

 tection for the nest and squabs, 



