Installing Pigeon Door

mtlee · Post by **mtlee** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:07 pm

I bought a pigeon door from Lion Country Supply recently and will be installing it on my coop soon. Any tips on installation? Low or high? Perch, what kind? Any tips for keeping predators out? The coop is nothing special...mainly chicken wire with a tin roof, just something we used to keep chickens in. Thanks.

Donnerhund GWP · Post by **Donnerhund GWP** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:07 am

Needs to be high enough so cats/coons can't reach. I put mine just under the roof overhang, about 6Ft high, with a 6 inch wide landing on the outside and about 4 in on the inside. I have had only 1 invader in 3 Years.

PAHunter · Post by **PAHunter** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:02 am

I've found that at night it's really important to close the trap door at night.

Post by **ezzy333** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:30 am

PA has it right. Only sure way to keep stuff out.

Ezzy

ohiogsp · Post by **ohiogsp** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:53 pm

Also not too close to the top cause animals can climb down. Coons are very good at this and they kill everything when they get in. The lock at night is also a very good idea and any time your birds are not flying. Cooper hawks will go right in through the trap to get pigeons in the winter time.

GsPJustin · Post by **GsPJustin** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:14 pm

I just have a door that openes and closes thats just big enough for the pigeons to squeeze through. Leave it open they fly in and out as the please, stay in shape. Then just close it the night before and you want to train. If your training daily, and dont have many pigeons, or need a lot every day, that wont work.

llewgor · Post by **llewgor** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:23 pm

LCSupply used to have a varmint bob door. I can't find it on they're website maybe someone else has them now. When you leave this door open it's a perch for the birds landing before entering the bob door and then you fold it up in front of the bob door and latch it to kept the varmints out. You can make one by making a frame like the bob door has. Put wire mesh in the middle, attached a piano hinge to bottom of it and the bob door and a latch on top to secure it close.
I hope that made sense if not I hope someone else can explain it better.

sandhill · Post by **sandhill** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:22 am

First off if ya wana save your birds from predator's get rid of the chicken wire a cat, coon, or what ever will tear right through it.

As for the door you want it about 4' off the ground with a landing board mounted on the out side maybe 1" or so above the door so the birds actually drop down into the trap door, also most doors have some sort of lock on them to keep them closed if not use a piece of ply wood and mount to the out side with hinges that you can close at night.

Hope this helps

Steve

mtlee · Post by **mtlee** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:28 pm

thanks everyone, i'll put it up in the next few days...