Ballrollers
573 posts
Jan 08, 2007
6:35 PM
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Anybody remember which thread explained how to post a pic in our posts? I'm a first-timer! LOL!
YITS,
Cliff
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MILO
103 posts
Jan 08, 2007
6:40 PM
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Cliff.
page 9 in threads...LOL I had to check myself.
c
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J_Star
743 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:12 PM
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Cliff, I like that trap next to your loft (lol). That is nice loft and setup. What's missing is the wood trim around the door and windows painted with an offset color to the loft and some nice hedges or bushes around the loft. I like the way you have it layed out. Where is you kit boxe? Are they separate from the loft or built in? Just wondering. Thanks.
Jay
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belle
97 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:21 PM
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Hey Cliff, how tall is your loft?
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Ballrollers
575 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:45 PM
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Ten feet, belle, in the front; eight feet in the back. Remember, I'm 6 ft. 7 in tall!
Cliff
Last Edited by on Jan 08, 2007 8:13 PM
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Ballrollers
576 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:50 PM
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Good eye, Milo! They come and perch there looking in the aviary sometimes!
Cliff
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motherlodelofts
1280 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:51 PM
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Cliff !!!!!!! is that door really high or have you gotten shorter ?? LOL LOL
Nice job, new digs are always exciting.
Scott
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Ballrollers
577 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:54 PM
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Jay,
Thanks! I finished some trim after I took the photos (white).....put in some plexiglass on the door and windows for the Feb winds. Kit boxes are separate. I'll post some more pics.
Cliff
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Ballrollers
579 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:57 PM
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Cocks side avia ry.
Cliff
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Ballrollers
580 posts
Jan 08, 2007
7:59 PM
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 Just inside the front door; cocks to the left, hens to the right, stock loft dead ahead...
Cliff
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Ballrollers
581 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:01 PM
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Ballrollers
582 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:02 PM
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Donny James' roller artwork in wood!
Cliff
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Ballrollers
583 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:03 PM
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Hens pen
Cliff
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Ballrollers
584 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:04 PM
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Upper hens pen.
Cliff
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Ballrollers
585 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:06 PM
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Cocks pen and my camera-shy daughter!
Cliff
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Ballrollers
586 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:07 PM
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Jimbo113
11 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:08 PM
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Very nice Cliff. I like it. Good looking youngster in the doorway of the first pic. Thank goodness she took after her Mama......
Sorry Cliff, I couldn't resist. haha
Your Pard,
Jimbo
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"We Don't Rent Pigs"
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Ballrollers
587 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:09 PM
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Ballrollers
588 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:10 PM
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More ventilation...and a pairing pen:
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Jimbo113
12 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:16 PM
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All that ventilation I dig Cliff. I have considered the forced air system myself. I bet it sure makes a difference sometimes.
Jimbo
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"We Don't Rent Pigs"
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Ballrollers
589 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:16 PM
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Thanks, Scott...yeah, the door is seven feet...and I am getting shorter, by the way! LOL!
YITS,
Cliff
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belle
98 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:18 PM
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I was going to say it looks tall or your daughter looks short. I am going to start building new kit boxes it will only be 7' tall in the highest spot (I am only 5'6") it will have 4 boxes in it, each box will be 3' deep 4' wide 4' high in the front and 3' high in the back and it will have a 2' wide ally down the mid.
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Ballrollers
590 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:20 PM
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Well, Jimbo, I didn't have room for individual breeding pens, and I like floor litter in the stock loft. I never lose young squeakers in the winter, that way, and I like the dry probiotic environment for them. So a lot of ventilation is necessary...
Cliff
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Ballrollers
591 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:25 PM
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Jay, and belle, eight-foot kitboxes, too! (Except front left) Ten all together.
Last Edited by on Jan 08, 2007 8:27 PM
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Ballrollers
592 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:26 PM
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Ballrollers
593 posts
Jan 08, 2007
8:39 PM
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There is definitely a problem with the quadrant arrangement of the kitboxes. If a bird that is developing control, rolls when landing, he is going to hit a roof.....he can't miss. A linear arrangement would have been better! So now I am forced to breed for control...or else build one of BMC's trampolines! LOL! And i don't like the stand alone kitboxes as opposed to walk-ins, because you cannot observe your birds! Again, I think Brian's design is much more ideal. It's one of those things where every year I built another kit box instead of planning ahead!! LOL!
Anybody need some good stand-alone kitboxs? LOL!
YITS,
Cliff
Last Edited by on Jan 08, 2007 8:43 PM
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
1045 posts
Jan 08, 2007
9:11 PM
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Looks really nice Cliff, looks like you put a lot of time and thought into it. Only problem I see is all those damn trees!!!..lol
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Ballrollers
594 posts
Jan 08, 2007
9:24 PM
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Brian,
Thanks, Brian. Actually, not a lot of time or forethought...just needed more room, and threw it together. If I had spent the time and forethought, I'd have built something more like yours!! LOL!
There are definitely trees behind the breeder loft, but that was intentional; we can use the shade, here in Carolina. The photo of the kitboxes foreshortens the tree line on the other side. There is about seventy-five to a hunred yards of horse pasture between the tree line and the kit boxes, so it is not too bad. The kit boxes are about 50 yards out in the pasture from the breeding loft, so it works better in reality, for protecting my birds. Most preds do come from behind the stock loft, though, of course!
Cliff
Last Edited by on Jan 08, 2007 9:28 PM
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JMHD
72 posts
Jan 09, 2007
3:25 AM
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Hey Cliff nice Lofts enjoyed viewing. John M.(HDRC)So,Cal.
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Velo99
839 posts
Jan 09, 2007
4:59 AM
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Nice Cliff, very nice. Your daughter looks to be about the same age as my two. Now about your buildings.... J/K.
Nice on both accounts.
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If they don`t kit,they don`t score.
Color don`t roll and peds don`t fly.
It`s a comp thing,understand?
V99
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Santandercol
628 posts
Jan 09, 2007
5:57 AM
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Hi there Cliff,
Your stock loft I like alot.I know what you mean about all the separate kitboxes tho'.One day I'd like to build my stock loft and kitboxes all together in one structure.Much easier to maintain and to see your birds as well.Your daughter looks like a sweety.Ours all came out rough n tumble boys.----------
Kelly
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nicksiders
1188 posts
Jan 09, 2007
7:15 AM
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Nice set up Cliff. Real nice.
Nick
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Snicker Rollers
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Ballrollers
596 posts
Jan 09, 2007
9:31 AM
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Thaks guys. I appreciate all your postiive comments!
Cliff
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fhtfire
771 posts
Jan 09, 2007
4:50 PM
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Cliff,
That is the second nicest set up that I have seen..LOL!!
What are the dimensions of you cock and hen loft...
Thanks,
Paul
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fhtfire
772 posts
Jan 09, 2007
4:51 PM
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Hell,
WHat are the demensions of everything..LOL
I am putting together my hen and cock loft inside of my loft and just wanted to get some ideas.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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nicksiders
1195 posts
Jan 09, 2007
5:16 PM
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I have stand alone kit boxes and have contimplated moving the hole operation under one roof and I may do it eventually. Right now I just can't convince myself to cut holes in the side of a new 22 X 22 out building that looks like a small home. After a few more times standing in the rain feeding my kit birds I may change my mind(LOL).
I would like to be able to play around with all of my birds under one roof.....we will see.
Nick
P.S. I don't see very many of those color birds; what did you do with'em...............just kidding, Cliff.
Again, very nice set up.
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Snicker Rollers
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Velo99
886 posts
Jan 28, 2007
8:21 AM
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Check out these nest fronts. Gotta be the easiest to build I have ever seen.
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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birdman
302 posts
Jan 28, 2007
9:00 AM
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Excellent loft maintenance too!
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nicksiders
1294 posts
Jan 28, 2007
9:18 AM
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Kenny,
You can't tell me that your loft is always this clean(LOL)
Nick
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Snicker Rollers
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Santandercol
716 posts
Jan 28, 2007
9:37 AM
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Pretty nice Kenny.Looks like the house warming party is goin on there.How the hell do you keep it so clean?Did you edit out las popos?
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Kelly
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Velo99
888 posts
Jan 28, 2007
10:10 AM
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Aint mine
I wish it was. I just liked the fronts. With several of us talking about remodeling and building a pic is worth a thousand words. I already got mine figured out.
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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nicksiders
1296 posts
Jan 28, 2007
12:11 PM
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Whose racing birds are they? Do you also have racers?
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Snicker Rollers
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Velo99
889 posts
Jan 28, 2007
12:54 PM
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Copped it from a brit racing site. Dunno whose it is
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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Ballrollers
635 posts
Jan 29, 2007
2:33 PM
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Sorry to take so long on these dimensions, guys. The loft is 14 feet wide (viewed from the front) and 12 ft. deep. It is divided in half length-wise with the back 6ft.x 14ft. section as the breeding section. In the front half, on each side of the door (which enters into a 4 ft. "foyer") is a 5 ft. wide by 6 ft. deep holding pen; cocks on the right, hens on the left. It's pretty much just the bare minimums for my purposes at the present. Thanks, again, for all the positive comments group.
YITS,
Cliff
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George Ruiz
171 posts
Jan 29, 2007
5:37 PM
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Nice loft Cliff, its always good to see that we as pigeon fanciers take pigeon housing as important as the birds we fly.
I have seen my share of things people call a loft and I sure am happy to see a nice loft.
Good Job Cliff
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155
650 posts
Jul 20, 2008
11:58 AM
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nice lofts
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EVILLOFT'S
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spanky
525 posts
Jul 20, 2008
12:23 PM
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KOOL SET UPS.
SPANKY
SGVS
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gotspin7
1510 posts
Jul 20, 2008
3:39 PM
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Real nice Cliff.
Velo, that other pic is impressive! LOL
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Sal Ortiz
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2837 posts
Apr 10, 2009
8:46 PM
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Cliff nice set up .cute lil girl is she into the rollers too.and where are all those colors birds I keep reading about..:)
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