bman
592 posts
Jul 07, 2008
8:06 AM
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I would like to aquire some chickens and would like to know if there any health issues housing pigeons and chickens in the same building? Not together but only a wire divider.----------
Ron
Borderline lofts
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PR_rollers
1359 posts
Jul 07, 2008
9:32 AM
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I read somewhere is not a good idea keeping them close together,can't recall why I think is the chicken poo.I use to have them right behind my birds but now I would keep them far away from my birds. better safe than sorry..
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Ralph
Last Edited by on Dec 19, 2008 2:16 PM
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sippi
367 posts
Jul 07, 2008
9:56 AM
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I wouldnt keep them seperated just by wire. I have chickens around my birds but not in direct proximity with each other. I have had no ill effects. Chicken do carry cociddiosis and salmonella. If you needed to house them side by side I would reccomend a solid wall and not wire. I let mine free range and clean up under the lofts with no problems.
Sippi
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bman
593 posts
Jul 07, 2008
10:33 AM
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Ralph & sippi thanks.
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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flo
143 posts
Jul 07, 2008
11:38 AM
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Besides the health concerns....chickens will attract rats quickly. Chickens eat like crazy spilling foods everywhere...they poop like crazy....and you will need to house the chickens in a coop with constant air circulations....by doing so...rats will smell them from miles...and when you have some neighborhood rats they will produce like crazy...make sure your pigeons are well locked up or else they will take out your squabs and adults as quickly as the BOP's. just my recent personal experience.
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FLO
www.blacked-out-loft.webs.com
SAKTOWN, KALI4NIA
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1875 posts
Jul 07, 2008
7:53 PM
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Howdy b man......
How u been my friend............
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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bman
594 posts
Jul 08, 2008
5:51 AM
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Rudy, how you doing? How's the birds? Give me a call when you got time.
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
GOLD MEMBER
2364 posts
Dec 19, 2008
10:03 AM
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stick with pigeons B-man.............lol
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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Velo99
1988 posts
Dec 20, 2008
6:05 AM
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I have a couple of chickens and I have had no problems with them and the pigeons.
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V99
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Windjammer Loft
604 posts
Dec 20, 2008
7:29 AM
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bman......My loft is 21X18. I have an 8x8 section built inside where I keep 16 chickens and 1 rooster. They have been housed with the pigeons for the past 2yrs with NO probelms what so ever. I have a 4ft plywood wall and 2"x2" hard wire from their up to the ceiling. I've got good ventilation, so NO worries.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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Velo99
1989 posts
Dec 20, 2008
9:43 AM
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I have about 12 million sparrows and inca doves that wait for a seed or kernel to hit the ground. They know what a feed can sounds like too. The mice dont stand a chance between the chickens and the wild birds. Feeding time at my place is like a scene from The Birds.
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V99
blue sky single beat
in cadance performing now
earth beckons the winged
drawn breath is let quickly forth
orchestral movement follows
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Last Edited by on Dec 20, 2008 9:46 AM
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silent187
246 posts
Dec 20, 2008
2:03 PM
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man i keep my rooster and hen in with my breeders and no problems except u need to keep squabs away from roosters and hen they will kill them.....
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