DeepSpinLofts
1111 posts
Dec 22, 2008
5:01 PM
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Seasons Greetings to all....
I was hoping that some of you could post pictures of your mating pens along with the mathematical dimensions of them.
Working on a project with a friend and would like some fresh ideas.
Thanx in advance!
Marcus
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fhtfire
1728 posts
Dec 22, 2008
9:23 PM
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Here is a photo of my loft....The loft is 9'X14' With three kit boxed inside with doors on the inside for feeding and doors on the outside for release...the breeder loft is 8.5'X 5' with 8' ceilings....the hen and cock loft are 3'deep X 2' wide adn 8' tall.....
rock and ROLL
Paul
Last Edited by on Dec 22, 2008 9:31 PM
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RodSD
125 posts
Dec 22, 2008
10:01 PM
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Paul,
That is not a loft. That is a house. Very nice loft/house you got there. You rock!
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kopetsa
2581 posts
Dec 23, 2008
12:11 AM
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Hey Paul, nice pics and dog.. lol What is that on your floor in pic. #4, looks very nice and clean.. I may like it.. :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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DeepSpinLofts
1113 posts
Dec 23, 2008
5:33 AM
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Magnificently marvelous work Paul. Awesome bro!
Keep that up and you might become one of the "Hall of Famers" too. he...he...he...
....well anyway
I was hoping to get a cool photo of a mating cage... say around 1.5ft (18 inches wide) x 2.5 ft (30 inches long) x 10 inches high. So I need more pictures folks!
MEMO: We must cultivate our ethnic diversity and diverse friendships like a landscaper cultivates a garden.
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
Last Edited by on Dec 23, 2008 5:36 AM
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spinningdemon
121 posts
Dec 23, 2008
5:46 AM
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Very nice loft Paul!
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David Curneal
Performance breeds since 1973
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fhtfire
1729 posts
Dec 23, 2008
8:55 AM
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Kopetsa,
Those are wood pellets.....work great..
rock and ROLL
Paul
Love the MEMO deep spin.....You are right about that!!
Last Edited by on Dec 23, 2008 8:57 AM
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sundance
957 posts
Dec 23, 2008
2:47 PM
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Hey Marcus, heres what I done. The fronts are wire shelf sections you can get almost anywhere for closets and such. The boxs vary , but are basically 3 to 4 feet wide, 20 inchs tall and 20 inchs deep. I built a wooden box, you can see inside the pen .it holds 1 nest bowl under and another above.
I use the pop bottle waterers and a feeder outside the cage so I dont have to get in very often at all. Banding and cleaning is about it.
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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sundance
958 posts
Dec 23, 2008
2:50 PM
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I`m not breeding yet either. when the weather breaks I think I`ll put the first pairs together. I use newspaper on the floor of the pen with a little wood shavings. Easy cleanup. roll the paper up and put down new.
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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Sunflower
36 posts
Dec 23, 2008
3:35 PM
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Marcus, Here is a picture of an individual breeding pen I built for my new loft. It is 42"X22"X12". Each side is 19"X22"X12 with space in the middle for shared grit, waterers and feeders. Kind of patterned it off of the Crown cages I bought from Foy's a few years ago.
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sundance
964 posts
Dec 23, 2008
6:18 PM
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Sunflower, I like that space for the feed and water. At some point I might have to incorporate that into my pens, if you dont mind. LOL
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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DeepSpinLofts
1115 posts
Dec 23, 2008
7:45 PM
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Right on Butch!
All of those pens and cages look real cool. I can tell you put a lot of work into their construction.
Magnificently marvelous job!
MEMO: It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do: work that is worth doing, work that of itself is pleasant to do, work done under conditions as would make it neither over-wearisome nor over anxious.
Marcus
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Sunflower
41 posts
Dec 24, 2008
4:10 AM
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Marcus,
Is that Seal Island off Monterey Point in the background of the photo above? Spent some time in the Monterey/Pacific Grove area myself a few years back.
Joe
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DeepSpinLofts
1123 posts
Dec 24, 2008
4:27 AM
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That's a good question Joe.
Hmm.... let's see here.
That particular location is somewhere between the Monterey and San Luis Obispo shoreline along the central coast of California. Just can't pinpoint or recall the actual place in question.
Actually I forgot the name of the small town where that picture was taken. Highway 1 (The Pacific Highway) was the road me and my wife was traveling at the time and I decided to get out of the Cadillac Escalade (a rental vehicle) and stretch my legs out (and do a little bird watching).
As a bird scientist (Orinthologist), I have this fondness for bird watching and the research of a wide variety of species. Those out there on the rocks behind me on the small island are Gulls and Terns.
Talk to you later Joe....
MEMO: A conversation across the table from a wise man is better than years of study of only books.... for its true that wisdom is acquired by an inquiring mind.
Marcus
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Windjammer Loft
615 posts
Dec 24, 2008
9:14 AM
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Marcus....These are some that I built. They measure 48"long X 24"deep X 16"high. The trays I got from Foy's.
This is one of those 8 birds compartments for Foy's that I divided in half. I put 4 pens on each side in my breeding loft.
Hope this gives you some ideas you are looken for...
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
Last Edited by on Dec 26, 2008 11:38 AM
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DeepSpinLofts
1126 posts
Dec 24, 2008
10:35 AM
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Thanks a lot Paul.
Marcus
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