LOFT PICS

When I started raising pigeons, I really didn't know much about building a loft. I just asked a few questions, then built what I thought they needed. Well...since then I have altered it at least 4 times and added on twice. I wanted to try and save you a lot of time, money and frustration. Build it right the first time and both you and your birds will be very happy.

I'd like to thank all the fliers who kindly allowed me to use their lofts for my site. Especially the ones who put in a lot of extra work to help me out. ;0)

Tony Rossi...Rossi Lofts...Wisconsin

Tony is an excellent breeder of pigeons and also an outstanding flier with a very mpressive record of wins...

Tony's loft is 24'x36' with two aviaries. It has a total of six sections , each entirely seperate from the other with a middle hallway running the length of the loft. He has two breeder sections measuring 10'x16' each, also two YB sections that are 10'x10'. He has included a 10'x10' feed room and finally a 10'x10' widowhood section for his OB's. Now talk about a loft!! =)

Bill Barabry...BB's Lofts...Pennsylvania

On the left is Bill's OB loft. It is a 10'x14' with 2 sections, each section has a landing board and trap. Behind it is an add-on 6'x12' loft for his breeders that has 14 individual breeding pens.
The loft on the right is for his YB's. It is an 8'x12' with two seperate sections for his birds.
Bill also has a third loft (not pictured), a 6'x12' in which he keeps his white wedding birds.

Larry Samp...California

Above is a photo of Larry's flying team loft...below is a diagram of the same loft.
(yes that is a pig...and her name is "Daisy""=)

The loft above is 36'x12' with 3 sections...the YB section is 8'x12' - Hen section is 8'x8'- Cock section is a 16'x16'with a removable divider to allow Larry to have yet another section if need be.
Larry also has a 3ft net across the front roofline of his loft to keep the birds from landing on the roof.
His breeding loft consists of two 12'x12' sections with a 4'x32' attached aviary.

Matthew Peck...Navigator lofts...Washington

Matt's loft has a bit of a different layout compared to the others...
Inside the door is a 10'X6' YB darkening section, the trap for it is the one to the left. Past this there is a hallway that fronts his widowhood sections. There is a 5'x8' hens section and a 9'x8' cocks section. Then to the right is a 6'x8' breeders section. All the OB enter through the trap on the right and into the hallway, then are ushered into their respective sections.

Will Fraser...Fraser's Racers...Michigan

Will has two lofts, the one pictured is a 8'x12' divided into two sections. One section is 8'x5' flying section that hold apporx. 30 to 35 birds. The other section is 8'x6' that he uses for 3 pair of breeders. The other loft holds the rest of his breeders. Will has lowered the ceilings to 6' so that none of the birds may fly over his head. Best idea in the world! I had to lower mine when I figured it out =)

Tommy Broadwell...Silverdale Lofts...England

Tommy has two lofts. This is his racing loft. It is 30'x6' and has five sections. 2 sections for his YB's...one for flying natural and one for light. 1 widowhood hen section, 1 stock bird section and the last he uses as an office. The Stock loft is 20'x6' with a 12' aviary and has 3 sections. One for his widowhood cocks, one for ybs on the dark system and the last for his other stock birds.

Patrick Sather...Zig Zag Lofts...Washington

Patrick also has two lofts...One is a 6'x16' with two sections, one section is for his YB and the other for his breeders. The second loft is a 8'x24' loft with 4 sections...two he uses for widowhood and the other two for his hens.

Oscar & Linda DeVries...O&L DeVries Lofts...Canada

Oscar and Linda have two lofts...the one on the right is 16'x6 1/2' . It has a center hallway with a widowhood section on each side. The loft on the left is 30'x6 1/2' , with a total of 4 sections. To the right of the center hallway are two YB sections, which are used for their darkening team. On the left is a breeder section and a "spare" section. The spare is used for second round non-darkened YB's.

Tom Benner...Mountain Views United loft...Pennsylvania

Tom has four lofts...His newest is his 8'x20' YB loft. (pictured above) It has two 6'x8' YB sections, and one 8'x8' section for white wedding birds. The aviary opens up onto a 5'x12' landing board. The OB loft is an 8'x16' with two 7'x8' sections a hallway and a 2'x3'x8' junction house where the stall trap is located.His Breeding house, which holds his best birds, is a 12'x16' with 34 individual breeding boxes...to make sure who the parents are =0). Lastly his Breeding loft is an 8'x16' with two sections which houses about 50 pair.

That's all I have but you get the idea...there are lots of ways to do your loft.
Be creative, be practical, but most of all enjoy it!