Making The Dovecote Pay Or Pigeons For Profit

Originally published in the early 1930s. The book contains much advice on every aspect of rearing pigeons for table birds. The illustrated contents include: Selection of Birds - Housing - Feeding - The Moult - Vermin - Disease - Breeding the Best - Determination of Sex - Marketing - Starting a Flock - Recipes for Cooking Squabs - etc. Many of the earliest farming or smallholding books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book contains a complete guide to breeding pigeons for profit, with information on common problems, selection, necessary equipment, ailments and diseases, marketing, and many other related aspects. An accessible and comprehensive guide, “Practical Pigeon Production” will be of utility to anyone occupied in keeping pigeons for economic gain, and would make for a useful addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on pigeons.

A helpful guide for caring for pigeons, including how to keep a successful dovecote and aviary. Including chapters on the pigeon in history and literature.