Hi all newbie from lincolnshire

Hi all my names jamie im from grantham in lincolnshire and a complete novice in the pigeon world , looking to start racing in the near future

welcome to the forum Jamie

Welcome and good luck

Welcome to the forum Jamie, have a look around and enjoy the site, plenty of good guys on here that will help with any questions you have, oh, and welcome to the crazy world of pigeon racing

welcome pal

Cheers lads i did have a few racers when i was i kid of the late keith medows from grantham , spent many hours as a child staring into his loft in amazment

Welcome Jamie, what's your situation, have you got a loft and birds or are you, looking for young birds or stock.

Hi boosey i havent got anything at the min , i have got my old canary breeding shed which is 21ft x6 ft it is fully lined and insulated with eletricity as well , was thinking about converting this into my loft . Just trying to soak in as much info as possible at the min , want to try and get it right first time round

That's a nice size for a loft, there's lots of experienced fanciers on here if you have any questions, and every now and again there's free young birds and stock birds offered.

You've got enough room for 3 sections and a storage section for food and loft equipment, or a stock loft, depending on how your thinking on progressing.

Was thinking of maybe 4 4 1/2 x4 sections and a 3x6 storage area at one end , that would leave a 2ft corridor section at the front for a walk way .
Or i could have them 41/2 ft x6ft and have sliding doors between the sections .
Any ideas welcome the more the merrier

Plus there is a 10x6 next to it what houses the chickens but theres only two ov the old girls left now , so that could be possilbly used in the future aswell

i would go for 6x4 sections ...smaller sections keeps birds nice and tame easy to handle you could have sliding doors between sections and wire doors behind the front doors of the sections ...I would take your time and get the loft right its one of the most important aspects is ventilation ...I would go to the trouble of making a front door to every section atb with your endeavours

I agree with Darren take your time, draw plenty of sketches until your happy.
And ventilation is a big factor in the future success of your loft.

welcome to the forum Jamie

Welcome to the site hope you enjoy and have input

Lincsracer wrote:

Hi all my names jamie im from grantham in lincolnshire and a complete novice in the pigeon world , looking to start racing in the near future

Welcome aboard here Jamie . Appears your half way there with what you already have to start etc. Small is good (6x4) or as I say, one should be able to stand in the middle of a section & touch all 4 walls as such.