Damp lofts/sheds

I dont no whot your loft/sheds are like but this damp weather, i took my youngbirds out and put them in the raceing loft closed the blinds and with no air getting in i had not cleaned it out when i went in the next time there was fluff balls all over the place thats why i am writing, this to tell you to please make shore you have air getting around your lofts at all times as bad circulation is one of the worst things you can have in your loft you will put your birds off and thats no good at this time of the year they need to be intop form for breeding

YES TRUE GINGER, MY LOFT DOESNT HAVE GOOD ENOUGH VENTILATION AT THE MOMENT, and over the last few weeks its been hard to keep the floor dry as there hasnt been any sun to dry it when damp..........i think i coild do with fitting internal wire doors on every section so it would allow a good circulation of fresh air.

A few years ago I had a similar problem with poor ventilation. Ideally it is good to have an extracter fan fitted to a hose pipe that runs along the back wall of the loft, the hose or pipe hase lots of holes drilled in it and the fan comes on and off every 15 0r twenty mins for 5 mins or so sucking out the poor air,

Where the roof meets the side of the loft at the back if you remove some wood to leave a gap of around 2 inches and air can blow in the front of the loft and leave through the back at the top that works too, if air blows in the front and cannot leave through the back or the top you will have problems with respiratory disease due to a draft.

i have a 2 or 3 inch gap accross the front of my loft and accross the back, just under where the roof sits......this is ok i think but what i do need is some vents low down in the doors which will hopefully draw the fresh air through the loft............im intending to fit these before racing starts, after breeding.

why after breeding if you go to Blackpool you can get them there you will have time in waiting for the young birds to hatch it wont hert the birds get it done why wait you dont want to upset or ghange anything when you are going to start raceing never change just befor raceing you wont your birds carlm and content thats if you want to win races

pairing up in three wekks time ginger and still other work yet to do on loft..........dont know if i`ll get chance to fit vents, and most likely wont be at blackpool.

You can leave my loft for a week longer and you get the jigsaw out you can fit them in ten mins
DONE SORTED

should get it done as soon as possible realy ginger, altho since ive fitted my home made traps the flow of air has got better because the dowelling section is lower down the door.

You want get the misses out there when its raining to hold some poly over you wiel you do the job thats love for you Im shore she would do that for her darling now thats real love

weve been togeather since we were 16/17 ginger, i dont think she can stand the sight of me after all this time..........thats probably why she told me to start up with pigeons again......

get those vents in david asap you can just mesh them for now mate

yes i definately need them, its very important for the loft to have good ventilation i think.......also i must get my aviery sorted out once my new loft goes up.

As you will know a dry loft is very important as Salmonella breeds in damp conditions, and respiratory disease is also rife if the ventilation is not qute right the birds , especially the youngsters will have breathing problems , even slight problems will add 10 mins or more on their clocking times,

Treatments are good but if the air does not circulate just right it can be a recurring nightmare sorting out the breathing especially Ybds . A topfancier once said that if he stood in the centre of a pigeon loft with a lit cigar the smoke would find a way out near or at the roof area with the minimum of fuss.
The best way is extracter fan but not always possible, depending on electric supply to the loft.

i think my roof level ventilation is adequate but its just the lack of floor level vents im short of, once i get these in i think all my venting problems will be sorted.