Photo Gallery One

Ameron Lofts
Home of the flying acrobatic Oriental Rollers

Home of Oriental Rollers and Damascenes

Photo Gallery One

Photo Gallery One

My first Loft

My search for a loft design, began on the internet. And after searching for weeks on end. I came across a pigeon loft website that offered for FREE, the complete design layout, drawing, pictures and list of building materials needed. Perfect, for a non-carpenter like me. (Later, I was to discover this same design file, offered on one of the pigeon supply websites. Except they wanted, I think it was $15 to send you the info. What some people won‘t do to make a buck.) After reading all through the information about this small starter loft. I found that anyone could build and configure this design to suit their own needs/ birds they wanted to raise. As you’ll see, it is a design for a small racing loft, but you could us it for any type of breed you’d like to start with. So here is what I built (with the help of a friend), and how I made a few design changes, for the type of loft I was wanting. (See "Starting a Loft" for this info.)

As you will see, it is a 4'w x 8'L x 7'h, small shed type. I divided it into two 4' x 4' sections. The first in the door, for roosting with V purchase, the second section for breeding with 8 breeding boxes on one wall. The outside flight cages, are each a 4' cube, for sun and bathing, as well as for release of the birds.

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Outside my backdoor, was a fenced garden plot.

Here’s another shot of my first loft.

As you can see, I’ve cut out the lower air vents and

have cut out the traps as well.

Large openings up top, will be windows for light.

I’ve added the two outside flight cages.

Another shot of outside flight cages from kitchen window.

Far end w/ divider houses the breeding boxes.

West end of old garden plot, now for raising pigeons.

1st shot, shows a little landscaping helps to soften.

2nd shot, show a little landscaping again.

It's always nice when summer comes to Ameron.

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My Second Loft

Bitten by the bug, I still had space left in my garden plot.., why not add another loft! My second loft is an 8' x 12' double entry on one end type shed. Built on your site by the Taylor Co. of mini-barns. It was a great idea, it only took them two hours, from start to finish. I chose to have the door end facing my first lofts door, for easy access. And of course I had to do the painting and inside design carpentry work myself.

Being 8' x 12', works out well to have three 4'x 8' sections. With chicken wire dividers and doors leading from one compartment to the next. The first two sections I made for breeding and built-in 4 boxes in each compartment. The last and third section I planed for extra cocks/ un-sexed birds. Or for separation of the sexes out of breeding season.

Each section has it’s own outside flights (each one, being 4'w x 3'd x 4'h) and are covered with ½’’ hardware wire/ cloth, top and sides as well as floors. This type of small wire keeps out any feral birds. And the air vents are covered from the interior with ¼” hardware cloth too. No mice or snakes wanted here!!

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