PIGEONS, DOVES AND DOVECOTES by Michael Roberts and VE Gale

A Guide to Keeping and Breeding Pigeons and their Management in Wallcotes, Polecotes and Aviaries

Colour and black and white photographs.

Table of Contents: Introduction Breeds of Domestic Pigeon, Choice of Breeds Where to Buy? Housing, Types of Polecote, Wallcote, Aviaries, Stables, Sheds, Siting your Pigeon House Food, Drink, Grit, Minerals and Containers Other Requirements, Water Ponds, Nesting Pans, Perches, Nest Boxes, Nest litter Breeding in Polecotes, Wallcotes and Aviaries, Selection, Courtship, Nesting, Eggs, Incubation, Hatching, Squabs, Leaving the Nest, Breeding Age, Barren Hens, Foster Parents Sexing What to Do When the Pigeons First Arrive Ringing, Other Methods of Marking or Identification and Handling Diseases and Ailments Pigeons and the Garden Pigeon Predators Racing Pigeons and Showing The Origin of the Domestic Pigeon Man’s Association with Pigeons The Decline of the Dovecote

Soft-cover (84 pages) UK, 2000 Contents in very good unmarked condition. Front cover has some small blueish spots (see picture)