Building Pigeon Nests

If you are planning to own a pigeon, then please keep in mind that you should provide it with the most comfortable living options and proper food so that it can spend a long jovial life with you. Although people try keeping pigeons in king sized cages, but it is genuinely not a very comfortable option for them. Basic care of housing or nesting is vital when it comes owing a pigeon or a bird as pet. One should always try to provide a bird like pigeon with a comfortable pigeon nest built by you at an idle corner, in the garden or just in your balcony. A nest will give the pigeon the feel of habitat and will bliss it with a long life. Lets us have a look at how should one go about a homemade pigeon nest.

From a pigeon nest to pigeon nest box…

The pigeon nest need not be an imitation of an actual pigeon nest, but the comfort level in the nest shall be more or less equivalent to it. It need not be open, as the pigeon will for sure take a flight. Thus when preparing for a pigeon nest, one should always go for a proper box. It is formally called a pigeon nest box where in the comforting options of the pigeon are available. A pigeon nest box although has no certain measurements and sizes but then too it should be make in accordance to the size and specie of the pigeon you are going to own.

If you are having a garden then there is no place more appropriate to place the pigeon nest box. In case you are living in an apartment where there is no garden then try keeping the nest in the balcony where it can get some fresh air, sunlight and sight of the freebie chirpy creatures.

Actually, when designing a pigeon nest box there are no standards of accuracy. Birds are unresponsive and unfamiliar to mathematical calculations. The only concern that one needs to keep is that the nest box should be spacious enough for the species which is to be owned, give the feeling of security to the pet and should stay waterproof to prevent any seepage.

To create a comfortable and natural habitat like atmosphere, one can always include materials like tender twigs, stems of the ripped husk, coconut hay and leaves, tobacco stems, pine needles and shavings, cedar shavings, etc. in a pigeon nest.

Keeping the pigeon nest clean is an essential part of the pigeon care. It can be done annually or twice in a year with simple boiling hot water. It helps to kill the parasites within and keeps the cage smell free. Ideal month fro cleaning the cage are October and November. The stuff inside the nest should also be replaced with a fresh lot of the same.

So, when it comes to nesting a pigeon, you must keep in mind the given instructions, and for sure you’ll spend some really blissful years with your pet pigeon. Not at all a hassle to maintain, pigeons most of the time prove to be great pets.