"BROOKDALE LOFTS"
THE HOME OF TOP "QUALITY" RACING PIGEONS IN TOP "HEALTH"
"BROOKDALE LOFTS"
THREE 20 FOOT LOFTS HOUSE THE BREEDERS AT BROOKDALE LOFTS.EACH LOFT IS DIVIDED TO SEPERATE BREEDERS OFF SEASON.LOFTS ARE WELL VENTILATED TO ASSURE OPTIMAL HEALTH.
BROOKDALE LOFTS FLYING LOFT IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.THE RACING LOFT IS 30 FEET LONG BY 8 FEET WIDE AND WELL VENTILATED. IN 2008 WE WILL BE FLYING APPROX 100 BIRDS IN THIS LOFT.THE RACING LOFT IS SET UP WITH BOX PERCHES AND NEST BOXES.THE OUTSIDE OF THE LOFT HAS TWO DAY SCREENS WITH A 12 FOOT LANDING BOARD MADE OUT OF WIRE TO KEEP THE YOUNG BIRDS AWAY FROM THERE DROPPINGS.THE BOARD ALSO HAS CALIFORNIA SCREENS TO SETTLE THE YOUNG BIRD TEAM ,THE LOFT HAS THREE SECTIONS TO SEPERATE THE YOUNG IF NEEDED IN OUR RACING PROGRAM.
BETWEEN ME AND MY PARTNER MIKE WE MAINTAIN ABOUT 60 PAIR OF BREEDERS.WE ONLY BREED OUT OF THE PAIRS WE SELECT TO RACE THERE YOUNGSTERS.THE BREEDERS ARE KEPT ON A SPECIAL DIET IN THE WINTER MONTHS, AND HI PROTENE GRAINS ARE ADDED WHEN THE PAIRS ARE REARING THERE YOUNG TO ASSURE PROPER FEATHER AND MUSCLE GROWTH.THE BREEDERS ALWAYS HAVE PICK STONES AND GRIT AND MINERALS TO MAINTAIN PROPER HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE MEDICATION PROGRAM CONSISTS OF PMV SHOTS WITH SAL BAC, OTHER MEDICATIONS ARE ONLY USED WHEN NECESSARY. WE HAVE A MICROSCOPE TO DO FECAL EXAMS EVERY FEW WEEKS.FECAL EXAMS ARE IMPORTANT SO THE BIRDS DO NOT GET UNNEEDED MEDICATIONS WHICH DESTROY GOOD GUT BACTERIA. WHEN THE YOUNG ARE BEING REARED IT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BUILD UP A NATURAL IMMUNE SYSTEM WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF UNNECESSARY MEDICATIONS, WE TRY TO RAISE OUR YOUNG BIRDS WITH AS LITTLE MEDICATIONS AS POSSIBLE. YOUNG BIRDS GET THE BASICS SUCH AS PMV SHOTS AND POX VACCINE.RESPIRITORY MEDICATIONS ARE USED ONLY WHEN NEEDED DURING TRAINING AND RACING.