Pigeons next door

tgon

Viewed a really nice house this morning and are now considering placing an offer on it however I noticed a very large pigeon coop next door with a lot of birds in it. Not sure if they are for racing or show but concerned about noise, smell, droppings and disease and the effect our little spaniel might have on them, and visa versa.

Any pigeon fanciers out there that can dispel or validate my concerns?

martinthebandit

Bloke next door to us keeps racing pigeons, they have not been a problem in the three years we have been here.

conradmum

An old neighbour of ours kept pigeons. No problems at all. He even let us name the babies.

DRP

a neighbour of my sister-in-law kept pigeons and they preferred her roof to their own coop - causing a lot of mess, blocked gutters.

Occasionally one would get into her loft and cause a lot of mess.

The road and pavements between the houses was covered in pigeon **** too.


She moved recently - one of the reasons was the pigeons.

trollopscarletwoman

tgon wrote: »

Viewed a really nice house this morning and are now considering placing an offer on it however I noticed a very large pigeon coop next door with a lot of birds in it. Not sure if they are for racing or show but concerned about noise, smell, droppings and disease and the effect our little spaniel might have on them, and visa versa.

Any pigeon fanciers out there that can dispel or validate my concerns?

When I lived in the valleys next door had pigeons. However, these birds were his breeding stock so never flew.

His fliers were in another coop on the adjacent allotments. The breeding birds were not a problem as the neighbour was meticulous with cleaning, sweeping corn up to prevent rats and so on.

However if the birds are fliers it could cause some problems. I imagine if there is any problem the existing owners of the property might have to declare it.

You're thinking of buying the property so ask every legitimate question you can think of.

The spaniel might be an issue as they love birds. Whether he'll bark at them only you would know. My mother had a king charles spaniel and he didn't bother but having said that he couldn't quite get a good view of them. If the birds are fliers then that's different.

MysteryMe

You could have a word with the neighbour the other side, also if the coop looks clean and well maintained might be OK. Thing is you could just as easy move somewhere where a neighbour acquires a dog barking all day.

tgon

Thanks so far. Ours is a Cavalier King Charles and doesn't normally bother with flying birds. The coop and surround looked very clean and kept.

Soot2006

Our neighbour has pigeons, I hardly notice them most of the time. They are asleep anytime its dark lol. They learnt quickly not to come near my house as my dog, who never took an interest before, learnt very quickly that they were good fun to chase. They don't even come to our bird feeder now although all the smaller birds are permitted to do so by the dog!