Our Dove Loft

This is our loft which houses our doves. They fly freely everyday and are only locked in overnight. Each morning we hold back the doves we need for work that day, then the others fly off , sometimes for hours, which means they are memorising their way home by picking up the magnetic field.

We have over 40 doves so they are rotated to work equally amongst themselves.

 We run a natural breeding programme and do not force pairs together.

We do not separate young birds from their parents, they are free to stay with them until they naturally leave their nests.

On very rare occasions we have had doves come home injured by sparrow hawks, or electrical cables and they have astounded us by their sheer determination to get home with such injuries . They do recover but we do have 3 doves that are now retired as they tend to stay very near to the house when they come out of the loft so we leave them at home to enjoy the garden and peck the flowers.

 We welcome visitors to come and see our doves and have a cuppa with us whilst we chat about your requirements. Should you wish to visit, just let us know.