Thanks! I can't keep them at my house in town. My
land is about ten miles away, so I only get out there once or twice a week. I wouldn't want them in a pen. I think I may try some next spring. There are feral pigeons near my house but probably less predators here in town.
I thought about building a coup inside the peak of the barn roof. It'd basically be a elevated
chicken wire pen, but they could come and goes as they please. There aren't any mature
trees within 100-200 yards. I'm not sure if that helps or hurts or doesn't matter. Our conservation department used to cut trees out of the prairies to elimate roosts for predator birds. This was to save the prairie
chickens. I don't know if it helped.
The nearest trees are pines. I don't think hawks or owls would use them.
It seems like a pigeon could out fly an
owl?