Doves Love Their Outdoor Cage

Doves Love Their Outdoor Cage AG WORLD 33-4-21 Frederick Leese enjoys spending time outside during the summer, and so do his pet Mexican ring neck doves, thanks to the roomy outdoor cage Leese built. His 5-ft. diameter satellite dish gave him the idea. He had an old rusty water tank the same diameter. He cut off the tank's rusty bottom and connected the two items with a welded 1-in. tube frame bolted to the dish roof. He used one wall of an old birdcage to make a hinged door to bring in food and check on the automatic waterer. The only thing he purchased was 1/2-in. galvanized screen. There's no floor. The cage can be moved anywhere and staked down with tent stakes. Leese built the cage in 2008 and placed it under a cedar tree for shade. "They stayed out there until November," Leese says. Living in Fontana, Kansas, the weather was nice enough to put the hardy birds back outside this March. "They have more freedom," Leese says of the birds in their 8-ft. tall cage. He and guests enjoy listening to them and watching them fly around and light on branches of the tree he placed inside. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Frederick Leese, 11475 W. 2200 Rd., Fontana, Kansas 66026.

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