Thanx Camille...
I am doing an online search now for pics. I am seeing more pics typing in pigeon coops versus lofts. Do the wood floors on the loft eventually rot? How do you clean the poop? I would think from all the hosing the wood would eventually rot. I am thinking about nailing a good piece of linoleum down. So I could just wipe it each day....would that be an ok idea?
Thanx again, Donna

I got the OK to use the shed as a loft!
I will take some pics of it tomorrow and you can explain what to do. I think I will remove the two doors and frame out two news ones with that wire mesh on both doors. The floor is wood, but some animal chewed threw the bottom of it and made two big holes, maybe squirrels. I will fix that and maybe nail down some linoleum. The shed sits on a platform flat on the ground so I cannot put any wire mesh on the bottom. Then make a landing ledge by that window.....will need some help with that.(maybe a pic) If she does not use it I will just put the old doors back on. Last night Abigail stayed....there is another storm coming in now and I just checked on her and she is gone. I think it will be a struggle to reprogram her to use it but I am going to try. Let me know if my above idea is ok!

Here are some closeups....do not know how I would raise the floor though.

First, lets not steal Susans 50 ft up thread, Start a new thread Donna and post these same pictures and I will voice my opinions...
We will take it from there...

The Spotted Dove

Shed to Loft Conversion for Abigail

Nate, thanks for starting a new thread for this topic. We almost had two threads like this! I was just going to do the same thing.

WoooooHoooo Nate to the rescue, Thanks my friend...
There will be no need to raise the floor, but those holes will have to be covered or fixed.
That big door on the side will need to be closed and secured so it can no longer be opened, then "if possible" cut out for 2 windows on that door, storm windows can be found fairly cheap at garage sales and or in the paper, or craigs list, measure what size will be needed, either add one big window or 2 small ones, the will allow plenty of light in and a good soarce of ventilation, 2 major keys to healthy birds.
Also if possible, a small window in the door in front, this door will be used to enter and exit, if you want to palce a lock onto the door...
Standing in front of the shed looking at the door...look up where the roof comes to a peak, this is where you will cut a six wide by 8 inch high hole, square at the bottom, round at the top, this will be where the birds come and go from.
Under the hole on both inside and outside place a 6 inch wide shelf, a "landing strip", the birds will need something to land on while entering there loft, this landing strip can go from one side of the roof to the other as far as length, or 10-12 inches will be fine.
I use both types of perches, a 1 by 6 shelf and individual perches so the birds can have there privacy. here's a picture of the perches that only allow one bird to perch, this controls fighting also as only one bird can perch.
these perches should be mounted as high as possible.
Example picture


You can mount these single perches where ever within the shed, birds like to perch up high, but not to close to the ceiling as to where they can't land comfortable, I will say atleast a foot down from the ceiling.
Even a 1 by 6 inch shelf level with the bottom of the windows so they can look out while perched will be fine...
Water and seed dishes, I use cat & dog water dishes, the kind that come with a gallon water jug, but a regular heavy ceramic bowl will work, and change water daily, the seed bowl should be placed away from the water soarce as pigeons are flingers, they love to throw seed around, so otherwise you will have the water bowl full of seed....
Its near impossible to keep clean water, so do your best to change the water if they poop in it....
Hope you don't mind cleaning, get youself a scrapper, metal...heavy duty and plan on scraping and either vaccuming or sweeping the floor once a week, avoid placing the seed and water dishes directly under a perching area.
Once you have completed your loft, you will want to train Abi to use the loft, place seed on the landing strip just inside of the entrance and maybe a little bit outside so she can see the seed and start there.
Arty

Thanx Arty, Got it! Except for the cut out roof thing and landing shelf! For some reason I cannot picture that.
I thought the loft should be all open except for one side...good thing you explained it. I was going to take those two doors off and frame out two screen doors with wire mesh and make a landing by the little open window in the front. I did not think it would be high enough though for her to land on.
I think Abigail is feeling more secure here...she is flying off more during the day and coming back...now I see her going in different directions. I think Abigail is a He! He was cooing and dancing the other day! Do females do that? When She/He is hungry he cooos and I get his dish of seed!
Thanx for the advice on the shed...I will try to figure it out!

Hope you can read this

This is how the entrance & Exit should look....
The shelf under the hole should be six inches wide, and a shelf both outside and inside....
Just above the main door and under where the roof peaks.

This is going to turn out neat!! Can't wait to see it finished!