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Visit the bookstore

The bookstore will be closed during September, so get your order in now if you need it during that time period. We will be in France during the month hunting down more pigeon cotes to share with you and will be keeping up with our email, so feel free to contact us. But obviously, we will not be able to send any books during that period.

If you are searching for that novel, affordable, yet a gift any pigeon fancier would appreciate give a pigeon magazine of the month of their birth. We have most months available in either the American Pigeon Journal, the Pigeon Debut, or the Pigeon Fancier. Just follow the link to the Pigeon Cote bookstore and browse the magazine section.

But don't stop just with the magazines, check out descriptions of many of the best books in the field, including many fine children's books on pigeons. There are sections for antique, fiction, breed specific, medical, magazines, dovecotes, pigeon use in war, and many others. New books are added every week and can be found in the new section devoted to the latest entries that have yet to be cataloged.

Emai the pigeoncote host Should you have pigeon related books or magazines you would like to sell or exchange please contact the web site host.

Find a Pigeon Show The show season is just getting started and The Pigeon Cote will help you locate a pigeon show in your area.  Most pigeon shows are held in the fall, are free to the public, very informative and entertaining way to see some of these marvelous birds in the feather. Check it out. See if there is one in your neighborhood.  New locations are added monthly.
To have your event listed, simply email the site administrator:    Email the pigeoncote host

If you cant find a show in your area, or just want to learn a little more about what goes on at a pigeon show just take in the virtual pigeon show at the Cote by following this link.
Come try out the Pigeon Cote's new Just for Fun section.  A great way to spend some idle time.

The just for fun pigeon related things. Give it a try. The games use a small programming language using Active X. Many browsers turn off programs that use Active X just to make sure that they are not malicious. So you may get a notice near the top of your screen informing that that the content has been blocked and provided a way to unblock it temporarily to allow you to play the games. Just follow this instruction and you will be playing along in no time.

new item link give it a try.New this month is a small puzzle picture of Jesica. Why not put her back together.

Dovecote at Cothele click for larger image The Pigeon Cote Presents, the fully annotated second edition of Dovecotes of Great Britain. We made our first visit to Great Britain in 1998 to record the dovecotes of old described by Cooke in his work Book of Dovecotes. We were very happy to find that many, many of the dovecotes he described nearly one hundred years ago are not only still there, but many have found loving sponsors that have maintained them in pristine condition. In 2006 we made a second trip to try to find some we just didn't have time to get to during our previous five week visit, and we again were well rewarded. It took me until 2008 to prepare all the new material and include it on the updated web site.  We have added a lot of annotation, displayed in green on standard browsers, and many more photographs.

A copy of the Dovecotes of Great Britain is now available from the Pigeoncote Bookstore.


Here is a site you can visit time and again with some great colored photography of many of the cotes. Cooke's original work is shown as plain black text so you can easily distinguish Cooke's original work from the annotations provided by so many. Thanks to you all.

The Best of the Pigeon Cote

Pigeon Cote Miscellaneous and Archives :  The really good stuff on the Pigeon Cote that has with stood the test of time, including Dovecotes, National Pigeon Show Slide show, Pigeon Color Slide Show, and much more.

Take a look at all the pigeon breeds

The Pigeon Cote Breed Highlight: Come take a peek at some of the many, many varieties of pigeon breeds.

The Pigeon Cote will help you locate a pigeon club in your area.

Find a pigeon club near you.  Unfortunately, this list contains only a handful of the hundreds of local pigeon clubs that are available to help you.  If you know of a club and would like it listed here, please email to web page administrator. Email the pigeoncote host

Medical and Plain Advice

Veterinary Advice: Advice on general management, emergency assistance and feeding as well as  Medical advice is available from veterinarians through the National Pigeon Association Web Site
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Constructed January 1, 1996   Last day edited: August 19, 2008