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The Hollenbeck Pigeon Loft. dba: Leland Inc. G Manure Management Plan. �c 5 rl General Information. K rl ✓ The Hollenbeck Pigeon Loft operates a 5,000 pairs of pigeons facility at 2314 S. Hollenbeck Road, Stockton, CA. 95215. cyu- b The loft operates year-round. '-,-' — The loft is a component of three rows of pens. Each pen has an outside fly-pen. ' f-`- The loft is built to keep pigeons inside and instruders out. Intruders include mice, rats, ..., smakes, sparrows, wild birds, and other animals found in the area. Sri7� vrd'I'�i VKr.JVL t'.+J a`511+ •nNr ) 7.}CL GF! . d. Manure Management. Pigeons are gentle and need a kind treatment, therefore, the clean up of the loft is P S'.- .' done by hand. In front of each nest in the compartment must have a perch to keep the WW i, pigeon out of the nest, all droppings will be on the floor and clean up twice a week. Droppings will be stored in the manure house with cement floor and brick wall 24 inches h h. Above the wall is a e of metal meshed fabric designed to prevent the a u< g type � intrusion of flies. Inside of the manure house is divided into compartments. The droppings mixing with"greens"such as leaves, grass, weeds ...and "browns" such as dry leaves, dry grass " "�`" and used straw from the nest will allows oxygene flow freely. All materials will r<•,. decompose more quickly and odors are reduced or even go away. Depending on the weather, from few to several weeks, the droppings mixed with the greens and the browns will become organic compost and can be used as fertilizer in the 3 acres vegetable garden in front of the loft. Solid waste (Refuge and Dead Animal) Management. - Dumpster or dumpsters will be emptied weekly by Stockton Scavengers Assoc. Inc. According to our experiences, if the loft is clean, and the pigeons are treated kindly we did not have any dead bird in our former facilities, however, we do not know anything yet of the condition c,f the air and the soil contaminated of many kinds of any