spade_drain
18 posts
Aug 02, 2005
12:21 PM
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hey i was wondering, do roller keep rolling or do they know when to stop too..
example: this baby roller from my breed, starting rolling around 4 to 5 months now it can do the same amount of roll as the parents do they stop here and make no more progress or do they keep making progress n rolling till they get very very old lets say til they die....do they keep doing it...
jef
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rollerpigeon
Site Moderator
342 posts
Aug 12, 2005
9:39 PM
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Hello Jef, like birds tend to produce like offspring, especially if you are line breeding. So "yes", your youngsters will tend to do what their parents did, but they cannot ever be better than what is already present in the gene pool. My opinion. lol
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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Bill C
4 posts
Aug 13, 2005
10:01 PM
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Hi Jeff, About the only way to know what your birds are capeable of doing is to ask the guy you got them from or fly them long enough to see. I know many guys who raise young birds to fly in the flies each year and never seem to hang onto the hold over birds and if they do its whats left over after the hawks have taken the best.
Some birds like the jaconettes can fall apart after just a few years flying. ( what I mean by falling apart is they start bumping and rolling down on you) I think the late developing birds will hold up better in five years than a bird that rolls great at only four or five months. I'm sure someone will disagree with that because I did at one time too, but stable birds that flip and flip fast in the first few months or even a year will turn out to be your velocity spinners and birds that roll sloppy at five months will usually stay low quality later on. Some birds do seem to pick up speed in the roll as they mature but the fast fliping bird will always turn out better at my place. Some guys have birds rolling in their kits that are five years old so it is possible to breed towards that in our breeding and selectiong stock. I got some of my first Pensom rollers this year. The guy who sold them to me has some birds three and four years in his A team. They were awsome to watch. After that fly I saw my birds as just average, but I do get a good roller here and there. Its all about percentages. Do you wnat to raise 100 for 3 good ones or raise 50 for 35 good ones.
The Jaconnetts i have seem to get seldon after two years and I keep birds around for flying for fun for many years as I don't mind buying all the feed to feed them. Most guys don't want to feed a kit bird after one year if its not doing much. Good luck BIll C
Last Edited by Bill C on Aug 13, 2005 10:04 PM
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spade_drain
20 posts
Aug 14, 2005
8:39 PM
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wow...thanx i'll now have something in mind now ....
jef
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