AIREDALE
12 posts
Jun 09, 2006
3:06 AM
|
Hey Guys,
Just for a change,are there any funny stories about Rollers that you can pass on. Tony's comment about the neighbors thinking we're crazy when we try to scare birds off the roof or telephone wires struck me as hilarious.Anyone have a bird rolldown into a neighbor's pool or new car? This might improve the weekend and take the edge off Hawks and overflys.
John
|
Velo99
478 posts
Jun 09, 2006
4:39 AM
|
I had a squeak roll over the street,and almost hit on the hood of a passing pickup. Nose dipped as the brakes came on, he almost locked `em up.
I would have loved to been in the cab with him. "What the hell was that! Was that a pigeon?"
v99
|
GREED FOR SPEED LOFT
66 posts
Jun 09, 2006
5:17 AM
|
I heard a story of this one guys neighbor that had some family's wedding reception in their back yard and he decided to fly his birds, what happened is that one of his birds rolled down,but had rolled down on the wedding cake(bull's eye)... LOL......R-LUNA
|
AIREDALE
13 posts
Jun 09, 2006
5:50 AM
|
Sooo your buddies neighbor is the S.O.B. that ruined my wedding.Just kidding.Great story.
John
|
rosebudrollers
16 posts
Jun 09, 2006
8:14 AM
|
Had a little hen to roll down from about 75 ft.I took one step back grabbed my cap and caught her in it .
|
fhtfire
462 posts
Jun 09, 2006
10:20 AM
|
my neighbor was having a little shin dig at his house. He has a nice new aluminum sun block over his porch..with fans and lights..the whole package. Well, he had a bunch of people over and I let the birds out...the were really active..I could hear my neighbor talking about these crazy rolling birds...everyone was in AHHHHH....then a blue bar cock...one of my best breeders now!..He was a young bird then...well He was a rocket and a little hot..but never bumped. Well it was hot that day and they worked a little hard..they were coming in to land and he let one go from about 40' and BAM...pigeon hitting aluminum...I peeked over the fence and said sorry I had to interupt you little party....Well he was ok...just knocked him silly...but it was funny...he was in just starting the moult...so of course feathers when everywhere like a little explosion..LOL
rock and ROLL
Paul
|
MCCORMICKLOFTS
575 posts
Jun 09, 2006
12:21 PM
|
I'll play
This isn't a roller story and it didn't happen to me, but I love telling it.
My roommate goes to a wedding nestled in the oak laden foothills of California. The afternoon is warm and the air still as the sun begins to set. Amassed around the luxurious residential landscape are several hundred family, friends and wedding crashers gathered at the stage where my roommate's friend is about to say his vows to soon to be lovely bride. Four hundred-plus eyes watching the outside ceremony. At the completion of the "I do's" the couple each take a white dove in their hands. Note: these were real white doves, not racing homers. They say a quaint little speech of how I love thee, blah, blah then each toss their dove into the air and over the crowd, symbolizing something that probably wouldn't make sense if you were sober. The pair of doves possessing so few brain cells, clammor about over the crowd. Mom and Pop ooh and aah. A tear is shed when someone actually gets the meaning of it.
Then like a lightning bolt from hand of Satan himself, in comes a Cooper and stone cold drills one of the doves only feet above the crowd's head then carries it to a nearby tree where it begins plucking the feathers off. Horrified members of the crowd gasped, yelled and some of the women cried. My roommate of course, laughed his ass off, as did I when he called to tell me about the wedding tradegy. It was said the bride and groom turned to each other and wondered who's dove was it that just got killed over the wedding crowd? I simply want to know what in the hell was the groom thinking to get married in the first place!
Brian.
Last Edited by MCCORMICKLOFTS on Jun 09, 2006 12:22 PM
|
Santandercol
105 posts
Jun 09, 2006
10:06 PM
|
LOLOLOL but now you've got me thinking!!!???I plan to release these white racers I have at my son's wedding in August.Big open field in the middle of the forest.Ideal pred habitat.Just hoping being racers they fly home like a bat outta hell.
----------
Kelly
|
parlorfancier916
32 posts
Jun 10, 2006
10:54 PM
|
I've had a rolldown, rolldown onto 2 other bumpers and dragged both of them with him, they got scared and all 3 of them were in a break. they hit the ground and rolled 16 foot straight into the opened loft...... I guess they were eager to go home or something.
|
katyroller
35 posts
Jun 11, 2006
8:28 PM
|
I was at a club members house during a fly when he had a bird rolldown into the neighbors pool. The guy was just getting through telling us how much trouble he was having with the neighbor because his young birds kept crashing into the pool and patio cover. A couple of us peeked over the fence to check on the bird and got caught by the neighbors wife who had been sunbathing topless and was trying to fish the bird out of the pool. Too bad she was in her late 50's.
|
Velo99
533 posts
Jul 08, 2006
2:02 PM
|
I had a kinda different coincidence. I was working on a jobsite with a "new" super. We were talking at break about when the kids figure out mowing the grass is work even with a new mower. He asked me where I lived , he thought we were neighbors. One thing led to another and we are neighbors by a block or so.
Then he told me "Some guy down the block from you has a bunch of pigeons. They sure are pretty. I sit outside drink coffee, watch them fly every morning with my son. I think they are rollers, cuz there`s a white one and a black one that do some really wild stuff. Sometimes the whole bunch does it."
I raised my hand and said "That would be me.If you ever want to see them come on over." I gave him the two minute condensed version that doesn`t bore the uninitiated to tears.I did tell him I was glad someone else enjoys them on the block too.
Where he lives is one end of the usual pattern. I bet he has seen some really nice breaks. They break right over the street in front of his house.I might send the judge over to drink coffe and watch birds from his porch in the fall fly. lol
----------
If they don`t kit,they don`t score.
Color don`t roll and peds don`t fly.
It`s a comp thing,understand?
V99
|
SJP
34 posts
Jul 11, 2006
11:53 AM
|
I live in the north east were i can not fly after october/november due to the severe predator problems. Winter can get really cold. One day i was getting ready to feed the birds and this friend stops by. First you have to understand that this guy is a "know it all". We all have a friend or know someone like this, similar to "Cliff" (postman) from Cheers type. Anyway, as i get ready to feed, he asked, why dont you fly your birds anymore? I said, because of the hawks. He rattles on about no hawks in this area this time of year. That if they were here, that they dont hunt this time of the day etc, etc!!. So i say hey Buck, do you want to bet me that if i were to let the birds out know that they would be attacked in less than 5 minutes? So he bets me $20 bucks. I reach into the loft and grab four pumpers and hand toss the birds. I told him the direction (North)inwhich to watch for the hawk to come from. He starts to laugh and glanzes in the direction which i asked. At about the 2 minute mark, here comes "Mr. Cooper", he grabs the bird about 30' above our heads, and continues to carry the bird about 30 yards away and starts to land. Probably to get a better grip. I automatically jump into "retreival mode" and start to run down back to save the little fellow. As i get closer, the hawks takes off again with the little fellow deeper into his grips. Well, as i turn to look back, following behind me was "cliffy" in a full sprint. Well, he hits a patch of ice and goes up into the air about 6-8 feet. I even think he "rolled"! I thought he broke his neck. I helped him up.His eyes looked like 1/2 dollars. He was amazed as he had never seen this before. When i realized he wasn't seriously hurt, i had to laugh. His ass was sore though. Well, i kinda felt bad for him, so i told him to keep the $20 bucks. I haven't seen him since!!
|
squeeker
3 posts
Sep 15, 2006
5:25 PM
|
ok now, this just happened today. I am new at this roller stuff and just hate to see squeekers die unnecessarily. Especially since I have only bred 12 babies total!
I went out to the loft this cool (47') morning to find my 2 youngest babies (5 days old) cold as hell but still alive. Parents just hanging out on perches above. I grabbed both squeeks and stuck them under my shirt in the cleavage for warmth. Holding them in place with my hand, I took them back to the house to find the hot pad. Looking upstairs, downstairs, closets, bathrooms, searched all 6 bedrooms, even garage and pantry. No luck. all the while these babies are being held in the cleavage. They warmed up enough in there to start moving around a little. I threw a baby blanket in the dryer for a few minutes and wrapped them in there for about 25 minutes. They perked right up. I put them back in the nest box and locked in both parents. The dad half-heartedly sat on them. I finally found the hot-pad in the son's room. (Dont ask me why he had it!Don't know) I put it on medium heat and covered it with a dish towel and put it under the nest bowl. I am monitering it so I don't end up with cooked squab appetizers. Thanks to y'all and wish me luck, Janene
|
bman
56 posts
Sep 15, 2006
5:59 PM
|
Squeeker
LMAO,sounds like they were happy where they were at!
LMAO
----------
Ron
|
smokey
18 posts
Sep 15, 2006
6:42 PM
|
ok guys about 25 years ago i bought my first pair of swingpouters they set with first pair of eggs. the mourning they were due to hatch i rushed up to check them out befor going to work. i took the hen out of nestbox and very foolishly placed her on perch above my head wellwhile i was admiring my first new chick she let go all over my head & kneck. i dident think it was funny but my three kids wet there pants laughing and i was late for work
|
Ally Mac
108 posts
Sep 16, 2006
10:52 AM
|
Not long after starting with Rollers I had 4 birds sent up from England, I kept them in for 3 weeks then let them out with the other birds I had, it was a fairly good day. They all came back, but for a black grizzle cock.
The next day wasn’t so nice but he did make it home, as far as one of the chimneys on our house. The wind was blowing, it was wet and miserable and I was out in the rain, with my jacket on shaking the food tin, he wouldn’t budge.
Next minute a gust hit him and I watched him tip forwards and disappear into the chimney. This chimney is sheeted over in the living room as we are all central heating now, it is also about 35’ from top to bottom.
I went up a ladder but there was no sign of him as I looked down.
Much to my wife’s disgust I arrived in the house all flustered, dripping wet, with a straight edge, stanley knife and torch, pulled out the kid on fireplace and cut a letterbox sized slot in the gyproc. Sure enough there he was, rather sooty, looking a wee bit shaken but otherwise none the worse for his little trip.
Incidently none of these 4 birds were any kind of rollers whatsoever, 3 were given away as pets but the kids had got attached to “Joey” and we kept him.
Still puts a smile on my face when I think about it. The chimney has now been capped!!
Al.
|
spinner jim
1 post
Sep 16, 2006
3:05 PM
|
hello all,im suprised ally mac purchased the four birds and found out they were not any good at rolling,personally i will not keep any birds that dont roll he had some bad luck there,how do you guys deal with the hawks,they are too plentiful here in the uk now, its like sounding the dinner bell here sometimes, the peregrines are here within minutes but they never seem to be able to catch the birminhams just my badge and magpie strains and they allways pick out the prettyest ones ,i could strangle the b-----ds and enjoy it but the penalty for getting caught is too steep,keep em spinning guys,jim.
|
Ally Mac
109 posts
Sep 17, 2006
12:44 AM
|
Jim.
Unfortunately there are no other pigeon guys never mind roller guys near me. I hadnt found any in Scotland when I first started out.
I got in touch with a chap down south who promised me cracking birds, at a cost! As I said, they turned out useless.
Luckily I have got some excellent birds now through perseverance and generosity from a couple of lads up here and a few down South.
Getting hit bt the peregrine myself just now.
Al.
|
Santandercol
297 posts
Sep 17, 2006
6:29 AM
|
Hey,Spinner Jim,
I have a problem with Coopers here.Merlins too will harrass my rollers.I find flying as close to dusk as possible is the best.Flying 3 kits now so with sunset at 7:20,have to let the first kit out around 5:30.Usually the preds have eaten by that time,so they're not so persistent if they do show up at all.Haven't lost a bird yet flying in the evening.The few times I've been dumb enough to fly in the morning sure as shit a bird will get hit and it really messes up their flying(ie;low,fast and scattered).
Good luck,
Kelly.
|