Dominic Daddato
1 post
Aug 30, 2006
11:32 PM
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I gave away a B.H. Roller to a friend 11 miles away who used it for breeding. He sold it 8 months later to a guy 31 miles from my house. The last owner flew it after about a month and it returned to me. Is it natural for a Roller to have that good a homing instint?
Dominic.
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C.J.
578 posts
Aug 31, 2006
2:51 AM
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hey Dominic no rollers do not have a very strong homing instinct. But every once and awhile they will show up back home.
C.J.
Last Edited by C.J. on Aug 31, 2006 2:51 AM
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J_Star
582 posts
Aug 31, 2006
4:47 AM
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Dominic, I bet you it is a Jaconette. They are known of being excellent homeability.
Jay
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GREED FOR SPEED LOFT
133 posts
Aug 31, 2006
5:13 AM
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Probably the luck of the draw. I have had NORWOOD line birds return home from a distance .
R-LUNA
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3757
80 posts
Aug 31, 2006
7:05 AM
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I agree with Greed. There are a number of Birmingham rollers families that have great homing ability but in general Birmingham rollers do not.
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Dominic Daddato
2 posts
Sep 01, 2006
8:45 AM
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Thanks guys. I got the bird years ago at Black Lake Lofts in St. Marries Idaho. Not knowing that it didn't have a homing instinct, I trained it with my pure white homers all the way out to about 35 miles. It's a female, very small compared to my homers. I named her "Boomerang". I'll keep her and attempt to mate her with a pure white homer to see what comes out. Thanks again for your feed back.
Dom.
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rosebudrollers
24 posts
Sep 01, 2006
9:56 AM
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Dominic,What will come out is a half bad roller and a half bad homer.Might make a nice pet. Curtis
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