George Ruiz
137 posts
Dec 18, 2006
7:13 PM
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Do you have a fly record ???
If you do post it
george
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
900 posts
Dec 18, 2006
7:52 PM
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birdman
249 posts
Dec 18, 2006
8:00 PM
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Something about that picture gives me deja'vu. lol
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Santandercol
514 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:10 PM
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Brian,
Pretty impressive!I sure like the looks of your loft.I'm guessing this photo is your kitboxes.Could you show us some more pics of your setup?I like to see how the pros do it!Some day I'd like to build a larger loft so I can have more space to hang out with my birds.
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Kelly
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
901 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:20 PM
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Kelly, I'm no pro, just a competition flyer.
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Santandercol
515 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:24 PM
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Brian,
That looks like about 8ftX20ft,eh?Now are those all kitboxes or are you breeding in that space as well?
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Kelly
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luis
35 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:27 PM
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Nice set up.Are you able to fly and maintain that many kits?How many pairs do you breed out of to be able to keep 6 kits going?
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
904 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:28 PM
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Close, it is 8x16, sort of a copy of Scotts kit box loft. This is just a kit box loft, everything self contained and easily managed.
The breeders, etc are in the other lofts.
Luis, I have two more kit boxes for overflow/holding kits for a total of eight boxes. You can never have too many kit boxes. I'm down to four kits right now, but it will fill up in a few months. I usually breed from around 18 pairings give or take a few.
Last Edited by on Dec 18, 2006 9:30 PM
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Santandercol
516 posts
Dec 18, 2006
9:57 PM
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Brian,
Yeah,,looks real nice.Definately one day I'll have a better setup.My kitboxes are separate 4X4X3 deep,standing on 4"X4" posts.Feeding on rainy days would be more comfortable at your place for sure!
A few weeks ago we visited Neville Eccles,a roller-man,dairy farmer who lives outside Vancouver in Abbottsford,B.C. by the Fraser River.He's an Englishman and he brought with him the english style of building kitboxes.All inside like yours with individual traps,but when he releases the birds,he opens a big double door which takes up 1/2 of the front of the loft,then he opens the door of the kit he is gonna fly.Lots of room for them to get out freely,and the boxes are not darkened at all.
Thanks,
Kel.
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W@yne
78 posts
Dec 18, 2006
10:59 PM
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Brian
Great looking loft a very nice set up.
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Oldfart
10 posts
Dec 19, 2006
1:56 PM
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Very Nice, our birds deserve the best and this setup is
just what they need. Very clean!
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motherlodelofts
1120 posts
Dec 19, 2006
6:07 PM
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Ok ,I'll play, not impressive by some's standard thats for sure, but it's mine.
World cup "Finals"
01 - 36th
02 - 24th
03 - 12th
04 - 25th
NBRC national Fall fly 20 bird "finals"
02 - 4th
03 - 8th
04 - 10th
05 - 5th
Calif state fly
03 - 1st
05 - 2nd
Scott Campbell
Last Edited by on Dec 19, 2006 6:38 PM
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Double D
302 posts
Dec 19, 2006
7:02 PM
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Brian,
I had seen your kit box loft before but last time you posted a picture of it, you didn't have that "secondary" roof on top of the main roof. What is that exactly and why is it there? Just curious. Thanks!
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Darin Olson
Checkerboard Lofts
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
910 posts
Dec 19, 2006
7:36 PM
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Darin, I call that the "trampoline"...lol.
I have a 12x24 shade cloth area over to the right of the kit box loft which was there long before the kit box loft was. It is a shade area for my other lofts. My kit birds used to land on it before going into the old kit boxes, mainly because it was higher I guess. I had noticed that several times when the kit was coming down to land, a stupid young bird would roll or something when landing and "bounce", then walk away fine.
When I built the kit box loft the roof is huge and obviously hard. They started landing on it instead of the original "trampoline" by the lofts. Young birds always do stupid crap and some will get spooked when landing or fear takes over and they go into a spin and whack that roof hard. I had a real good prospect young bird last year that was coming nice that did one of those 10 foot last second rolls and jacked up its shoulder, never to fly right again. That pissed me off. Then a few months later I had a smokin recessive red I was elated about. When the kit was landing a freaking sparrow blasts through the birds when they were just about to land and this red hits a spin no more than five feet from the roof and was dead on impact. That was the last straw. So I built a trampoline over the roof solved that issue.
Some of the hard heads give me shit about it, saying I will eventually breed unstable birds. I just laugh and tell them to breed their birds their way, I'll breed, fly and train mine my way. I let the score sheet do the talking. If they don't like it, the gate they walked through swings the other way..lol
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motherlodelofts
1123 posts
Dec 19, 2006
7:37 PM
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What hardheads ? LOL
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JMUrbon
123 posts
Dec 19, 2006
7:59 PM
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IT is impressive Scott and I will be the first to say so. Here is mine not near as impressive but like you stated its mine.
WC finals
2003--35th
2006--38th
FF finals
2003--13th
2006--13th
CA st fly
2003--5th
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dave
230 posts
Dec 20, 2006
12:03 AM
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Here's my short record:
'05 fall flay: DQed and a big 0
'06 WC final: 17th overall
'06 California Fly: 2nd/3rd (still confused, lol, as I thought I was second but got a plaque that says 3rd and best bird)
'06 Fall Fly final: 4th overall
Hope to add to this as I only started to raise rollers in '04 and '05 was my first year in competition.
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
914 posts
Dec 20, 2006
10:26 AM
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Dave, I'm sure that list will continue to grow each year for sure.
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maxspin
64 posts
Dec 20, 2006
1:31 PM
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Not much to brag about, but I support all of the flies, and am getting better every time.
05 WC: DQ (rookie mistake)
05 FF: 20 Bird DQ (hawk attack)
06 WC: 0
06 FF: 20 Bird 0 (Poor Management)
06 FF: 11 Bird 6th over all
Keith Maxwell
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George Ruiz
138 posts
Dec 20, 2006
6:06 PM
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well here's mine:
2003 Fall fly prelims 0 Falcon attack
2004 Fall fly prelims 0 falcon attack
2004 L.A. super fly 59.00
2005 World Cup prelims 0 young birds
2005 Fall Fly prelims 89.00 11 bird team 2nd in region 9a
2005 Fall Fly prelims 263.64 20 bird 8th place outa 43 kits.
2006 World Cup prelims 89.28
2006 Fall Fly prelims 305.00 qualified region 7a/14
2006 Fall Fly finals 205.00 15th place in Nation
I hope to Improve this Fly record.
George
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