smoke747
51 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:02 PM
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flyers,
which performs best in your family, hens or cocks or are they equal? the reason i ask, is because people see a good bird spinning they think it is a hen.
feel free to comment
k.london
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classicpony
570 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:14 PM
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Smokey,
Equal, they are the same here.
Jim
Illinois
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2007 8:14 PM
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Donny James
153 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:14 PM
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i seen both cocks and hens in my 2 families ........donny james
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viper
34 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:19 PM
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I see both here average more hens but get cocks the better ones that are faster but thats the rare ones there pretty equal.Blake
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WCWINR97
22 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:21 PM
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Smoke this year i seen more cocks than hens. i don't know it might change in 08.
FOMBY
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2007 8:24 PM
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kcfirl
220 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:25 PM
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I think it depends on the family of birds. I tend to get more good hens than cocks. In the hotter families, I think there are more good cocks.
Cocks tend to be stronger and perhaps more resistant to the roll than the hens and I think that's why the hotter families may poroduce a higher percentage of really outstanding in the air cocks.
Ken Firl
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Fire Brewed Rollers
32 posts
Dec 02, 2007
10:55 PM
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I find I get just as many good hens as cocks but the hens have more control then the cocks. My deeper hens seem to be able to shorten the roll up flying down low and the deep cocks learn not to roll at a low level after they bounce a couple times. If they roll on the deep side, 30 to 40 feet and both just as frequent I know while feeding wheat the cocks will have an accident coming out of the kit box before the hens. My Ruby birds from Tony that I have been flying 2 years and 20 footers never have an accident and they are frequent rollers.
Robert Miller
Fire Brewed Rollers
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kcfirl
221 posts
Dec 02, 2007
11:14 PM
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I get more good hens. I think need a bit more heat in the line and I am breeding towards that.
Ken
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gotspin7
738 posts
Dec 03, 2007
5:13 AM
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Keith, in my family of rollers I get them both!
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Sal Ortiz
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Windjammer Loft
84 posts
Dec 03, 2007
9:41 AM
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Very good post..I'll have to remember this in my future breeding seasons. I never gave this much thought.... Thats what I like about this site. It brings things to mind, that one doesn't normally think about. Thanks guys
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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Bluesman
Pigeon Fancier
1180 posts
Dec 03, 2007
10:17 AM
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I think it depends on what the breeder is wanting to breed for.If I want depth and speed my Cocks have it.If I want frequency and shorter rolls my Hens win hands down.So in answer to your question I raise more hens than cocks.David
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ROLLERMAN
178 posts
Dec 03, 2007
11:46 AM
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I have the mason strain and my hens are deeper then the cocks. How ever if i get a deep cock they Seem to hold up a lot better then the hens. plus checking my breeding records. I have breed more hens then cocks every year over the pass 10 years like 20% more ,, Gave a kid down the road 8 young this spring he ended up with 7 hens and one cock lol
al
Last Edited by on Dec 03, 2007 11:48 AM
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sundance
307 posts
Dec 03, 2007
5:16 PM
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I do tend to get deeper cocks the first year but the hens seem to hold up the second year. I was looking at the birds this year that I was concidering for stock and there were twice as many hens as cocks. Looks like next year I will be flying some really good hens again, just because I dont have enough good cocks to stock them all with. In my family line I had 6 good cocks in the stock loft. If I stocked all the hens that I thought should be stocked , there would of been 11 hens to 6 cocks.
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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