c robbo
61 posts
Feb 16, 2008
5:07 AM
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when i was a kid about 10 years old i wood go two john wanless and watch kit after kit some times i wood spend most of my time watching johns rollers and i had the bug. he sorted me 10 old birds i got them setteld and i had them going mint.now im 29 i won the all england thanks to john great man.
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rollingandtumbling
13 posts
Feb 16, 2008
5:20 AM
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Hi Chris you realy done good nice looking birds and dogs,
i always wanted to fly rollers i flew racers years ago i went to see john hall and he helped me loads and ross and ali great set of lads its my first year breding so hopefully i might be flying comp next year loads to learn lol, good luck.
john
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c robbo
62 posts
Feb 16, 2008
5:23 AM
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weir u from mate i no ali john ross.
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rollingandtumbling
14 posts
Feb 16, 2008
5:24 AM
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Consett
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c robbo
63 posts
Feb 16, 2008
5:28 AM
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how meny birds do u have. and wot strain do u have.
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Santandercol
1995 posts
Feb 16, 2008
6:15 AM
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When I was about 10 in '67 a guy in Surrey,B.C. gave me a pair of culls(suicide) and I kept them along with some Trumpeters for a couple years till started living in different parts of the world didn't have birds again till 2006.Totally consumed with the bird passion now trying to figure out how to stop working for other people and devote every day to my birds and garden.Getting there!Basically it was guys who were freinds of Monty Neible before he passed away who gave me the rollers I have now.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Feb 16, 2008 6:17 AM
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rollingandtumbling
15 posts
Feb 16, 2008
6:44 AM
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Chris i got 9 pair going i started breeding late-ish as iam not flying comp this year i got mostly johns birds some of alis and ross i think they are maurice holes strain but you could say john and ali got there own strain now, i also got a few of ross 07 yb kit that won aerc,
top blokes been a great help.
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c robbo
64 posts
Feb 16, 2008
7:03 AM
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good luck with ya birds mate hope u have a good breeding season mate. ps i had trumpeters and jackabins crossers thay got pinched when i was a kid and i was heartbroken thay used to follow me all over verry tame birds. not a dry eye in the house. ha ha
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rollingandtumbling
16 posts
Feb 16, 2008
8:04 AM
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thanx, a know what ya mean i had tumblers when i was a kid my first ones the cat got them,i got a border terrier now he just loves cats lol i dont work him but i know he would graft hes 14 month old, one smart dog
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Steve_uk
332 posts
Feb 16, 2008
12:07 PM
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I got started with rollers when i bought a pr of what i no now as red badges from shannons petshop in oldham in about 1989 it said birmingham rollers on the cage i broke them in and as they flew they pulled back and dropped about 20ft on there tail that was it i was hooked. I'd never heard of rollers but after watching these birds fly i needed to no more a guy called shaun kelly told me i should get some better birds from chelford auction so of i went with my pocket money and bought 6 rollers i broke them in and 1 a blue checker hen put a 6ft spin together the 1st proper roll i'd ever seen and that was it rollers have been my number 1 choice of pigeon ever since.
Steve.
ps ive still got photo's of my 1st proper roller.
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CHANTICLEER
41 posts
Feb 16, 2008
1:50 PM
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HI LADS ,
Similar story here .......... as a kid of 7 or 8 i climbed a set of scaffold and caught a white scrag pigeon from under a bridge , took it home ..... we had canarys and british birds , my old dad loved birds and came home with a few rollers not long after ...i belive from maurice hole or norman chapman [ who started maurice off and lived about 5 minutes walk away ] . well we got the bug and had them a long while ............. yrs later the rollers slipped when i was obcessed with hunting and getting too deep they gradually were lost , a few yrs ago i met up with a lad at john wanlesses place when dropping a bookcase i made off for him ....... went round to watch the rollers and.... BAM ....hit with the bug again ,
now ive a loft 3/4s done and youngsters hatching off from stock birds borrowed and given to me from wanless and maurioce hole stock ......... yep the bugs bitten again !
all the best
LEE
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IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND
THE ONE EYED MAN IS KING !!
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W@yne
1077 posts
Feb 16, 2008
2:01 PM
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Guys
Great to see a British crowd gathering on the site. There's more English guys on here than i have seen over the last couple of years.
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Regards
W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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fhtfire
1244 posts
Feb 16, 2008
2:22 PM
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I got my original start back when I was a kid..by the name of Leo Newton...he had all kinds of pigeons as well as Rollers...of course they were not even close to what I have now.
As far as getting started in competing and raising rollers the last 6 or 7 years....Well...I got my start for quite a few roller guys....Chuck Roe from Davis gave me my first birds, Mort Emami, Scott Campbell and Tony "The Hitman" Chavarria.....These four got me going and then I had a lot of help and insight from Bill Crider, Dwight Wallace and Ken Firl.....Now that I am a Jedi....I try and pay it forward every chance that I get,.
I still have a Cock and Two hens in my stock loft from Chuck Roe as well as my "Original" Pair of 04 Ruby Rollers and some Original Mort birds...actually one of my first Mort Birds...a little 03 Blue Bar Cock that I flew out ....is turning out to be the back bone of my set up....lots of his offspring and grand offspring have made the stock loft!!
rock and ROLL
Paul
Last Edited by on Feb 16, 2008 3:01 PM
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Missouri-Flyer
1299 posts
Feb 16, 2008
2:39 PM
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Tony "The Hitman" Chavarria
Paul, whats behind this "nickname"?..sounds like Tony is a mad man
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
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fhtfire
1245 posts
Feb 16, 2008
2:59 PM
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Back in the day when i would call him...I would speak in a Italian Mofia voice and call him Tony "The Hitman" Chavarria...and that he needs to send me some "Stuff"(pigeons)...
rock and ROLL
Paul
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c robbo
66 posts
Feb 17, 2008
1:48 AM
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thanks lads great post.
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