kopetsa
268 posts
Feb 18, 2008
8:27 PM
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Hey how long does it take to create your own family/strain of birds? I was just wondering! How many generations do you have to breed? I am only 17 and plan to be doing this for a while..lol..will I ever get there?
Last Edited by on Feb 18, 2008 8:28 PM
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nicksiders
2585 posts
Feb 18, 2008
9:58 PM
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It will be your family as soon as you begin banding your own birds. You are the one that paired 'em up so all of the off spring are your family of birds.
You develope your own strain when people ask you what family you are flying and you say that you are flying your own. They will be called a strain when others call them just that; a strain.
Don't get in a hurry. Breed smart; don't search for performance by chasing color....it ain't there.
Again, they will only become your strain when others qualify them by calling them a strain. I am sure Jerry Higgins did not call them a Higgins strain; others did. He bred smart; produced great performing birds; people sought after the birds; people sanctified them as a strain by calling them Higgins strain. Jerry developed his strain after years and years of selective breeding and flying the hell out of them. Winning competitions will get you there quick (performance competitions)
Getting there is all up to you. How hard are you willing to work at it; how much are you willing to read and study; how ready are you to listen? Will you be astute enough to catch on? There will be no quick fixes.
Nick Siders
Last Edited by on Feb 18, 2008 10:04 PM
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washington86
295 posts
Feb 18, 2008
10:09 PM
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I was at your age 4 years ago, and it takes a very very long time to build up a successful family of strain. You got to keep breeding the best to the best, and fly fly fly fly fly. It's best to focus on not too much family. For me, I have family from Reed, McCromick, J. Smith, and they all seem to come from the same strain or family, and I just stick with that. I don't want too many family because I have to keep track of them and the process is slower for me. My regards is to stick on one family first and work on them, work with YOUR FAMILY.
PS.-------------------"PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT"----------------
Last Edited by on Feb 18, 2008 10:20 PM
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Shadow
79 posts
Feb 18, 2008
11:50 PM
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Course you will Kopesta,you can build your own fanily in three years,how good they are depends on you,dont get too hung up on strain names,always look for quality,its a journey,how long,how short,mostly down to you,and what advice you get from the more experienced guys,but hey enjoy the trip.all the best.
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sippi
49 posts
Feb 19, 2008
8:06 AM
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Oh to be seventeen again. If you hang with it, it will come and you will be fifty before you know it. Then you will start to wonder where the time went. Patience in all things.
Sippi
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Snake Doctor
211 posts
Feb 19, 2008
9:16 AM
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Hey Washington, if I might add to your comment...
"Perfect Practice makes perfect!" If you practice wrong it won't ever be right, no matter how much or long you practice!
Keep plugging Kopetsa, at 17, you have time, I'm 58, probably won't live long enough to do too much but it won't keep me from trying to finish well.
As Nick said, get an education, read, study, make notes, listen as you get your hands on experience!
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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JMUrbon
377 posts
Feb 19, 2008
10:21 AM
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All to often too much emphasis is put on the strain of a bird or the family a guy is flying and too little on the important things like speed, quality, style. If calling your birds yours it is like Nick stated. The trick is not when you say they are a great family you have created but rather when others say it. Also remember that rollers are creatures of habbit,Good or bad habbits. If you allow them to be roof seters and tree setters they will always be and once they get in the habbit it is nearly impossible to stop it.You nearly always have to cull them out and start over.
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A Proven Family of Spinners
http://www.freewebs.com/jmurbonlofts/
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