SuperxRoller
13 posts
May 19, 2008
5:35 PM
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just wondering how did everyone in here get into the BR pigeon
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oneg360
35 posts
May 19, 2008
5:44 PM
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HOW DID I GET STARTED? I ALWAYS LIKED ROLLERS EVERY SINCE I WAS A KID MY FATHER RAISED MY WHOLE LIFE. WHEN I WAS 3YRS AGO I TOOK THE HOBBY TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY FATHER AND HAVE BEEN ROLLER CRAZY EVERY SINCE............
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FRENCHROLL
81 posts
May 19, 2008
6:10 PM
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one of my neighbors got me strung out in the early 80's
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"ROLLIN INTO 08"
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SuperxRoller
14 posts
May 19, 2008
6:21 PM
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I've been raising rollers for 10 plus years. I'm only sixteen. All my borthers raised roller once. thats how i got into it.
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elopez
1382 posts
May 19, 2008
7:25 PM
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My father got me into it when I was around 16. First off got some pet shop birds, then hooked up with Keith London and it was all over then...
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Efren Lopez
SGVS
http://lopezloft22.bravehost.com/
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Built4Speed
200 posts
May 19, 2008
8:39 PM
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I started when I was 9 years old, all the kids in the neighborhood had pigeons, my very first birds were a trumpeter and a long face muffed tumbler named Rocky, started rollers in the early 80's after watching Bill Torres put up a kit when he was in the CRS all I remember was his back yard being real quiet with Frank Lavin judging, boy was that a long time ago, been hooked ever since!
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Dale
SGVS
http://builtforspeedrollerlofts.bravehost.com/
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Donny James
385 posts
May 19, 2008
8:49 PM
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like i posted in the past bill berry and my brother in law steve turner got me start when i was 14 years old and i got my 1 st cock off of mike baker and my 1 st hen was a black mkd ....................donny james
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WaTtS UpP
844 posts
May 19, 2008
8:54 PM
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i started liking pigeons when i was 6 yrs old i remember coming out my grandmas house r.i.p early in the morning when my grandma use to come out early in the morning washing down the yard after she was done i use to wait me and my brother until the water would dry out ......... i remember seing this white bird always coming down to the yard to drink water... or eat some bread because my grandma use to feed them ... so i told her watch im going to catch that white bird .... and she said go on mijo and from ther the mission started i know you guys did this before I GOT A MILK CRATE AND A STICK AND I TIGHTED A FISHING STRING AROUND THE STICK I PUT THE STICK UNDER THE MILK CRATE SO IT COULD TILT THE CRATE AND PUT ALOT OF BREAD UNDER NEATH SO I STARTED THROWING BREAD AROUND THE CRATE AND ALL THE STREET BIRDS CAME DOWN EVEN THE WHITE BIRD CAME SO I PATIENTLY WAITED FOR THE BIRD TO GO INTO THE CRATE AND IT WENT IN AND I PULLED THE FISH STRING AND THE CRATE CAME DOWN AND I COUGHT THE WHITE BIRD AND FROM THERE I WAS HOOKED IT HAD A NBRC BAND ON IT AND FROM THERE I STARTED TO HIT THE PET SHOPS AND GATHER BIRDS
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Watts uppp homeboy
Last Edited by on May 19, 2008 8:59 PM
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katyroller
203 posts
May 19, 2008
9:17 PM
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My father raced Racing Homers when I was growing up in Hawaii. After H.S. I joined the Marines and was stationed at MCAS El Toro, Santa Ana CA.. I got out of the Marines in 1991 and settled down in Tustin, Ca.. I had been out of birds for many years but still read the APJ religiously so I had heard of the BR but had never seen one perform. One Sat. morning I was driving through Santa Ana and saw a kit of pigeons flying. As I was driving I continued to watch the birds when several of them balled up and started dropping. I had to pull off the road before I caused an accident. I followed the kit home(a skill I learned as a kid) and knocked on the door. A Hispanic gentleman whose name I can't remember anymore, answered the door and invited me into the backyard to check out the birds. Two weeks later I had a kit box and my first BR's.
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joelbanc
34 posts
May 20, 2008
3:18 AM
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My first Rollers came from a person named Bob Price
back in the mid 70's.
I was lucky to have stumbled upon his home and loft a couple of blocks from where my house was.
I didn't know anything about Rollers but he was friendy enough to show me around and tell me all about them.
He also was thinking at that time of getting out of the hobby for he only had one lung. He offered me all the birds & a large kit box for free. And sold me a copy of the "Pigeon" for about $35.
Last Edited by on May 20, 2008 3:19 AM
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Santandercol
2530 posts
May 20, 2008
6:19 AM
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As a kid of 10 years used to catch pigeons on the train tracks under Port Mann bridge,then someone gave me a pair of suicide rollers he called them(culls).Had a pair of trumpeters awhile then no birds till I was 48.Joined the BCRC and guys from the club gave me birds to start up.Now have about65 Rollers,20 Doneks and 50 white Homers to keep me busy.Lovinit..
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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silent187
92 posts
May 20, 2008
3:52 PM
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man i bearly started two years ago my uncle in la would always let his rollers out and hed say look what these birds do and i watched but theyd go too high and i couldnt see anything so i was like thats wack so the next day he flew them again and i paid closed attention and when i saw the first roll i was hooked since then got my first two rollers haha flew them on my own and barely this year got my first kit but ive learned alot in those two years thnx to all u ppls!
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silent187
93 posts
May 20, 2008
3:54 PM
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man i bearly started two years ago my uncle in la would always let his rollers out and hed say look what these birds do and i watched but theyd go too high and i couldnt see anything so i was like thats wack so the next day he flew them again and i paid closed attention and when i saw the first roll i was hooked since then got my first two rollers haha flew them on my own and barely this year got my first kit but ive learned alot in those two years thnx to all u ppls!
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silent187
94 posts
May 20, 2008
3:57 PM
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man i bearly started two years ago my uncle in la would always let his rollers out and hed say look what these birds do and i watched but theyd go too high and i couldnt see anything so i was like thats wack so the next day he flew them again and i paid closed attention and when i saw the first roll i was hooked since then got my first two rollers haha flew them on my own and barely this year got my first kit but ive learned alot in those two years thnx to all u ppls!
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Oldfart
675 posts
May 20, 2008
4:01 PM
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2nd grade,a pair of commie youngsters fell out of a tree.
I have been hooked ever sense, and like Donny, a very fine gentelman (William Berry) helped me along my path. He is gone now but his legacy lives in me, Donny, and countless others.
Thom
Last Edited by on May 20, 2008 4:01 PM
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silver tail
423 posts
May 20, 2008
4:15 PM
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When I was a little boy my uncle had birds my mom saw how much I liked them and for my seventh B-Day my mom and step father took me to hill's pet n feed in Gardena Ca. and let me pick out two birds a solid white and a blue bar self. Been hooked every since.
Last Edited by on May 21, 2008 7:09 AM
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George R.
708 posts
May 20, 2008
4:30 PM
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I use to catch commies in the apartments I lived in " The Klingerman apartments in El Monte".
Then when I started working at age 8( Car wash and shineing shoes) I was able to buy some Birds at Wese's pet shop in El Monte for 5 dollers a piece .
I bought my first Roller there it was a Red badge with a NBRC Band.
I use to come home from school and hurry up to the roof let the Birds out and he would go up and put on a show.
I never told any adults about what the Bird would do (spin ) because I didnt want people to think I was on Drugs.LOL
Last Edited by on May 20, 2008 9:51 PM
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cr250
11 posts
May 20, 2008
7:49 PM
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Hey George,thats where I would get my birds too.I love those birds.I lived in Monrovia and Rosemead .I havn't
been there in about 8years is Wes's still there ?
I always got good birds from Wes's.A guy named Oscar gave
me my first pair of rollers.My dad gave my first pigeon,
a wild homer.Rollers have always been my favorites though.
I've been hook ever since that first pair.
Brian
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George R.
712 posts
May 20, 2008
8:14 PM
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Yeah Weses is still there but Bonnie doesnt own it anymore ....
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cv rollers
15 posts
May 21, 2008
12:18 AM
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had fancy pigeons as a teen, got out for a couple of years.started back up with fancy pigeon;had-capuchines-fantails-halmets-brunnerpouters-germanmodinas-
west of englands-satinettes-figuritas-.....
a now good friend showed me two breeds called roller and muff roller that rolled/spun in the air ,20-50 feet.i was hooked, now only breed i have in my loft is muff rollers and rollers........
rick
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SuperxRoller
15 posts
May 21, 2008
5:09 PM
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great stories.
Thanks for sharing
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