bertie
291 posts
Jun 18, 2008
2:30 PM
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Does anyone know why someone would buy any pet from a pet shop? Most of them are animals from puppy or kitty mills or birds that the breeders couldn't sell, you might say the bottom of their barrel!
Has anyone here ever got a good roller from a pet shop?
Bert
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George R.
787 posts
Jun 18, 2008
2:44 PM
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Bert
my first Roller was from a Pet shop ( Weses in El Monte) and I wish to this day I had twenty like him.
I did not know anything about how to fly Rollers , I used to fly him strait out of the loft with food in him and he would put on a hell of a show.
Last Edited by on Jun 18, 2008 2:45 PM
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lionel
76 posts
Jun 18, 2008
2:45 PM
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I was always into pigeons as a kid and probably had everything but rollers. When i got older and into the rollers I made the mistake of going out and buying feed store birds. I must have spent about a hundred bucks on unknown pigeons. lol I ended up taking them right back to the feed store.
didnt even try to breed from them.
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Lionel
lionelsrollers@hotmail.com
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diamondrollers
262 posts
Jun 18, 2008
2:50 PM
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when i was a kid i got some flippers out of the petshops
sal
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FRENCHROLL
158 posts
Jun 18, 2008
3:04 PM
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tested a few in haste to get some birds up before I connected with some good breeder guys....just about every bird from the feedstore was a disaster..but on a positive note I kept losing them do to impatience with settling teqniques n feeding amounts and so on so I guess they helped knock the rust off my handling having been away from the sport so long....haven't lost a youngster yet!
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"ROLLIN INTO 08"
Last Edited by on Jun 18, 2008 4:24 PM
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rtwilliams
90 posts
Jun 18, 2008
3:20 PM
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I got my first birds from the feed store. Not rollers just pigeons, I thought they were great. Pet stores could be a good place to get fosters or just get started. These stores often times have information to clubs, and people who can help out. they can be of value to visit and sometimes support.
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RT Williams
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Square
386 posts
Jun 18, 2008
5:04 PM
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I rember getting petstore rollers from a place in Lynwood, ca, in the early "80's" all I renber is this place had a big rabbit on the roof. I got some good rollers from this place, alot of rolldowns but I rember a little redw/f beard that was really fast not too deep but really fast. My mom would take me there to spend my allowance, but after she saw a couple crash she sut me down....LoL
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
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Square
389 posts
Jun 18, 2008
5:43 PM
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I'm pretti sure they are diffrent,, the ones I was exposed to had alot of diffrent pet's.. and some of the shops used to actually fly rollers... I rember my dad took me to a place in or near downtown L.A and the owner only flew common marked roller's checks, blue bars, he sold any colorful bird... his thought was that it would keep the thieves away,,, back in the day they were ruthless...LOL
Square..
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1763 posts
Jun 18, 2008
6:02 PM
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Pet shop owner has to make a living.............lol
here in TX theres no pet shops......not even birds at flea markets..??...
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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rollinfever
15 posts
Jun 18, 2008
6:09 PM
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haha no pet shops?? are you sure ?? lol..yeah over here we have flea markets and theyll have nice looking pigeons..reall nice.. i bought this one black/grizzle/mottle nbrc roller pigeon it was male.. it was a jaw dropper.. the band # is nbrc 650 04.. i really liked it but something came into my breeding pen and ate it..didn't even finished it too just ate teh brain.. i was madddd
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Santandercol
2673 posts
Jun 18, 2008
6:48 PM
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probably 'cause they don't know any better.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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WaTtS UpP
974 posts
Jun 18, 2008
8:35 PM
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i wouldnt care if i would go to the pet store to get rollers i just wanted to get a kit and watch them roll thats it and hope i had a deep clean bird that was when i was older now im more experienced and know people in the pigeon game
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Watts uppp homeboy
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gabe454
1039 posts
Jun 18, 2008
8:48 PM
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Not no more when i was young i didnt care.
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454
TRIPLE "G" LOFT
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J_Star
1634 posts
Jun 19, 2008
5:10 AM
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Rollin..
What got into your loft was a coon. They eat the brain of the pigeon and destroy as many as they can for that tasty brain.
Jay
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rollinfever
20 posts
Jun 19, 2008
5:38 AM
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i wished it was a racoon but i was sure it was some sort of rodent bcas i had barb wire aroung the pen ..im still upset to this day.. it was one of my best roller...
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silent187
139 posts
Jun 19, 2008
10:45 AM
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i bought two rollers from a pet store one left and other is a alright roller maybe a 15 footer so hes alright!!!
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CVRC
8 posts
Jun 20, 2008
12:30 AM
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i bought a few birds from the pet shop and they turn out all right. not the best but it was one of my first birds so i was happy.
Cristian Castro
CM Loft
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smoke747
1217 posts
Jun 22, 2008
9:22 AM
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I used to buy birds from Red Wing in the 70's and early 80's and some of them were good some were not.
smoke747
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Keith London
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-mannyfresh- spins
12 posts
Jun 22, 2008
9:45 AM
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My first birds were from ª feed store...bought them cuz my cuziin had some n I wanted sum real bad..didn't kno much about them..but I loved them cuz they looked tight...not deep or n ? thing but did nice rolls... too bad they passed away..still miss them but they helped me to be ª better birdman...lol
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Velo99
1840 posts
Jun 22, 2008
10:05 AM
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I have considered taking some to the flea market. Then the question of ethics come into play. What I would take would most likely be culls for the most part. I am not gonna sell good birds at the flea market for some kid to lose. I could use a few bux to help out with the feed bill too. It could also be an avenue to get more guys started,but if you sell em culls... What does one do?
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V99
Straight up,no chaser.
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Keep Rolling On
10 posts
Jun 22, 2008
8:53 PM
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I would say because some roller men would not consider giving out some birds. They would rather make a buck. The pet store or feed store would be a direction some would go, reason being its a start. That was my experince in the past. Some guys think they are the master flyers or breeders. Heads get too swollen they are ready to burst. My two cents!!!
Vince
Last Edited by on Jun 22, 2008 8:55 PM
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