bertie
327 posts
Jul 06, 2008
5:25 AM
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Just wondering how people got started with raising rollers? When I was about 5 my moms brother had some rollers and he would take me out back and let me see them flying and then he'd take me in and show me the squeaks. I have been hooked since then.
How about any of you, how did you get interested and how young was you?
Bert
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Electric-man
1797 posts
Jul 06, 2008
6:54 AM
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When I was in grade school, I found a squab in a window seal at the University that my dad coached at! Took him home and we were buds. When I was in the house, he would fly to the window seal in which ever room I was in. If I was outside, down in the pasture, he was either flying overhead or setting on my shoulder! Even when the bus would pick me up in the mornings, he would fly along above the bus for a 1/4 of a mile or so! He would even meet the bus in the evenings and meet us coming up the road!
One day, he just dissapeared! I was depressed for a couple of weeks and my grandfather came down one weekend and had me help him build a coop! He said if I was gonna raise pigeons, that I had better do it right! The next week, he came down and pulled a box of 8 rollers out of his truck, and I was hooked! I can remember getting whippings for spending all day in the coop and neglecting my chores! Couldn't help it then, and I haven't changed much now that I'm older!
My dad got rid of them when I went off to college. Over the years, I have raised about every kind of bird that I could get my hands on, but it wasn't the same! About 4 years ago, I saw an add in the paper for rollers and immediatly started building a coop! Got my rollers and now I'm back to hanging out in the coop all day, neglecting my chores again! The void has been filled! Can't think of anything else that I would rather be doing!
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Val
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SSLOFTS
55 posts
Jul 06, 2008
7:56 AM
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My neighbor raised Pouters since I was born,that's how I got interested in the pigeons.When I was 10 or 11 my mom bought me 2 pairs of rollers at a county fair and I've been flying pigeons since then,I'm 38 now.
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WaTtS UpP
1046 posts
Jul 06, 2008
12:05 PM
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i think this post been posted like a month ago
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Watts uppp homeboy
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bertie
328 posts
Jul 06, 2008
12:54 PM
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Oh sorry, I must of missed it. I thought I've been reading them all.
Bert
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pacos bill
52 posts
Jul 06, 2008
11:02 PM
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My Boy Scout master gave me a red check homer and, I soon grew very bored with pigeons that just perched on a telephone pole.
It was at this point in about 1955 a new kid moved in from Northridge Calif. Bobby Hubina and he had Rollers, He said he received the pair and one extra hen as a gift from a man in his neighborhood and by his description may have been none other than Bill Pensom himself who at the time lived in this part of the San Fernando Valley, Pensom are not, we will never know but I do know, I had never herd of rollers much less ever watched them perform. The first time I saw a roller roll that day in 1955 is still frozen in my mind as if it was yesterday, little did I know at the time I was bitten by a life long love affair with Birmingham Rollers.
PACOS BILL
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bertie
329 posts
Jul 07, 2008
4:56 AM
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I don't know about any of you but a lot of times while watching my birds fly I think back when I first saw my first roller preforming. It's an amazing site when you first see it. Well still is!
Funny thing, I only have 2 neighbors close enough to see them but most mornings I see the neighbors out staring up in the skies along with me.
Bert
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rockx.559
83 posts
Jul 07, 2008
12:19 PM
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My older brother used to raise and breed them...unfortunately we lived in a bad area that time and also his loft was way too easy to break in...actually way to easy to open...untie it..so it was stolen ...well some years later then here I am with some more rollers and a dog and more secure...
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SuperxRoller
24 posts
Jul 07, 2008
5:17 PM
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i got hooked on rollers when i was about 9. My brothers use to raise ferals. My older borther met an old dude who raised rollers and he gave my brother a pair of squeaks. those squeaks turned into some of the best rollers i ever had. But then they got sick from those feral pigeons and died.
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The Superman Roller Line
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CVRC
181 posts
Jul 07, 2008
5:39 PM
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i saw them in action and was instantly hooked. Now all i think of is pigeons
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Cristian Castro
CM Loft
CVR
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Electric-man
1801 posts
Jul 07, 2008
7:03 PM
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Hey Bertie, I like that logo! Keep it up, you got some skills!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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bertie
333 posts
Jul 07, 2008
7:49 PM
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Thanks Val,
One of my favorite things is taking photos and working with the Photoshop program and now I can incorporate my roller in with my photography hobby. Hobbies that go hand in hand that what I like. :-)
Bert
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roll-n-4-ever
78 posts
Jul 07, 2008
11:54 PM
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Abel Ibarra introduced me to rollers back in 1989-1992...i saw a bird roll a bout 15-20 feet for the first time and i have had rollers every since.... back then the bob scott and eddie scott birds was the shit.... i also remenber trading a 1984 donruss don matingly rookie for a blue checker self hen out of the 87 champ bird.... thanks to abel's little brother....TIMES TO REMEMBER... LOL LOL LOL
ROLL-N-4-EVER
MY 5 P'S
PROPER
PLANNING
PREVENTS
POOR
PERFORMANCE
Last Edited by on Jul 07, 2008 11:56 PM
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FRENCHROLL
211 posts
Jul 08, 2008
8:09 AM
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I got into birds in about 1983 from watching my neighbor 2 houses down....I used to trap his birds using the old milk crate n stick routine lol, when he noticed I did this numerous times and I was interested he ended up giving me a few, then I met big grizz and the rest is history!!
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"Maan pops trippin he want me to ask for my bike back"
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rtwilliams
147 posts
Jul 08, 2008
9:11 PM
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Foud my first pigeon in the grass at the park, I was about 10 yrs old. My uncle had some trumpeters, and he showed how to make a loft. I had comies, and a few angels.
Saw my first roller at 20 in Monroe Utah. when I decided to get pigeons again, i had to have some rollers. I would still like a pair of trumpeters.
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RT Williams
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gotspin7
1439 posts
Jul 09, 2008
4:41 AM
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I was a kid and had a older guy on the next block that would fly about 200 rollers together it was a site to see as a kid!
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Sal Ortiz
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bertie
337 posts
Jul 09, 2008
8:05 AM
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Last time I had rollers in the late seventies, I had over a hundred flying at once everyday. Had some great rollers but I only had one or two out of all those that lack control. Now out of my 12 young this year I already have 4 that lacked control. Guess their getting in bred way to much these days.
Bert
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