Santandercol
3217 posts
Oct 18, 2008
1:22 PM
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Black YBs I won on last summers NPRA/FORS auction donated by Bob Rapp,Penn Valley,CA.This pair born last spring have already hatched out their first egg 2 days ago
Breeder pair of 06 birds Bob Rapp sent extra in the box.They are on their second round of eggs now.
Yellow hen Bob sent as an extra gift.She has mated with the black cock(a little polygamy goin on here)as she only wanted to beat the crap outta the ember cock pictured below.
18 tailfeathers on this yellow hen.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Oct 18, 2008 1:29 PM
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mr.b.j
23 posts
Oct 18, 2008
1:24 PM
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whats the difference between oriental rollers an birmingham rollers???
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TT
38 posts
Oct 18, 2008
1:25 PM
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Nice looking birds Kel,
Are those the ones from Richard C.
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Tony.
Calgary, AB
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Santandercol
3220 posts
Oct 18, 2008
1:48 PM
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Tony,
Nope,these are the ones I won on the NPRA/FORS auction and they came from Bob Rapp in California.Nice guy,he sent me 4 extras.They are mostly Dale Husband strain with a little Ferholz.These YBs are from birds that have produced good performers and the breeder pair have also produced good performers.He was pretty nice to send me a pair of his best breeders,I'm totally stoked.As far as I know I'm the only guy up here with a flying strain of Orientals.I don't want to rub anyone the wrong way but the 6 ORs I got from Richard in High River I've been flying them 2 1/2 months now and have only seen 'em tailride for the last 1 1/2 months.I think they may be show bird culls.I don't know for sure yet tho but don't have the inclination to breed them birds and fly the young and cull hard to get good ones.That could take years.Think I'll just keep breeding the ones I got from Cali and go with that.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Santandercol
3221 posts
Oct 18, 2008
1:49 PM
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This is the bunch I got from R.C.Much showier looking and thicker skulled and necks.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Oct 18, 2008 1:50 PM
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TT
40 posts
Oct 18, 2008
2:09 PM
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Thats what i remember when i went to his house, That his birds had the look, But couldnt tell ya how they flew,
I remember you telling me the skills they have, would love to see them maneuver in the sky,and out preform those BOP's
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Tony.
Calgary, AB
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mario
163 posts
Oct 18, 2008
2:36 PM
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very nice birds and set up .................Mario
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Windjammer Loft
437 posts
Oct 18, 2008
3:56 PM
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Kel.......great looking kit of OR's. Good luckin flying them. They should really put on a show!!!!!
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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fresnobirdman
154 posts
Oct 18, 2008
4:04 PM
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how deep do those birds roll?
are they a match for berminghams?
~~Fresnobirdman~~
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Canspinners
184 posts
Oct 18, 2008
5:19 PM
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GreaT Birds hard o find orienTals in OnTario
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kopetsa
1873 posts
Oct 18, 2008
5:38 PM
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Very nice birds.. Kel. Great looking yellows too! :)
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Andrew C.
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kopetsa
1874 posts
Oct 18, 2008
5:39 PM
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In your last pic. That black male? is a very nice birds.. He would do well in show.. lol
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Andrew C.
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Santandercol
3224 posts
Oct 18, 2008
7:19 PM
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Just starting to breed all the ones in the 1st post so will fly out their young.It took too much to get them here from California to fly those ones.I trust the guy I got them from they are good birds.Don't know how deep they'll roll but they are totally different from BRs and perform different ways than BRs.The main reason I want to fly them is their BOP avoidance manouvers,tho I'm sure they will be entertaining from what I've read about them on the FORS website.The last 2 pics I'm having a hard time getting them to fly now(they are different strain of OR) but they were flying good in august early sept. never being caught by the falcons after 10 or so attacks.Only got them to tailride so far and dive with the falcons to escape.
Paul,those ones in the last pics are not birds from the FORS club guys.The parents of those came from John Skistimas loft and he (apparently) has mostly show birds tho he won't like to hear me saying that.He told me on another forum it is a bunch of crap the said differences between show ORs and Flying Oriental Rollers.I won't have any arguement with him on that subject till I prove it for myself by flying the different strains.----------
Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Oct 18, 2008 7:25 PM
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Santandercol
3225 posts
Oct 18, 2008
7:27 PM
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JohnDoes anyone have ORs in Ontario?
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Indy
30 posts
Oct 19, 2008
6:21 AM
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I talked to a man from MO. at Louisville Young Bird Show over the weekend about some O. Rollers. After reading about them I would kind of like to try some but don't want to get them quite yet. He said about what I had read about them they are not frequient or have near the spin or depth as the Birminham Rollers but stronger flyers at least in his experiance. I also met a man named John Walsh from Maryland who had Continental Rollers as well as Birmingham Rollers. The Continental Rollers are smaller than the Birminham Rollers he said they are higher flyers with lots of depth in their spin. He is a comp. flyer so maybe some people from out east know him.
JohnL
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Santandercol
3238 posts
Oct 19, 2008
6:28 AM
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Indy,
If you are interested in Flying Orientals,I can put you onto an excellent forum on the internet where you can ask anything you want about them and also get some great contacts for birds.Shoot me an an e-mail if you like.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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