THISROLL
101 posts
Nov 18, 2008
8:20 PM
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i was wondering if you guys think that roller could actually survive in the wild/city?? like regular feral pigeons.?? what if someone had lost a pair of rollers and they somehow found a way to survive..(food water etc).do you think its possible ??
Last Edited by on Nov 18, 2008 8:21 PM
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brudahpete
175 posts
Nov 18, 2008
8:26 PM
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Absolutely. Especially in the cities where there is a sizable group of fanciers. Rollers will even tag along with a bunch of commies that fly by. Matter of fact, I've probably lost more rollers to commie flybys than to BOP.
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THISROLL
102 posts
Nov 18, 2008
8:34 PM
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i have this commie/feral that i had taken from the streets when it was young and placed it into my loft..(something to keep me busy when theres alot of bop in the area..when i cant fly rollers) and i homed it.. it was a pretty good homer..for a feral..its a female..blue checker..but now its not returning...i homed it from like at least 10 miles and it came all the way back home..(it was like 1 month ago)..shes been gone for 2 days now..i think she ready to mate and i dont have any males that are old enough to mate ..so i guess she found a true wild feral now..kinda suck..i thought about all thoses feed i wasted on her!!!!!! haha
Last Edited by on Nov 18, 2008 8:37 PM
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brudahpete
176 posts
Nov 18, 2008
8:38 PM
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Commies can be a real pain in the butt, when I see too many hanging around I lock down & put one of my culls in a trap cage with a lot of feed in plain sight to attract the commies, you can trap a ton that way. I used to sell commies to bird dog trainers for retrieving training when I was a kid.
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THISROLL
105 posts
Nov 18, 2008
8:46 PM
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how much did you make?? i was thinking about that too lol..but its not a good deal because i only get a 4 dollar profit out of each bird..sucks but its ok..i sometime enjoy commies..like really early in the moring just watch them fly..
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rollernewbie
234 posts
Nov 18, 2008
9:03 PM
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im pretty sure they can live..im thinking that all pigeon must have a natural instincts..and know what to do when lost..
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tomas'commerce,ca.
52 posts
Nov 18, 2008
10:02 PM
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i had a commie bird i strayed in and i homed it and it too is not returning after being here and flying for 2 weeks,it was a young bird to maybe it just liked being in the wild.or the bop got it.
Tomas
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
172 posts
Nov 18, 2008
10:34 PM
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Mines been here for four months, and still hasnt left,
He has left for a couple days then returns.
Growing up I used to get $25 bucks for a box of 6 commies,
Man i was under bridges, abandoned buildings, and every Friday night after school i would fill a hockey bag full,
and of to the auction Saturday morning. I made a killing at 8 years old lol.
But now i dont have the heart to do that.
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Tony.
Last Edited by on Nov 18, 2008 10:39 PM
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
174 posts
Nov 18, 2008
11:28 PM
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the last commies i raised, they where on a buddies balcony Downtown,He was throwing a birthday party and didnt know what to do with them, with all the food around, he called me and asked if i would come get them before he threw them off.
Last Edited by on Nov 18, 2008 11:29 PM
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brudahpete
178 posts
Nov 19, 2008
5:39 AM
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It's funny how many guys get into the pigeon hobby through commies! There were four regular customers that would buy 5 or 6 birds from me a month. at one time I had 200 commies in my dad's grain room of the milking barn! I rarely made more than $2 a bird back then but in the 70's and 8- 10 years old, $2 was a ton of money!
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Windjammer Loft
511 posts
Nov 19, 2008
5:45 AM
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THISROLL....anything is possible. I personnelly think they could survive..... But, their are alot of varibales that would have to come into play.
I live in the country and have alot of barn pigeons (ferals)out here. When I fly my white homers, many time they will pick up several of these barn pigeons. They will fly with my birds for sometimes up to an hour. But when I call my birds in....the barn birds just fly off......back to where they came from. This happens at least once a week .
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Paul
Last Edited by on Nov 19, 2008 5:51 AM
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cv rollers
131 posts
Nov 19, 2008
10:13 AM
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yes they will survive ,there is 6 club members that live with in 3 miles of each other and all have lost birds not only to the BOP .we have seen banded rollers at the local baseball park flying with the commies and at the gray hound bus station also flying with a group of commies.
rick
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Square
580 posts
Nov 19, 2008
10:22 AM
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When I was a kid I kept a spool of kite string on the handle of my bike, I was on the hunt for rollers all the time this was in like 1983. I would watch flocks of commies and look for the roller and believe me there were alot on the beach and in the parks. The wernt only rollers all typs of fancy pigeons also. The best on i caught took me about a week but it woul bust my eye every time comming withen feet of hittting an stopping every time. I finally got the bird and it had a name band, from what i rember it said either Kevin or Kieth "Super Star Super Roller's", the main thing was not the name but the "Super Star Super Roller's" that still stands out for me as I havent seen that band in my adulthood..
Square.
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
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Last Edited by on Nov 19, 2008 10:23 AM
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME
36 posts
Nov 19, 2008
6:23 PM
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I lost my first pair over 4 months ago. Their rolling together and hanging on the wire with commies rolling pretty deep ! I wish I can catch them...lol
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THISROLL
109 posts
Nov 19, 2008
6:45 PM
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student to teh game, you could get them.. they always go to teh same roosting place and you could catch them at night.. if mines did that and i know where they slept ill go for it..and plus you say they were pretty deep..=))
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME
38 posts
Nov 19, 2008
6:50 PM
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They live on that wire thats were their at 24/7 and Im not trying to die over no pigeons ...lol
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THISROLL
112 posts
Nov 19, 2008
7:19 PM
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oh..but once it dark you could throw something at them so theyll fall..they cant see in the dark ...what strain were they??
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roller alley
15 posts
Nov 19, 2008
10:04 PM
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Hey SQUARE
I had a SUPERSTAR ROLLER back in the 80'S, that hen was a very frequent deep bird.After i got out of rollers i kept her only to fall victim to a mutt i had.
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roller alley
16 posts
Nov 19, 2008
10:09 PM
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME got back in the game only to loose the game again..lol
sorry couldn't resist
L.J.
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Square
582 posts
Nov 20, 2008
9:54 AM
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Yea thats crazy,, who ever that guy was he had some good stuff. Just think of how many good breeders are in L.A, I mean if you were smart you wouldent have to spen a dime ... Just catchum off the street,, and if was a valuable pigeon to the breeder you can barter to give it back,,unless it was a close Bro,,,LOL Ill have a week or so off in the next month,,, So Silver watch out!!! Ill be posted off the 105 lookin to come up...LOL kite string and all....
Square
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