batman23
5 posts
Dec 13, 2008
12:00 AM
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its just out of curiosity i grew up taking care of racing and homing pigeons and this is really the first time i heard of rollers can you let them go 100miles way too or what?
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roller alley
39 posts
Dec 13, 2008
12:15 AM
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the homer in my opinion is bird that works as an individual,the glory will go to the elite bird.Now the 'bermingham" rollers work as a team.A good performance will show how much effort one put into the his kit
NO,berminghams lack the ability to home from any respectfull distance,and the size of the birds will not allow it
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fresnobirdman
305 posts
Dec 13, 2008
12:29 AM
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rollers are good for doing back flips in the air.
fly them a couple of miles away, ahha theres a very good chance you'll never see you bird again.
~~Fresnobirdman~~
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rottweiler
71 posts
Dec 13, 2008
2:16 AM
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horses for cources
racers are for one job rollers for another
some racers will not come back from 100 miles
judging by the bird losses some racer lofts have had
this year
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gotspin7
2094 posts
Dec 13, 2008
4:02 AM
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BATMAAAAN!!! I just had to that..lol... Hey it is a whole different bird brother.. These guys will knock your socks off!! If you ever get to see a real spinner (super fast roller)..
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Sal Ortiz
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quality
47 posts
Dec 13, 2008
5:21 AM
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Have known of rollers returning home from 150 miles away. A friend of mine sold some rollers to a guy 150 miles away & the guy took them home & after a week tried to fly them. 3 hens returned to their former coop.
The old masters from England bred homers into their rollers to give them homing ability, tipplers to give them endurance.----------
Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
GOLD MEMBER
2350 posts
Dec 13, 2008
5:30 AM
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Enjoy the rollers with a cold beer....lol
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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RodSD
105 posts
Dec 13, 2008
7:40 PM
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Damn Rudy! I thought you cooked them or something!
Roller pigeons have no or poor homing ability. They were breed to roll backward. Although I have seen one in person (they are small breed), I honestly haven't seen one fly in the air. My friend's rollers got eaten by hawk before they got a chance to roll so I am still waiting for an opportunity.
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Jimbo113
98 posts
Dec 13, 2008
8:50 PM
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wow, lol
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"We Don't Rent Pigs"
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brudahpete
330 posts
Dec 14, 2008
12:28 AM
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Holy cow! Some of you guys really don't have a clue! Rollers are by far, a superior bird for one who enjoys watching and training hands on. You don't have to travel & they're way mor feed friendly. The best thing is you get out of the birds what you put into them.
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Hector Coya
310 posts
Dec 14, 2008
8:39 AM
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The old masters from England bred homers into their rollers to give them homing ability, tipplers to give them endurance.----------
Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
Now that's a new one,Never heard of that one...
Hector Coya-SGVS
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THISROLL
251 posts
Dec 14, 2008
9:29 AM
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RODSD..YOU WILL BE HOOK WHEN YOU SEE YOUR FIRST ROLL..I DID WHEN I SAW HOW ACRBATIC THESE LITTLE BIRDS WAS!!=))
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rottweiler
73 posts
Dec 14, 2008
9:39 AM
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the old masters from england putting racers in to rollers thats a new one never heard that before lolll
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batman23
6 posts
Dec 15, 2008
12:31 PM
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so pretty much roller birds are just a backyard birds or you get competition from them too?
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tou2son
81 posts
Dec 17, 2008
10:39 AM
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All i can say to you Batman23,
is that you have to try it. Some people are in it and love it, and some are just into homers. You will only know if you give it a shot. Just make sure you get good birds when you start that way you won't disappoint yourself about trying it. What a good friend told me was "a lot of people try it and are given bad birds (birds that don't perform) they pull out of it becuz they think they'll never get any results, when they started off with bad birds from the start." I surely agree with him on this one. So if you are thinking about trying it, make sure you get birds that you've seen in the air or someone you trust. Just a word of advice.
tou2son
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centralvalleylofts
116 posts
Dec 17, 2008
4:18 PM
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hey batman how long have you been a cop!!!!!
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