fontanabound
41 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:49 PM
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is anyone having problems wit flying rollers, in a neigborhood full of wild pigeons. i think these wild birds are behind the disappearence of some of my rollers, what can i do.
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mr.b.j
114 posts
Dec 27, 2008
9:22 PM
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feed yo birds a lil more, they will never leave, they will be bringing some of them wild birds home 2 eat!!!
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THISROLL
307 posts
Dec 28, 2008
5:32 AM
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I am..they fly with them to the feed where the wild pigeons go eat and come back..tehy dont land tho
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brudahpete
352 posts
Dec 28, 2008
7:56 AM
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Trap the commies. You'll do everybody a service. My losses of rollers ar about 85% following commies to someone's barn. So I trap the commies.
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michael salus
30 posts
Dec 28, 2008
8:05 AM
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I live 1 block from hundreds of wild pigeons and never lose any of my birds to them. I think the trick is that when they are young do not flag them too early in there training. That will save you lots of problems. The birds will learn only to land at your loft. your birds might be hard to break of this habit if they have been doing it for some time.I do stray in some wild pigeons, but they leave as soon as they see me. I hope this helps and good luck ... mike
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2235 posts
Dec 28, 2008
8:32 AM
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I have maybe seen one or two clinkers as I call them in old days and still do.... but they fly in with my birds but my birds never fly with them .you can tell this by the figure eight your birds are doing and the stray is trying to figure out the pattern and flys out again but never lands with them because I'm always here.but like Michael said don't flag your youngsters when training when they around.. they will go with them.
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Ralph
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s.cha
3 posts
Dec 28, 2008
7:21 PM
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for my rollers, whenever a scrub follows them, they fly fast as tho they are being chased by a BOP. but i do get young scrubs in my loft occasionally but i give them away to little kids.
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quality
64 posts
Dec 29, 2008
6:19 AM
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I have never heard of this problem before. A commie flys into my birds & they run. Even when a kit of homers comes by they run.
Are you sure BOP's are not picking them off?----------
Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
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J_Star
1816 posts
Dec 29, 2008
6:41 AM
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I don't have this problem either. In my old nieghborhood, a freind down the block fly his racers in a big flock. They mix with my kit on occasions and I've never lost one to him. They fly too fast and when they separate, my birds still stay above the house.
Jay
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brudahpete
357 posts
Dec 29, 2008
9:43 AM
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My losses are mainly young birds.
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TheGame
362 posts
Dec 29, 2008
6:32 PM
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I have a guy around the corner from me with Tipplers. Our birds sometimes mix up but then they get back into their own kits and split up and go back home.
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quality
69 posts
Dec 29, 2008
6:48 PM
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Did you know if you fly young tipplers with young rollers, the tipplers will sit on their tails like the rollers.
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Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
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jnyce
445 posts
Dec 29, 2008
6:55 PM
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Hey `the game´ how many birds do u have now post some pic i know your not flying now are ?
jerry t
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TheGame
364 posts
Dec 29, 2008
10:33 PM
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I have had the other guys Tipplers try coming down with my birds but they never quite landed. I guess its just something thats programed into them.
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TheGame
365 posts
Dec 29, 2008
10:34 PM
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Jnyce I don't have too many birds I lost 2 over the winter I think something was going around in my loft maybe cocci or canker? I got the birds on 4-1. Im down to 7 Rollers now and 2 homers and 2 Radar Pouters.
And yes the birds are all on Lockdown....got lots of Coopers around me and the occasional Peregrine.
Last Edited by on Dec 29, 2008 10:36 PM
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TheGame
366 posts
Dec 29, 2008
10:35 PM
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How about yourself Jnyce? How are the birds? How many do you have now?
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s.cha
6 posts
Dec 30, 2008
12:17 AM
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i'm sure my rollers aren't being chased by BOP's. idk they do that to every pigeon that they don't know that tries to fly with their group.scrubs, homers, and other rollers that may have flown away from their owners.....weird i know but i like that...they stay as a group and if one wonders off the group follows it and rekite....yes weird and may seem untrue but i've seen it many times.
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