jnyce
473 posts
Jan 08, 2009
1:42 PM
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the parents
the youngs
jerry t
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rollernewbie
350 posts
Jan 08, 2009
3:09 PM
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Those Squabs Look Great..
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RollerNewbie
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fresnobirdman
390 posts
Jan 08, 2009
4:27 PM
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can the parents roll?
~~Fresnobirdman~~
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jnyce
475 posts
Jan 08, 2009
4:29 PM
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and you know this man!! thats why they are in the breeders loft
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jerry t
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kopetsa
2716 posts
Jan 08, 2009
4:34 PM
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Very nice birds J.T :) especially that top one. I think the top and bottom one may be almost identical when they are older. :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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washington86
539 posts
Jan 08, 2009
4:38 PM
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congratulation on the new birds. They look good. One is for sure going to be a bald blue bar w/f.
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W.Cha
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THISROLL
361 posts
Jan 08, 2009
5:04 PM
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excellent..i have one that is probaly younger than these!!1 i like tehm very much!!!are tehy going to be barless??
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jnyce
476 posts
Jan 08, 2009
5:41 PM
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i will post amore pics as they get older
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jerry t
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TheGame
409 posts
Jan 08, 2009
5:55 PM
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Congrats bro!! I will have my first squabs ever hopefully hatching within the next couple of weeks.
One of my pairs are on eggs and I candled the other day and saw it was fertile.
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jnyce
477 posts
Jan 08, 2009
5:57 PM
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congrats to u this will mke u a first time grandfather since you got into the roller game
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jerry t
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TheGame
413 posts
Jan 08, 2009
6:02 PM
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yes it will man. Im excited can't wait.
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jnyce
479 posts
Jan 08, 2009
6:05 PM
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i felt the same way
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jerry t
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TheGame
415 posts
Jan 08, 2009
6:12 PM
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How many times did you birs lay but the eggs wern't fertile??
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jnyce
481 posts
Jan 08, 2009
6:16 PM
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never knock on wood i have yet to have this problem
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jerry t
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juanrollers
209 posts
Jan 08, 2009
8:25 PM
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Hey Jerry when can I pick up the baldy? L.O.L.
Nice birds !
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donnie james
144 posts
Jan 08, 2009
9:12 PM
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hay jerry very nice looking young birds and i want to wish all the best with them...............donny james
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rollingline33
170 posts
Jan 08, 2009
10:43 PM
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how do you make white bars??? are they from the original birminham colors or are they crosses??? they are nice colorfull pigeons...
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macsrollers
3 posts
Jan 08, 2009
11:26 PM
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To rollingline33. In order to make white bars you first need an Opal. Opal is not an original Birmingham Roller color but has been worked with for quite some time so there are some good Opals out there. My original Opal came from John Jones and produced some very nice spinners. Unfortunately misfortune caused me to lose that Opal line. The Opal I currently have is from Randy Gibson and produces very nice spinners. What you do is take the Opal and mate it to the cleanest powder blue bar that you have. Blue bars with smoky in them will work but the Opal comes out dirtier looking due to the smokey modifier. The clean powder blue bars on Opal give you a nicer pure Opal color. Then you hope the babies come out with the Opal gene and the bars will show the Opal and be somewhat white. This is not easy to achieve so if you do get one that is nice I suggest stocking it unflown for your project. If you can get a Opal that is carrying dilute then the chances of the bars being whiter are much greater. It is a project that will take trial and error and patience. If you start with an Opal bar then you can mate it to a clean blue bar and all the babies will be bars and increase the chances of getting an Opal bar. Or you can mate the Opal bar to a clean blue check as well as part of your project. This gives you a few options to start with using a blue bar or blue check on you Opal. The idea is to take the best spinner in these patterns and add in the Opal. These color projects are a lot of work and frustration but very fun and satisfying if you finally get the color you want and the nice spin with it. One other thing: never mate Opal to Opal as they say it can carry a lethal gene that causes blindness and deformities. I haven't tried myself. Hope this helps and good luck if you try the Opal project. Sincerely, Don M Mac's Rollers
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TheGame
419 posts
Jan 09, 2009
12:34 AM
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Rollingline33 why do you care?? I thought you wern't a color breeder...
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spinningdemon
170 posts
Jan 09, 2009
11:54 AM
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Opal is one of my favorite factors. I did not know that there was opal in the John Jones line I have many John Jones birds here very fine pigeons.
I have some baldhead opals that are nice 20-30' spinners very nice looking and spin to boot.
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David Curneal
www.freewebs.com/dcurneal
www.saltcreekcustomstone.com
In the air since 1973
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jnyce
485 posts
Jan 09, 2009
4:39 PM
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i just look at the youngs today and the last one is going to be a white bar
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jerry t
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916fastspinner
69 posts
Jan 09, 2009
4:52 PM
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Nice looking babies...good luck with them
san
ncrc
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RodSD
143 posts
Jan 09, 2009
9:51 PM
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Beautiful!
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tomas'commerce,ca.
89 posts
Jan 10, 2009
1:39 AM
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nice looking birds jerry,thats one of my favorite colors in a roller wish i had at least one like that,good luck with them.
Tomas
5/710
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jnyce
490 posts
Jan 11, 2009
11:18 AM
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thanks
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jerry t
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jnyce
500 posts
Jan 12, 2009
5:28 PM
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this youngs have grown so much in these past four days they seem to be a week away from being weaned i will post upsated pic 2mar
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jerry t
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jnyce
502 posts
Jan 13, 2009
4:55 PM
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jerry t
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macsrollers
6 posts
Jan 13, 2009
8:01 PM
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The white bar looks very clean. I don't see any of the sort of bronze color that Opal bars often show. Also looks like a very clean Opal color, though bird is still quite young. Looks like you may have an very nice white bar! Hope it does well in the air! Don M.
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macsrollers
7 posts
Jan 13, 2009
8:05 PM
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To SpinningDemon. My Opal that was from John Jones was purchased at Pensom Memorial Show in the late 90's. I call my John Jones blood, I only have a few, Old John Jones because the they all came directly from John in the late 90's. Enjoy his birds and the colors that they can throw!
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Armand
59 posts
Jan 14, 2009
2:38 PM
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gratz on the squeakers
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jnyce
528 posts
Jan 27, 2009
2:20 PM
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HERE THEY ARE NOW
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jerry t
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rollernewbie
390 posts
Jan 27, 2009
2:31 PM
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they turned out pretty nice..
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RollerNewbie
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rollem
29 posts
Jan 27, 2009
2:41 PM
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Hey rollernewbie nice job just have a question I have two bird about the same size as yours , is your opel smaller featured than your other birds my opel is very small featured feet ,beek eyes etc. its what iam really after if it performs smaller birds less feed and more pleasing to my eye"s!!!!!!!!!!!
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One of the few Virginia ROLLER BOYS
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jnyce
532 posts
Jan 28, 2009
2:56 AM
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i cant wait to get these boys in the air
jerry t
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