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quality
147 posts
Jan 18, 2009
6:23 AM
In 1990 I decided I wanted to get some roller pigeons, I had some 20 years before. I went to a buy & sell show & picked up 4 pairs. From the 4 pairs I raised young ones & flew the crap out of them. Yes some of them could roll, but I knew no background.
In the fall of 1992 I found out about a local club & went & visited the secratary/treasurer of the club. His name Jay Lucarelli. He was trying to fix his pigeon runs when I got there. Not being much of a carpenter, he was having problems, so I spent the day helping him. The following week he called me & asked for me to come & visit him. He had 4 pairs of birds for me already crated ready to go. With the birds I also received pedigrees, which I studied for months. He also told me of a couple of other fanciers, which I visited, Ron Reid & Jack Courts. I received 3 pairs each from these 2 fanciers. I am still flying those bloodlines today. No money ever changed hands & I always remember this when someone new to the hobby comes to see me.
These 3 gentleman, to me, were promoting the roller pigeon not their wallet.
I am not saying you should not have to buy rollers, what I am saying there is people out there that just want to see new enthusiats to the hobby.
I have since helped several people get started, some have stuck with it, some have not.
I have shipped birds to Calgary, to Utah.
As anybody who has raised rollers knows, good birds are hard to come by. We don't raise all good ones, but we also need to help the new guys to keep this hobby/sport going. Especially the young people of today, pigeons are not the top priority as hobbys go.
So please remember when parting with birds, that you could make or break someone that shows enthusiasam towards rollers.
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Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau
Windjammer Loft
657 posts
Jan 18, 2009
7:24 AM
Very well put, Don. I agree with you 150%.
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Fly High and Roll On

Paul

Last Edited by on Jan 18, 2009 7:25 AM
donnie james
191 posts
Jan 18, 2009
9:18 PM
hay don your a very good man for helping other people out..................donny james
530flyer
26 posts
Jan 18, 2009
10:07 PM
hi im new to the hobby and i was wondering if you pro roller guys would give me some tips on raising them and what i need??..need all the tip i can get to start off correctly...
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530flyer
true spin
64 posts
Jan 18, 2009
11:39 PM
hi don my name is rick reid & i also have jays birds a hell of a guy right now i have 9 pair that im going to breed this year & am hoping for a good year i agree fanciers should help newbies if they can afford to i know i will when i get done playing with mine
thanks rick

true spin
Country Creek Lofts
Ontario Canada
roller heaven
59 posts
Jan 19, 2009
4:48 AM
When I started all I got from the club im in was garbage people did not want.But they were willing for me to pick them out of the air but the price was $75 and up.I am not saying what people or what club there are few people that give free good birds.They will say let them start by paying for the birds.
roller heaven
60 posts
Jan 19, 2009
4:48 AM
When I started all I got from the club im in was garbage people did not want.But they were willing for me to pick them out of the air but the price was $75 and up.I am not saying what people or what club there are few people that give free good birds.They will say let them start by paying for the birds.
Sunflower
GOLD MEMBER
204 posts
Jan 19, 2009
8:06 AM
roller heaven,
There are a lot of reasons that this happens. A lot of new people come and go in this hobby. Some older guys are reluctant to give good birds to a newbie because they don't know if they are going to stick with the hobby. I have never sold a bird in my life and won't but I have been burned by giving birds to someone who subsequently sold them to someone else. I give no birds anymore unless I am sure of the recipient because of this. The only way my culls leave the property is in a garbage bag and there are plenty of those.
Keep em Spinning,
Joe
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Keep em Spinning
Joe
quality
152 posts
Jan 19, 2009
3:33 PM
No. Your birds will learn to fly around them. You will probably be running around to see around the trees.
Which way does the back of the house face? With the prevailing winds, the trees might not even come into play.
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Yours in the Hobby
Don Lunau


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