SuperxRoller
61 posts
Jun 07, 2009
1:07 PM
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How many pairs or birds did you start with to get you started? Or did you start with a full kit, and chose the ones you liked?
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rockx.559
157 posts
Jun 07, 2009
1:09 PM
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I start with a bunch of stuff... threw them away and got three pairs with three foster pairs...produce way faster
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Victor Hurtado
97 posts
Jun 07, 2009
1:28 PM
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i started with one pair in a really messed up cage i made for them haha.
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1009 posts
Jun 07, 2009
2:35 PM
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SuperX, After a false start everything I have is descended from one cock and two hens. I'm too old and toooo dumb to be able to factor in all the variables from starting with more birds. I can now look at any bird and know which side of my family tree it comes from. I will add that I'm keeping both lines separate from the other at this point but I might make limited crosses in the future.
Thom
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Square
714 posts
Jun 07, 2009
3:11 PM
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LOL Oldfart... Yea I started with one cock and three hens,,as far a making a family. I did have other pairs but I just used them to foster...Good luck... and rember the less keys youo have the easer to open the door..1
Booker.
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1011 posts
Jun 07, 2009
3:23 PM
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Booker, Some will argue but I think that is the way to build a family. Also I like the parody and I wish you well with yours.
Thom
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donnie james
490 posts
Jun 07, 2009
3:23 PM
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i started with a pair of birds they were a red bar mkd cock and a black mkd hen .............and it from there donny james
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Square
717 posts
Jun 07, 2009
3:51 PM
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Yea understood oldfart, But for me it just made things clear, if they were junk I would reconize it from the gettieup, instead of spending more time or money. Just easer to see the results. And if I was to do it all over agian I would do the same even if I had 3pair. I would just break it down into two 18month stages or so, and go from there. Hopefully one could see the results in about 3years or so,,
Square.
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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SuperxRoller
62 posts
Jun 08, 2009
3:25 PM
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Thom how did you make a false start? Lol
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Scott
2222 posts
Jun 08, 2009
4:25 PM
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I started with too many like everyone , but then out of them I found a few good ones and worked around those.
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1024 posts
Jun 09, 2009
5:43 PM
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Superx, Scott said it all, and luckily like Scott I had the ones I needed, it just took a little time to sort them out.
The hard part was doing what was needed to correct my over exuberance.
Thom
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Velo99
2140 posts
Jun 10, 2009
6:31 PM
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8 squeakers and about 4 months later 4 pairs of breeders.
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JMUrbon
702 posts
Jun 10, 2009
7:27 PM
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4 pair from a line that I flew for 8 years befor reality set in. I was looking for something those birds were never going to give me. I still only breed from 6-10 pair and focus more on the % of good ones produced by a pair. Its much easier to fly 60-80 birds than 200. Joe
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winwardrollers
254 posts
Jun 12, 2009
9:43 PM
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Five close...close.. related birds
Two of the birds were brother/sister mated
together...parents were brother/sister mating as well.
The last three were..two cocks & one hen...of these three.. cock and hen were brother sister..last cock 1/2 brother to cock and hen.
Of these three mated 1/2 brother on offspring of the four originals.
I didn't breed this way on purpose it was all that I had at the time not much choice in the beganning. I had no idea of pedigrees until few years down the road of breeding the originals.
I have been breeding birds off originals..this way since 1995.
bwinward
Last Edited by on Jun 12, 2009 9:45 PM
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gotspin7
2425 posts
Jun 13, 2009
4:23 AM
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I started with 2 pair of ralated birds and the rest is history...lol
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Sal Ortiz
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