big al
11 posts
Jun 16, 2005
7:19 PM
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Have any of you experienced selling birds to someone say a pair, only to have that person break up the pair and mate the birds to some other junk? Then suddenly your birds are being blamed for that person's goofy mistake when the offspring turn out to be a waste? I currently don't sell birds but have any of you experienced this? Do you feel it can tarnish your reputation?
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Alohazona
16 posts
Jun 17, 2005
12:50 AM
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Hey Al,you can lead a horse to water but....well you no the rest. Al,if the birds you let go of were true spinning rollers of the same inbred/linebred family theres no tarnish,because there are very few if any undesirable traits and that person would just have to keep breeding,what goes in must come out,in other words the gene pool would lead back to either one outstanding individual,pair or couple of pairs ,so either way they are mated,the primary attributes should be there.
If they were from two different sides of the family and any one of the birds were unproven,it throws a monkey wrench in what choice was made by whoever sold or bought the birds,Its not only buyer beware,but seller beware.
I once gave 2 pair of rollers to a friend who had an overfly,and had helped me get started when I moved back to Hawaii from Arizona,I told him" do not fly these birds,breed from them" 3 weeks later they were sitting on my roof because he had flowm them,Go figure??Aloha,Todd
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Bluesman
Pigeon Fancier
283 posts
Jun 17, 2005
3:10 AM
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Big Al. You can be sure it is going to happen.They will either cross to something else or just plain not know how to handle that family of rollers.I don,t know of any big name fellows that have a proven line of rollers that sooner or later someone will not badmouth their rollers.
Does it tarnish their reputation.I don,t think it does.There will be more positive remarks made than negative if a fancier has a good family of rollers to begin with.David
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Richard A.
2 posts
Jun 17, 2005
10:18 AM
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I completely agree with you Al. I have been raising Rollers for 30 some years and the one most important thing that I have learned is that Correct Body Type is the single most important thing that you have to incorporate into your stock of rollers. If you sell one of your rollers to another and they choose to not follow your instructions, they may mate your birds to a stock that was not developed properly and disaster can follow. And of course, you will be blamed for selling junk!!
The best thing to do when buying from another is to first have confidence in the person as a breeder,and then follow his suggestions in the Matings.
Richard
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big al
18 posts
Jun 17, 2005
7:26 PM
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Aloha Todd,
I like the seller beware idea. I guess if you sell to quality roller people they know to listen and do what the seller says. After all who knows better than the seller? (you hope? :) Anything other than that someone could mate one of your quality hens with a commie/parlor/king cross and tell everyone your hen was no good when the babies come out resembling a Mike Tyson Phyliss Diller crossing!! :) LOL!!!! LOL!!!
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Big Al
"High Plains Spinner Loft"
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