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Re: Beggars.............!
« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2016, 06:37:56 am »
Sorry to hear Jack. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and his family.
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Re: Beggars.............!
« Reply #41 on: January 12, 2016, 11:11:24 am »
Jack.
Jeannie and I have a good friend who has raised rollers for years. He built a portable coop for the back of his truck and takes them to different places to fly.  Every now and the a hawk scatters his birds and he loses a few. The town of Jasper now has a resident flock of feral rollers as a result. :)
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« Reply #42 on: January 12, 2016, 11:38:17 am »
Neil, that's great. When i had rollers (back in the 1950's) it was just word of mouth who had roller pigeons and we would go to each others homes to watch there birds fly. I had a (Hen) bird that everyone around had seen her fly or had heard of her ( called Whitey) she was pure white. I had her stolen twice,but when they turned her out to fly (or she got out) she came back home. :yes:. When i got married i gave Whitey, and all of my birds to my Best friend, i knew he would take good care of them. Did your friend take his birds to compete for a contest? If he traveled very far away (like another state) i would think he would loose his birds, because they were not used to the area and get lost? My birds were Pensen Rollers, he probably had the Fireball breed and didn't care if they came back or not. :laugh: :laugh: Jack
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Re: Beggars.............!
« Reply #43 on: January 12, 2016, 11:00:05 pm »
Jack,

I honestly don't know the details on his birds but they were fun to watch. I don't think he competed, at least he never mentioned it. Here in the hills big fields are few and far between so he had to haul them to good flying spots.
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