Craig Smith
Craig Smith Provided courtesy the Utah State Roller Club 1-Tell us a little about you, who is Craig Smith? Craig Smith is a retired (worked at BYU for forty years) who has had pigeons off and on for 50 plus years, mostly off. I am the Manager of the H&R Block in Payson, and have […]
Homer Coderre
Homer Coderre Hall of Fame Profile-Interview Spotlight Conducted by: Touhoua Yang May 2013 TY: Hi Mr. Coderre, can you please state your name, where you live and your age before we start?HC: My name is Homer Coderre, I live in southern California and I am 95 years old. TY: When and where were you […]
Fireballs
This page is being inserted as a “place holder” until we have time to work up some of the current information. There are a few dedicated breeders of this old line of Rollers still to be found and we hope to add some of their information. Fireball Rollers as they first appeared in James Graham’s […]
Training Your Roller Kit
Training Your Roller Kit By Jon Lahman Let me start by telling you that I am not going to pretend to be the greatest roller flyer in the world, There are many people that know much more about flying rollers than I do, but I doubt that many get more enjoyment from their birds than […]
Instructions for training your first kit
Instructions for training your first kit. By Clay Hoyle Take the young birds from the nest when they are young. 24 to 28 days old. Put them in a kit box with a solid bottom. (If your kit box has a wire bottom, put some thin plywood over the wire. This is temporary and […]
Carl Hardesty
Carl Hardesty Hall of Fame Profile-Interview Spotlight Conducted by: Touhoua Yang May 2013 TY: When and where were you born? CH: I was born in , Nov 27, 1947 TY: How did you get started in pigeons and did you start with rollers first or other breeds? CH: I always had rollers starting at about […]
Don Lehman
Don Lehman Hall of Fame Profile-Interview Spotlight Don Lehman Hall of Fame Profile-Interview Spotlight Conducted by Touhoua Yang 2/2013 TY: When and where were you born?DL: I was born in Portland, Oregon, and have lived here, except for one year, all my life.TY: How old were you when you first got into pigeons? Were they […]
Jim Peterson
Jim Petersen Hall of Fame Profile Spotlight by Jim Petersen Taken from the NBRC Hall of Fame Archives Born, raised and still living in Iowa, Jim started his pigeon/Roller career in 1954 at the age of nine. By age 11, he was the Secretary for the local All-Breeds Club. He judged his first coop […]
Bob Munson
Bob Munson of Illinois by Arvil Stone originally written for the APJ NOV. 1982 One of the big names in the performing roller world is that of Bob Munson of Alsip, Illinois. Bob has invested many years in the development of Rollers. Since he was nine years old he has raised these birds, except […]
Rich Hayes
Flights of fancy Birmingham roller pigeons have a devoted following By DAVE REESE Special to the Inter Lake January 18, 2007 Rich Hayes watches two Birmingham roller pigeons fly out of their loft Wednesday at Hayes’ home near Pablo. Dave Reese photos/Special to the Inter Lake Rick Schoening and Rich Hayes stood on frozen ground […]