The Value of Rolldowns
With the exception of Yellow Rollers I know of no topic that incites more arguments than the use of rolldowns. Here we have an interesting article by Tom Monson. The Value Of Rolldowns I have a different view of “rolldowns.” The way I see it, every roller is a potential rolldown. It all […]
Pros & Cons of Breeding Methods
Pros and Cons of Breeding Methods Inbreeding (mating of closely related individuals) Pro Produces uniform or predictable offspring. Hidden (recessive) genes show up and can be eliminated. Individuals will “breed true” and are “pure”. Doubles up the good genes Eliminates unwanted traits. Con Doubles up on […]
Genetics Chart
Another page by Nick Siders Genetics Some basic things and a few definitions: The Cock Bird can be covering another of the basic colors which are ash-red, blue/black, and brown while the Hen covers no other color. She is what you see while the Cock can be ash red, but is also covering blue […]
The Pigeon Body
Another of Nick Siders articles. A Closer Look at the Pigeon Birds have a lightweight skeleton made of mostly thin and hollow bones. The keel-shaped sternum (breastbone) is where the powerful flight muscles attach to the body. Birds have a smaller total number of bones than mammals or reptiles. This is because many of their bones […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal article
Area resident raises rolling pigeons for aerial competitions By Maggie Lillis Las Vegas Review-Journal Staff Writer September 12, 2011 – 11:18 pm Sixteen years in and Don Macauley’s hobby is still a pain in the neck. The Centennial Hills resident rolls pigeons, a competitive hobby involving training a domesticated breed of the birds […]
A Program for Pigeon Health
This nice article appears on the Walsh Loft website. Though they are focused on the Racing Homers many of the same health issues are a concern with our Birmingham Rollers. A Program for Pigeon Health Dr. Paul G. Miller PhD, DVM Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory Consider all the disease hazards your birds are exposed to […]
Housing, Mating and Training Rollers
HOUSING, MATING AND TRAINING ROLLERS by Paul Vaughn (from the 1967 Roller Digest) PREFACE This series of articles is written with the express purpose of benefiting the fellow who is just starting with rollers, perhaps the first pigeons of any kind he has ever had. We will try to include all the things that […]
Pigeon Lung
A Short Story by Mark Fields and a Link In preparation for my early retirement I looked around for things that could fill my time. I had lived a full life with work, family and lots of travel but had decided it was time to slow down a little. I decided on Birmingham Rollers […]
Norm Drecksel
Norm Drecksel 2012 Interview courtesy of the Utah State Roller Club 1- When did you get started out with roller pigeons? 1947 2- Who did you get your first baldheads rollers from? Frank Farrington. I bought six (6) birds from him for $1.00 each. 3- The Baldhead Birmingham Roller is what […]
Jon Farr
Jon Farr Interview courtesy the Utah State Roller Club Tell us about yourself, how long with rollers? I grew up in south Utah County, Payson. Graduated from USU in Logan and have been living/working in Idaho since. I work for USDA wildlife services to protect agriculture/livestock from damage by wildlife/predators. I have 5 kids […]
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 […]