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young Ruby kit
By: slvrollers Date: November 9, 2012, 1:17 pm
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My kit is eight months old and half the kit rolling hard. The
other half is rolling two our three revolutions. I'm thinking
the ones that are rolling hard are needing rest days between fly
days. So I think its time to fly every other day instead of
every day even though the other half of the kit is not as
matured. So i was wondering when you Ruby fliers start giving
your birds a rest day? At what stage of the development? Do you
wait till the whole kit is rolling hard and working together?
Thanks!
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: oldfart Date: November 9, 2012, 4:59 pm
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Hey Mike, I will speak about my Ruby's but understand they are
most likely not exactly like yours. I have found that a flying
with a rest day once a week is best for my young birds.
Yearlings get one day on and one day off when in form, not in
the moult and after conditioning by flying everyday in the
spring. Older birds fly every second or third day depending on
their condition.
Hope this helps
Take care
Thom
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: slvrollers Date: November 10, 2012, 1:24 am
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Thanks Thom and yes your input does help!! Reassures me of what
i was thinking.
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: Joe Asaro Date: November 12, 2012, 1:31 pm
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[quote author=slvrollers link=topic=1058.msg11908#msg11908
date=1352488631]
My kit is eight months old and half the kit rolling hard. The
other half is rolling two our three revolutions. I'm thinking
the ones that are rolling hard are needing rest days between fly
days. So I think its time to fly every other day instead of
every day even though the other half of the kit is not as
matured. So i was wondering when you Ruby fliers start giving
your birds a rest day? At what stage of the development? Do you
wait till the whole kit is rolling hard and working together?
Thanks!
[/quote]There are no rest day till the sharks in the sky come
for breakfast lunch or dinner. :o >:( Joe
#Post#: 12075--------------------------------------------------
Re: young Ruby kit
By: Keyser Date: January 2, 2013, 10:06 am
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Hi, my ruby rollers are also 8 months old but I don't fly them
because of birds of prey this time of year. but I am having a
very good success at breeding them. I was wondering if I could
start training this summer and still get a good result or are
they too old. Or should I keep them as just breeders? Thanks!!
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: windjammer loft Date: January 2, 2013, 5:36 pm
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Depending on where you live, but,I would put off breeding, until
I could start training them right after taking them out of the
nest ...
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: slvrollers Date: January 2, 2013, 7:50 pm
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You need to fly these babies as soon as they can fly if you want
them to develop into good rollers. Time your babies so you can
fly them right away after BOP leave.
Flying at the ages 2 months to 18 months is very crucial to
their development as a roller. They may never roll if you wait
to long to fly them. Again you need to fly the babies before the
get to old so they develop properly. The Ruby's are a good line
of Roller. Tony's has done a lot of hard work to get them were
they are at. I like the ones i have a lot. You should order How
to breed better rollers from Tony. It has good information on
breeding the best rollers. It change my thinking on breeding.
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: windjammer loft Date: February 13, 2013, 10:58 am
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Keyser
HTML http://www.rollerpigeon.com/index.php?action=profile;u=714...<br
/>[font=arial]if your birds have not hit the air at that age I
would scrape the idea of EVEN trying to fly them. [/font]
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: LittleJohn Date: February 13, 2013, 1:02 pm
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You can fly older birds, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of
time and a lot of patience to get them to the point where they
are kitting well and rolling well. I have seen where people say
that if they dont develop at a young age then they are no
good...and this is not true. I would definitely not recommend
it to someone who is new to the hobby however, as it takes a
long time and can be frustrating at times.
Your best bet is to raise some young, and get them in the air
before they are 4 weeks old. The sooner the better. There are
many ways to train young birds, so use whatever way works best
for you...just get em flyin as soon as possible and most of them
will train themselves. My daughter will be flying her first
ruby rollers this year and I am looking forward to seeing how
they do for her. Never seen one in the air yet.
LittleJohn
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Re: young Ruby kit
By: Keyser Date: March 6, 2013, 12:00 pm
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[quote author=windjammer loft link=topic=1058.msg12189#msg12189
date=1360774722]
Keyser
HTML http://www.rollerpigeon.com/index.php?action=profile;u=714...<br
/>[font=arial]if your birds have not hit the air at that age I
would scrape the idea of EVEN trying to fly them. [/font]
[/quote] thanks for the advice. I just put 4 ruby rollers into
the kit box they are 3 months old I have 2 more that I'm going
to put in their next week. I just lost my foundation cock to BOP
Good thing for foster parents. I know I need to get my
youngsters in the air as soon as possible but I'm frustrated
because of BOP. My new foundation cock is approximately 5 months
old he looks just like Tony's 903 lavender cock which I plan on
pairing him up with his mother. I have lots of birds but I just
started managing my ruby rollers now I know how to breed
hopefully good birds. I have two lofts and one kit box it whole
15 birds
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