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#Post#: 12032--------------------------------------------------
Good Roller-Bad Roller
DIR By: floydsbuddy
Date: December 20, 2012, 6:46 pm
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Hi All, I have some young birds which are developing their Roll.
How long does it take before you know they have reached their
limit of performance. ie. 6months a year. I fly purely as a
hobby. ???
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Re: Good Roller-Bad Roller
DIR By: Tony Chavarria
Date: December 20, 2012, 8:13 pm
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Hi floydsbuddy and welcome to the site!
Birds can take up to 2 years to show you what they can do. Some
individuals can develop early like in the first 8 months. Some
start rolling too early like 3 or 4 months and end up not being
very good after all. I personally like to see a bird come into
maturity at about 6 to 9 months and with my strain they can
easily continue to get even better the second year. Of course
not every bird will be better the second year and will have
reached peak in the first year.
One family of rollers can be very different from another and the
experience of the flyer is a huge consideration to the ultimate
level of ability. Birds that fly and are managed properly will
be better off than the same family flown in a helter skelter
fashion by an inexperienced flyer.
As a rule of thumb no less than 1 year but 2 years is the
favored amount of time. Good luck with them! :D
#Post#: 12035--------------------------------------------------
Re: Good Roller-Bad Roller
DIR By: wishiwon2
Date: December 21, 2012, 12:30 am
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Tony gave a good answer, development time is variable and
depends on several things. Genetics, airtime, nutrition,
kitmates all affect development in a young roller. As a general
rule of thumb I have seen from flying 4 or 5 different
bloodlines, most of the development happens within a couple of
months from the first onset of rolling behaviour.
The changes that come later are typically refinments of or
moderate changes in the performance that is already there. Later
changes happen in large part due to physical maturity (strength
and stucture), mental maturity (confidence and experience) more
than genetic manifestations.
Patience is an imortant virtue with rollers, so is knowing when
its been long enough. That only comes through experimentation
and learning. Some of their potential is linked through you as
their manager. You must feed and train in a fashion that enables
tem to reach their potential. It is an interactive hobby. You
cannot simply breed youngbirds and open the door for them and
expect them to be their ultimate best.
#Post#: 12036--------------------------------------------------
Re: Good Roller-Bad Roller
DIR By: floydsbuddy
Date: December 21, 2012, 7:12 pm
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Thanks Guys for the good info. I am still pretty much on the
learning curve.
#Post#: 12055--------------------------------------------------
Re: Good Roller-Bad Roller
DIR By: Roller lover
Date: December 27, 2012, 8:49 am
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Thanks this info. Is good even for me. The ones i have start
rolling in like two weeks after they start to fly but there is
no deep roll. However the oldest birds I have are just 8months
old. What do you mean by feed and train for the full potential?
I feed racing pigeon grains and train twice daily, they fly like
25 min each time. Can i do something else?
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