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       #Post#: 8995--------------------------------------------------
       Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: scott70
       Date: September 23, 2011, 6:50 am
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       I want to put togethere a 5 year breeding program for my rollers
       now thats said I will be working with two familys one will be
       Rubys and the othere will be Mee birds I have talk to Tony on
       this and he has gave me some great Ideas and so has Mr Thom to
       start out I will not be mixing the familys just working with
       both I will be breeding in pair breeding pins not an open loft
       so I dont have to worry about crossing familys  I just think
       both familys have a great back ground and I will be able to
       build great kits buy using both familys I could be wrong but it
       is worth my time to find out I would love to here Ideas on how
       you think I should go about doing this as far as line breeding
       or how the great roller guys on here do this. This will be a
       long term breeding program and will take a lot of time and
       record keeping so any help with sites to help me keep track of
       this will also help what I want in the end is good kiting birds
       with a good 20 to 30 foot spin to them I like deep birds but I
       know it takes them to long to return to the kit thanks for your
       help in this and I hope to here some great Ideas soon
       #Post#: 9010--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: windjammer loft
       Date: September 24, 2011, 4:15 pm
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       WOW........  that's one hell of a sentence....  I had to take
       several breathes.... :o     What is it that you are trying to
       accomplish anyway??
       #Post#: 9011--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: birdman
       Date: September 24, 2011, 4:52 pm
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       Scott, I would recommend flying each family separately. The
       flying habits and feeding requirements of the Mee's are going to
       be different from the Ruby's. Trust me, I know...lol ;D
       #Post#: 9020--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: scott70
       Date: September 25, 2011, 9:52 am
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       sorry about the the way I wrote it and thank you I will fly them
       from diffrent kit lofts to see how well each family does
       #Post#: 9021--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: terry
       Date: September 25, 2011, 10:23 am
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       Birdman,
       In what respect do they differ and can you share how you feed
       your mees differently from your rubys?  I also fly a few mees,
       but my main family are ball/turners.
       Thanks.
       Terry
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       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: birdman
       Date: September 25, 2011, 11:07 pm
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       Terry, the Mee's are prone to low, slow flying and as youngsters
       if I'm feeding them mix mine don't elevate like some of the
       other families that I've flown.  However, once they do elevate
       they stay at a perfect height and rarely go over 300' or so.
       They seem to know exactly where that zone is and stay there
       flying in a beautiful, slow pattern. Perfect for setting up the
       breaks when they start rolling!
       With other families I can get away with feeding the youngsters
       mixed feed nearly every day but not the Mee's until they are a
       bit older and have learned to elevate. If they don't want to
       elevate I cut the amount of mix with milo until they are flying
       at the right height again.
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       Re: Ruby Rollers 
   DIR By: scott70
       Date: October 8, 2011, 11:50 pm
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       birdman thanks for the info on feeding the mees I have ran in to
       this problem my self they seem to like to stay low or not fly
       much at all until you get ther feed just right
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