Birmingham Rollers

[bigislerollers]

Aloha Eric,

I'll post pics as soon as I can take some new ones.

The reason I said "stuck" is because I got a friend who said that his wife had wanted to get into the release business and wanted some birds. So I went looking around and contacted another friend of mine who was able to get some mismarked whites that another fancier had used to start his white bird flock. Well, after I get them here the original guy who wanted the birds changed their minds.

If you want them all let me know. There are 4 hens and 3 cocks, also got 3 babies in the nest about 2-3 weeks old. I believe the oldest bird is a 2005 (not positive) I'll check when I get home. Just let me know, just pay for shipping.

[bigislerollers]

Here are a couple pics of the birds.

This is the English Carrier pair. The black pied is the hen and the white is the cock. They have finally started to build a nest after about 3 months together.






Here are pics of 2 of the Bandit pairs. The first pair has one squeek that looks to be all white.

[ezemaxima]

Originally Posted by bigislerollers

Aloha Eric,

I'll post pics as soon as I can take some new ones.

The reason I said "stuck" is because I got a friend who said that his wife had wanted to get into the release business and wanted some birds. So I went looking around and contacted another friend of mine who was able to get some mismarked whites that another fancier had used to start his white bird flock. Well, after I get them here the original guy who wanted the birds changed their minds.

If you want them all let me know. There are 4 hens and 3 cocks, also got 3 babies in the nest about 2-3 weeks old. I believe the oldest bird is a 2005 (not positive) I'll check when I get home. Just let me know, just pay for shipping.

Very tempting but are you sure you want to give them all away? Where did you get them anyways? Not sure how you will ship them since there is no more Aloha Air Cargo?

[bigislerollers]

Originally Posted by ezemaxima

Very tempting but are you sure you want to give them all away? Where did you get them anyways? Not sure how you will ship them since there is no more Aloha Air Cargo?

Yes, if you want all of them. These birds were bred off of birds originally imported to Hawaii by Rogers Uchima. He is the guy who I originally went to see about getting the white homers. He had bred these birds and given them to a friend of his who wanted to start a release business. The friend didn't need them any more and gave them back to Rogers to give to me.
They are very nice birds and can definetly be raced.
As for Aloha cargo, they are back up here. I know that the club that Rogers races with raced from Oahu and Maui recently. I think they fly from Maui on Saturday.
Let me check with Aloha and with the P.O. I know we can ship out of the Hilo P.O. to the mainland, just have to see if Maui will accept and see what the cost is. If we can go the P.O. route it should be cheaper especially because of getting the crate back to me if we go with Aloha.
Anyways, let me know. They won't be ready for a couple weeks yet, at least till the squeeks get weaned.

[ezemaxima]

Originally Posted by bigislerollers

Yes, if you want all of them. As for Aloha cargo, they are back up here. Let me check with Aloha and with the P.O. If we can go the P.O. route it should be cheaper.

So that's 7 birds and 3 squabs? Just found out from a friend that another company took over Aloha cargo. P.O. sounds like a good alternative but I never did use them for shipping birds to me. I'll PM you my info.

Originally Posted by bigislerollers

I know that the club that Rogers races with raced from Oahu and Maui recently. I think they fly from Maui on Saturday.

Would these be a Y/B or O/B race? Do you know where the point of release. I would love to release my birds at the same time and see how they react to other birds but then I just remember that I work early on Saturday.

[bigislerollers]

Whats up Eric,

I just PM'd you.

They are racing old birds at this time. I don't know where the exact release point is but I think I heard him mention Lahaina.

[ezemaxima]

The bird on the left looks almost exactly like my first ever pet pigeon when I was 10 yrs old back in the Philippines. Found it walking in our garage along with a pure black King pigeon. Both had their wings clipped and no one ever came to claim them back.

[*ADRIAN*]

Woooowww thts amazing!!!!!Which i had a few of them

[bigislerollers]

Hey Eric,
Here are the babies, as you can see it'll be at least 2 more weeks before they are ready.

[ezemaxima]

They so cute and look great. Take your time and let me know when your ready to ship them.

I'm currently planning out the division of my loft into 3 sections and most likely start it tomorrow. I gotta control their breeding cause sooner or later I won't have room for them.

[bigislerollers]

Aloha Eric,

Get used to building, remodeling and tweaking your set up, it always happens. Even after you finish your last renovation and think that it's perfect. There's always something that you think of that will make it better/easier to care for your birds and you start remodeling again.
Thats the fun part of this hobby, you're always learning something new and trying different things.
Take care.

PS - The birds will enjoy getting a break from breeding every once in a while.

[nizamo]

hi..
can i ask u something??
can u tell me the differences between homer and birmingham roller? compare to size, which one more big? homer or roller? there are any characteristic that make they looks different??
thanks..
nizamo from malaysia..

[bigislerollers]

Aloha Nizamo,

Rollers are a lot smaller than racers and also their head shapes are different.

Roller


Homer

[bigislerollers]

Aloha All,

I was taking some pictures today of my kit flying and I got lucky and got a shot of 4 birds rolling at once in the same frame without any other birds in the frame. Sorta looks fake but it's the real thing.

[TAWhatley]

Awesome shot, Dexter .. get it into the photo contest if you care to!

Terry