I grew up flying Bill Pensom rollers from 1960-1967 (High school) … I used to visit Mr. Pensom on the weekends… He took a liking to me … he knew I liked white grizzle’s and blue badges … with an occasional Dunn or dark almond … I’d cross his roller line Pensom strain Birmingham’s … mostly whites x blue badges … no roll downs 👍…just 3-4 foot tight spinners… Back then I also knew this guy Bill Hague who lived in El Monte, Ca. He’d made a couple of trips to Birmingham England and hand picked other rollers to his liking … I’d backcross them onto the Pensome strain birds … I had several (6+) pair of small Homers I’d use as foster folks. I’d usually raise 20+ young birds a breeding season … fly a big 20 bird Kit … then cull down to a dozen birds … I took a few years, but damn what great rollers … then I got drafted into the army in 1967 and gave all my birds to a good friend … I still my rollers … I even had over 20+ pure white Parlor rollers … if you wanted a pair of white parlors they’d cost you … And I got wind of these White Thailand Laughter’s that this guy in North Hollywood had imported thru a pigeon friend so my dad drove me up to his places … I purchased three pair and this guy gave me three other youngsters … I was set … I wore them foster Homer parents out … Before long I was selling Laughers for $80 dollars a pair … back then I always had money in my pockets … Thailand Laughter’s will crack you up … Ha …Ha … Ha … 🤣 … watch a RUclips video … FYI … I started hybridizing rollers when I was in the 4th grade … had friends of friends that raised mostly the Pensom strain … I was a lucky kid …
Hi pal, good to hear that you’re getting started with rollers. I hope it all goes well for you. I don’t have any for sale though and I was to gift some, I couldn’t deliver them.
I grew up flying Bill Pensom rollers from 1960-1967 (High school) … I used to visit Mr. Pensom on the weekends…
He took a liking to me … he knew I liked white grizzle’s and blue badges … with an occasional Dunn or dark almond …
I’d cross his roller line Pensom strain Birmingham’s … mostly whites x blue badges … no roll downs 👍…just 3-4 foot tight spinners…
Back then I also knew this guy Bill Hague who lived in El Monte, Ca. He’d made a couple of trips to Birmingham England and hand picked other rollers to his liking … I’d backcross them onto the Pensome strain birds … I had several (6+) pair of small Homers I’d use as foster folks.
I’d usually raise 20+ young birds a breeding season … fly a big 20 bird Kit … then cull down to a dozen birds … I took a few years, but damn what great rollers … then I got drafted into the army in 1967 and gave all my birds to a good friend … I still my rollers …
I even had over 20+ pure white Parlor rollers … if you wanted a pair of white parlors they’d cost you …
And I got wind of these White Thailand Laughter’s that this guy in North Hollywood had imported thru a pigeon friend so my dad drove me up to his places … I purchased three pair and this guy gave me three other youngsters … I was set … I wore them foster Homer parents out …
Before long I was selling Laughers for $80 dollars a pair … back then I always had money in my pockets … Thailand Laughter’s will crack you up … Ha …Ha … Ha … 🤣 … watch a RUclips video … FYI … I started hybridizing rollers when I was in the 4th grade … had friends of friends that raised mostly the Pensom strain … I was a lucky kid …
Wow, thank you for sharing that with us and thank you for watching my videos.
Still amazing clean setup and pairs. Good luck this year 🙂✌️
Thank you! Appreciate it and best of luck to you too.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing and good luck with the birds this year!
Thanks, you too!
Congratulations on reaching 2000 subscribers buddy 👏 keep up the good work mate 👍
Thanks pal 👍
Good luck in 2024. Set up and pairs look great.
Thank you. All the best to you too.
Beautiful breeders. Great video looking forward for your next vlog
Much appreciated. More coming soon hopefully.
Hi mate bird's look in great condition good luck with your breeding this year 👍
Hello Shaun, appreciate your comments mate. Thank you and I hope your breeding goes well too. Look forward to coming up your way in the summer again.
@@doublearollers thanks mate look forward to seeing you on the flys I think it's going to be a good year for everyone .👍
It's nice to see ya new video and update Ali 👍 all the best with them mate 👍
Thanks Rob. All the best mate.
I love your birds ❤❤
Thank you!
Very nice pair on the right the white ones
Thank you. Both roll really well too.
WOW, IT'S AWESOME, MY ROLLER DOVES LIKE IT ALSO, THIS DOVES ARE ALSO SUITABLE FOR FREE FLIGHT 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching
Very nice
All the best for the breeding, and that's a nice clean loft floor even though birds are on the floor.. How often do you clean the loft?
Thank you very much. I clean the kit boxes every 2 weeks. The breeding loft gets scraped every other day and then a big clean once a month.
@@doublearollers thanks for the reply
Do pigeons mate for life? Or you can change it by sticking some alone together in a pen?
Yes, you can split your pair and isolate them with a new potential mate.
Not really, sometimes they do separate and pair with other pigeons without you separating them
What mix are your birds flying on thanks
Normally fly on wheat, Dari and barley.
I understand George mason has put Drano and Benanze birds to his stock
I heard something similar but not certain that is the case or not.
Hi mate how old are you yong birds when you first start to fly them
Hello pal, I would say about 6-8 weeks old when I first start letting them out.
Good morning ! can you give me an address of roller pigeons Birbingham, IN FRANCE?? Thanks a lot !!!
Sorry, I can’t help with that. I’m not sure if there are any flyers of rollers in France.
Do you have to breed more birds than normal for the numbers you loose in the sky
I lose a lot of birds and yes I do normally breed extra but this year I’ve still got a lot of yearlings so won’t be breeding as much.
Nice birds
Thank you!
Hi I’m doing my shed up so I can get into roller pigeons again do you deliver and do you have any pure white once
Hi pal, good to hear that you’re getting started with rollers. I hope it all goes well for you. I don’t have any for sale though and I was to gift some, I couldn’t deliver them.
I like your breeder boxes. Very clean🤌
Thank you 🙏
What strain do you mostly keep mate ?
Mainly the Mason strain.
What country are you from?
England.
Price and location
Who said they were for sale?
Can I buy your white once
Sorry I’ve gifted that to a friend now. You should contact fliers that are close to you and try to join a club if possible.
How far can you home
A roller
What do you mean by that?
Homing..like a homing pigeon how far can you take them from home loft and release them thankyou
@@davidwhittaker1249 probably a couple of miles.
Thanks for information