cross breeding pigeons!!!!!

[pigeonE15]

thanks

 

[pigeonE15]

thanks

 

[laughingdog]

Roller fanciers routinely will cross a homer into an, and especially extremely in bred families, for vigor, and more specifically for enhanced flying ability and size. inbreeding rollers creates and increases: pearl, bull, and split eyes, Feather footing/legging/muffing, and cresting/capping. It decreases size also.

 

[laughingdog]

Homer breeders routinely breed in rollers here and there, to breed in color, and vigor to lines. though doing so they then breed back to close fam of desired breed, or just back to pure breed of desired eventual effect.

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

No serious roller or homer guy would ever cross the two. The mixes are generally worthless performance wise. Sometimes we will mix them or other breeds when working on a color project. I have had some accidental homer x roller mixes and they did not roll. Homing ability can vary a lot. I have heard of a roller x homer being racing material but most are lost very quickly. However, cross breeding birds can be fun to see what pops out and they are no lesser quality pigeon-wise. They are just not good for showing or performing. Great for pets and backyard flying. Although if you ever need to get rid of them, you may only get a couple bucks for them if you plan to sell them.

 

[fowlsessed]

No serious roller or homer guy would ever cross the two. The mixes are generally worthless performance wise. Sometimes we will mix them or other breeds when working on a color project. I have had some accidental homer x roller mixes and they did not roll. Homing ability can vary a lot. I have heard of a roller x homer being racing material but most are lost very quickly. However, cross breeding birds can be fun to see what pops out and they are no lesser quality pigeon-wise. They are just not good for showing or performing. Great for pets and backyard flying. Although if you ever need to get rid of them, you may only get a couple bucks for them if you plan to sell them.

Yup, x2!

 

[pigeonE15]

nah im not planing on selling them. in fact the baby is really strong.the baby is stronger then his parents. and it also looks different. its beack is like a homer its eyes are like a roller and is very tall and skinny!!!!

 

[laughingdog]

Show birds are nothing but crosses for looks and color.. they often have no rolling ect homing or flying ability at all. Looking at forums and talking to people, you'd have or hardly have any color variety at all in performers or homers. so unless the birds are blu bar/check ect, or black (its a dom color), chances are its had showier breed blood mixed in, as often breeding for most wanted especially soft colors supposedly over pure performance. So dont worry and just have fun, if you want looks, go for that, if want pure performance breed for that after year or two, if want both then create two seperate lines with records one for each, then later maybe once have desired effect from both cross back together.

 

[laughingdog]

I had a colored homer pair that had pearl eyes and also rolled great like big muscle bound fireball rollers (when famished ect), tight and hard, and they were very fast hard fliers for out of town homing distances, and show homer stock.. they were probly a fluke but awsome. hen was too broody and would smother or over heat eggs and chicks. sad as she was blond and him choco.

 

[laughingdog]

@Mary, I've never heard of raced first generation homer x rollers, and would be curious to know more. I've heard of supposed line bred webbed footed, feather footed, and crested/capped racers being raced successfully.