Cross Breeding Question

[cochinGurl]

I have a half homer half roller male pigeon. he does not roll or display any other roller traits. his mate is a full blooded homer. if they were to have babies, would they be considered homers and have the homing instinct? any one have experience with cross bred homers? thanks!

 

[sourland]

Any squabs would still be considered crossbreds, but would probably have a relatively strong homing instinct.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Any squabs would still be considered crossbreds, but would probably have a relatively strong homing instinct. I Agree 100% maybe you may have a squab that will roll from time to time with still a very strong homing instinct (I have no experience in this matter)
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[sourland]

I actually developed a flock of Homer/Birmingham roller crossbreds searching for something that was more hawk resistant than the pure rollers. Most crosses at best do single flips or rock back and 'tail ride'. I never produced any that were good rollers. They were stronger fliers and better at surviving hawk attacks than pure rollers.

 

[cochinGurl]

thank you so much for the input. I have decided to start letting this pair breed. Ive been doing some research and came accross quite a few people who intentionally cross rollers to homers, which is super conviniant for my situation.
The roller x homer male pigeon happened by accident. his parents abandoned him at five days old after I changed the hay in their nest bowl (which I had done many times with other pairs with no ill affects). I wound up hand raising him, so he is very tame and special to me. I recently re-homed all of my mixed breed birds him. since there's no way I'm ever re-homing him I thought he would just be a loveable space taker upper in my loft, so it's awesome to find out that he can be part of my breeding program. he's a beautiful bird, im so exited to see how their offspring turn out.

 

[cochinGurl]

here they are: Sebastian my hand raised crossbreed (the black and white one) and Syd the white homer.

 

[reyes]

If i have a roller and cross it with a homer will the babys still roll

 

[reyes]

If i have a roller cross it with a homer will it still roll?