Makes me miss my Homer’s. I hadas many as 60 young birds and about 8 pair of breeders at one point. I was in a racing club and used manual clocks right before digital ones came out. We raced for fun and the prize was a bag of feed. Nice video!
First buncha Homers I got was took one at a time by a Peregrine roosting across the road the instant I let them out. Turns out, the neighbor would throw wheat and stuff on her front lawn for pigeons, and of course a local Peregrine noticed this regular habit and took to counting heads and taking names from her rooftop tv aerial as she tossed the wheat out on the lawn for them. Funniest memory, a flock of feeding pigeons suddenly realising they are being watched by the local Peregrine falcon, not 20 feet away on the tv aerial, its little hooded silhouette framed against the afternoon sun, the aerial like a glaring scythe, and below it a little old lady on the front lawn throwing wheat about for the pigeons to eat. I'd say they stopped eating and froze momentarily before their terror and panic sent them off into flight. But it was more like Time stood still for a heartbeat or two. The falcon made those birds look slow and high revving, their wings was a blur of speed but they was going nowhere as fast as that falcon was on a lazy wingbeat. I never saw the falcon swoop on my birds, I was too close and all I'd see is my bird fall dead out of the tree topmost branch onto the lawn and my flock scattered, I'd never kept them long enough they followed any flock they felt like and other fanciers ended up keeping my birds. It wasn't a big deal that pet falcon was way cooler.
G'day from Australia, what type of rollers are your pigeons?, i have some here i didn't know they were rollers until recently when one rolled 8 times and tumbled towards the ground and one of his young did 2 rolls backwards, cheers Mikey.
I had rollers that rolled as a kid and a. I was early teens. No kit coop, no feed control, just turned loft loose and enjoyed the rolls my birds did. Does anyone want to enjoy them as I did and not be so serious. I don't want to compete, just enjoy my rollers in my back yard.
Good day sir love your pigeon I will be very happy if I could get black neck rollers see you have , would you sell me , I promise I will take very good care , only 60 years with pigeons , please let me know if you could please a old timer
I have rescued a pigeon chick from the local bus station. She has been fed liquidised apples and sunflower seeds for 7 weeks and now wants grains. Which food should i feed her please ?
Loz, that black hen, with the white tips ..... wow, nice looking bird.My brother gave up his surviving flock and took them to auction, to many birds of prey here in Nor-Cal.
Hi Mark, sad to say she died in my hands earlier this year, 14 yrs old and I recon her time was just up, she was not really eating and quite weak so I think her heart just packed in. cheers
Hey there Thanks for showing us and sharing with us and updating us with your pigeons I was wondering if you do have some adults rolling for sale as I'm thinking about having pigeons in the coming couple months, I'm thinking about starting with 2 or 3 pairs Please let me know and thanks in advance.
Sparrow hawk can not catch the rollers in the air , they are ambushers catching perching birds . It is the peregrine that catches the pigeons in the air . You keep saying you have rollers I am very sorry so far that I have seen your videos you only have loose tumbling birds . I am very sorry I don’t want to be rude but you have no rollers that I have seen so far. It is a misleading remarks using the word rollers .
Sparrow hawk hens can and do take rollers in the air I have watched them take mine and several have been attacked while flying and yes I know the difference between various hawks
@@LozHarrop peregrine uses 3 tactics to catch the rollers 1- to catch a fit healthy pigeon the peregrine goes up and high then comes downwards ( using the gravity to build up the ultimate speed) and hits the pigeon . This usually happens when pigeon is flying on a straight line fortunately, rollers most of the time flying round . 2- both peregrine and sparrow hawks fly gently round the kit in the sky looking innocent and gaining the trust of the pigeons then gradually get closer and when close enough accelerate towards the weakest roller and hit it if it fails and chaos happens in the kit peregrine still has a chance to catch one. 3- Both Sparrow hawks ( large female) and peregrines can just chase an unfit roller and catch it or a youngster roller that is just learning to fly . I used to write pigeon articles for AERC ( All England Roller Club) and had rollers for nearly 40 years since I was a kid
Makes me miss my Homer’s. I hadas many as 60 young birds and about 8 pair of breeders at one point. I was in a racing club and used manual clocks right before digital ones came out. We raced for fun and the prize was a bag of feed. Nice video!
First buncha Homers I got was took one at a time by a Peregrine roosting across the road the instant I let them out. Turns out, the neighbor would throw wheat and stuff on her front lawn for pigeons, and of course a local Peregrine noticed this regular habit and took to counting heads and taking names from her rooftop tv aerial as she tossed the wheat out on the lawn for them. Funniest memory, a flock of feeding pigeons suddenly realising they are being watched by the local Peregrine falcon, not 20 feet away on the tv aerial, its little hooded silhouette framed against the afternoon sun, the aerial like a glaring scythe, and below it a little old lady on the front lawn throwing wheat about for the pigeons to eat. I'd say they stopped eating and froze momentarily before their terror and panic sent them off into flight. But it was more like Time stood still for a heartbeat or two.
The falcon made those birds look slow and high revving, their wings was a blur of speed but they was going nowhere as fast as that falcon was on a lazy wingbeat. I never saw the falcon swoop on my birds, I was too close and all I'd see is my bird fall dead out of the tree topmost branch onto the lawn and my flock scattered, I'd never kept them long enough they followed any flock they felt like and other fanciers ended up keeping my birds. It wasn't a big deal that pet falcon was way cooler.
Yes mate once a Hawk knows where the birds are it shows up time after time. loads of flyers packed in after heavy losses in recent years.
G'day from Australia, what type of rollers are your pigeons?, i have some here i didn't know they were rollers until recently when one rolled 8 times and tumbled towards the ground and one of his young
did 2 rolls backwards, cheers Mikey.
Nice update birds are looking good
Good to see you again.
Very nice update! Predators have been a menace this year... great looking youngsters 👍
Nice looking Rollers
Are you selling any? I want to buy a kit of young birds
Thanks I'm getting some rollers soon 👍🏻
I had rollers that rolled as a kid and a. I was early teens. No kit coop, no feed control, just turned loft loose and enjoyed the rolls my birds did. Does anyone want to enjoy them as I did and not be so serious. I don't want to compete, just enjoy my rollers in my back yard.
Super beautiful pigeon
Love your Bald head roller chino LES OG pigeon lover
Hi mate just wondering how long does it take before young rollers start rolling thanks
It's good to see your pigeons again they look really nice
Good day sir love your pigeon I will be very happy if I could get black neck rollers see you have , would you sell me , I promise I will take very good care , only 60 years with pigeons , please let me know if you could please a old timer
I have rescued a pigeon chick from the local bus station. She has been fed liquidised apples and sunflower seeds for 7 weeks and now wants grains. Which food should i feed her please ?
you could get wheat based seed mix from pet shop but plain wheat is fine if you can get hold of some
Great to see the birds again!
Nice set up
I want to get some Rollers. Can anyone recommend someone around the Athens Ga. AREA who can help me out?
Loz, that black hen, with the white tips ..... wow, nice looking bird.My brother gave up his surviving flock and took them to auction, to many birds of prey here in Nor-Cal.
cheers Joe yes shes a bonny bird, the hawks always target black ones first i keep her in for that reason
I can understand that, she's an eye catcher.
i can't believe it mate been waiting for a update birds looking good were is the old hen did not see it can you plz keep us update't mate CLASS /UK.
Hi Mark, sad to say she died in my hands earlier this year, 14 yrs old and I recon her time was just up, she was not really eating and quite weak so I think her heart just packed in. cheers
What is the ancestry of these rollers .
Nice pigeons
I would Love to see your birds now and how they are keeping is there any chance you would make a video on them?
Will do sometime mate, cheers
@@LozHarrop thank you sir.
Can you please make a cleaning video like how you clean your loft
Sounds like the hobby is getting to be a little too much for you.
The dryer can't be that loud all I can hear is a grinder and some old bloke banging an anvil 😃
Got any for sale
Hey there
Thanks for showing us and sharing with us and updating us with your pigeons
I was wondering if you do have some adults rolling for sale as I'm thinking about having pigeons in the coming couple months, I'm thinking about starting with 2 or 3 pairs
Please let me know and thanks in advance.
Sparrow hawk can not catch the rollers in the air , they are ambushers catching perching birds . It is the peregrine that catches the pigeons in the air . You keep saying you have rollers I am very sorry so far that I have seen your videos you only have loose tumbling birds . I am very sorry I don’t want to be rude but you have no rollers that I have seen so far. It is a misleading remarks using the word rollers .
Sparrow hawk hens can and do take rollers in the air I have watched them take mine and several have been attacked while flying and yes I know the difference between various hawks
@@LozHarrop peregrine uses 3 tactics to catch the rollers
1- to catch a fit healthy pigeon the peregrine goes up and high then comes downwards ( using the gravity to build up the ultimate speed) and hits the pigeon . This usually happens when pigeon is flying on a straight line fortunately, rollers most of the time flying round .
2- both peregrine and sparrow hawks fly gently round the kit in the sky looking innocent and gaining the trust of the pigeons then gradually get closer and when close enough accelerate towards the weakest roller and hit it if it fails and chaos happens in the kit peregrine still has a chance to catch one.
3- Both Sparrow hawks ( large female) and peregrines can just chase an unfit roller and catch it or a youngster roller that is just learning to fly .
I used to write pigeon articles for AERC ( All England Roller Club) and had rollers for nearly 40 years since I was a kid
you just said sparrow hawks cannot catch rollers in the air. now you say they can if the bird is unfit. Im not going to argue with a troll
@@LozHarrop my apologies did not meant to offend.