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Trailing Rollers Hurt The Kit
Proper Preparation For Competition Flying
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9 Apr 2004
To get more performance from the kit you will need to remove any birds that constantly trail behind as this creates a looseness that prevents tight kitting as well as and hurt scoring opportunities.
I recently had to remove 2 hens because of this. While they are nice roller pigeons, this negative trait recently hurt my score during a 15-bird kit in competition. They constantly fell behind and at times flew off by themselves hurting the scoring opportunities for the rest of the kit.
Later that day the two suspect roller pigeons were removed from the kit and were replaced by others. There was an immediate improvement observed the next day and throughout the week as to the kitting and action of this modified kit.
Last year these same 2 roller pigeons showed no signs of this trait, but I believe due to sudden startup of training of just 2 ½ weeks after a nearly 7 month layoff and switching over from 16% pop to wheat, set them up for this condition.
While I can find this as a reason why these roller pigeons did not do well, I must say the other kit rollers seemed to have hardly any problems with it at all. This just told me that the 2 roller pigeons in question do not have the right ingredients to further my kit or breeding plans.
Rather than work with them and give them more time to improve, as they did not demonstrate the stronger mental traits of the others who were under the same training conditions, my training system requires that they be culled.
The competition level training system revealed flaws in the 2 roller pigeons and forced the decision to cull them if significant kit improvement was to be made.
CONCLUSION: While I wanted to participate in the club fly, my roller pigeons and me were not properly prepared after the long lay-off. Continuous training and sufficient preparation by the pigeons and me is required.
This 2 ½ week “shock training” to prepare for the fly revealed weaknesses in some roller pigeons and was really for the best as it ensures that only better rollers will fly and compete next time.
FLY ON!
Tony Chavarria
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