EZ Rollers

Survey for Fun

 

1. Which one of these statements is the official Birmingham Roller Standard?

 

1. The ideal Birmingham Roller is a pigeon which turns over backwards with inconceivable rapidity while descending towards earth like a spinning ball and when viewed from the side, a small "hole" will be seen.

 

2. Rollers are those which at every exhibition of their rolling prowess through an uncountable number of backward revolutions or somersaults, in such quick succession as to appear like a falling ball. Most fanciers are satisfied if they come through the kit as a ring (hole), but when they appear in a solid form, it is known their revolutions are performed with still greater velocity.  A good Roller should fairly roll 20 feet. There are lots who descend by a series of treble or more somersaults to a greater distance, but the most perfect complete a long descent in one spinning bout." (Ludlow)

 

3. Lewis Wright says that the true Birmingham Roller "turns over backwards with inconceivable rapidity through a considerable distance like a spinning ball,"

 

4. Bill Pensom said "to be worthy of the designation of- Birmingham Roller, that the bird should roll straight down - like a falling ball with inconceivable rapidity."

 

2. All Birmingham rollers bred will roll to some extent.
1. True
2. False
3. What is the furthest depth a roller will go before it loses velocity?
1. 15 feet
2. 30 feet
3. 40 feet
4. never
4. What birds in a kit competition are scorable?
1. All birds
2. All birds that simultaneously roll
3. Only deep birds
4. Minimum of 5 birds that simultaneously roll
5. What color roller would most likely roll down?
1. Red check
2. Blue check
3. Yellow
4. Recessive red
5. All the above
6. White rollers are
1. culls
2. weak feathered
3. roll downs
4. no different than any other color roller
7. The size of a roller affects the speed of the roll.
1. True
2. False


8. Breeding for color and roll is
1. impossible
2. very hard
3. not something a true roller fancier would do
4. okay if that’s what you want to do
9. If you have a problem with a judges score you should
1. kick his butt
2. argue until he submits
3. quit the club
4. talk it over with the club members
10. Style in rollers refer to
1. the way they walk
2. the way they fly
3. the way they are shaped
4. the position of the wings during the roll
11. Before a roller can be scored it must meet the Birmingham Roller standards
1. True
2. False
12. There are many more good hens as opposed to cocks
1. True
2. False
13. If you find 4 eggs in the nest
1. you have a rare hen
2. 2 will be infertile
3. they wont be able to incubate all of them
4. the sex of the pair are hens
14. Any color roller other than the basic blue and red is an impure roller
1. true
2. false
15. Dilutes i.e. yellows did not exist in the Pensom strain and are therefore impure
1. true
2. false
16. You should sell rollers that you bought that turned out to be junk because
1.  “Do onto others what they have done onto you” is the pigeon fanciers motto.
2. you need to get your money back somehow
3. the guy is a beginner and he don’t know the difference between a good roller and a bad one.
4. All the above
5. Never