These are all $10 each plus shipping. Competition-grade Birmingham/Pensom rollers from good bloodlines. it is a very faint blue apart from its white flights, it has some purplish flecks on its neck and its whole body is covered in little black flecks. Flight of the pigeons: Rich Hayes’ Birmingham rollers are best in the world ... Calif., when he spied a whole flock of Birmingham roller pigeons plummeting through the sky. I have other racing homers as well. It is currently not known why the Birmingham Roller and other roller pigeons tumble. i have a few new birmingham rollers, this is one, which i have just paired up to a yellow spread hen (not recessive). Yellow Birmingham Roller $ 55. PIGESBR Silver Birmingham Roller Pigeon $50.00. Birmingham rollers are popular domestic pigeons that were first bred in Birmingham, England for their tendency to do backward somersaults in flight. Pigeon fanciers enter them in competitions with high points for multiple birds tumbling at the same time. "Extreme Velocity" Children, Champion Birmingham Roller PIGEEVC 0.00 "Extreme Velocity" Children, Champion Birmingham Roller $ 75. Some of them spin so rapidly that they look like a plummeting ball but they recover and continue flying. am i right in thinking this is a pale almond? Long-distance white homers from Stichelbaut bloodlines. Flight of the pigeons: Rich Hayes’ Birmingham rollers are best in the world . Fanciers who breed rollers have many theories as to why rollers do back-flips, but most of them are not based on scientific evidence. Sep 26, 2014 - Explore Kathryn Pearsall's board "Roller Pigeons", followed by 128 people on Pinterest. I keep my birds very clean and healthy. Yellow Birmingham Roller PIGEYB 0.00. Silver Birmingham Roller Pigeon $ 50. By VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian/Photographed by MICHAEL GALLACHER of the Missoulian. See photos. See more ideas about roller, pigeon breeds, pigeon. Silver Birmingham Roller Pigeon PIGESBR 0.00. Rolling Motion. The Birmingham Roller is a breed of domesticated pigeon that originated in England, where they were developed via selective breeding, for their ability to do rapid backward somersaults while flying. Call me and we can figure out the shipping costs depending on where you live. While it is true that the birds do perform backward somersaults in flight, the exact neurological causes of the rolling behavior are still unknown. PIGEYB Yellow Birmingham Roller $55.00. Much of this video is in … As the name suggests and as also mentioned by Wendell Levi in his book The Pigeon, this breed was developed in and around the City of Birmingham in England. I'll ship USPS from LaGrande, Oregon. POLSON - If you happen upon a certain flock of birds flying west of Pablo Reservoir around 6:30 in the morning, your first reaction may be, “What in the heck is wrong with them?” The answer: Nothing.