Roller Pigeons
Sometimes I’ll read something in the newspaper that’ll bring back memories of my own childhood, like the recent article in the LA Times about Bobby Wilson, a.k.a. Kill Kill, who has been a roller pigeon fancier since he was a little boy in the projects in Watts. He made some bad decisions growing up, ended up in prison for a while, but his hobby pigeons and their freewheeling somersaults helped straighten out his life. Now he’s passing on his expertise to young guys like Taisean Williams. I raised homing pigeons when I was young. Indeed, whiling away the hours in the pigeon coop I’d built in our backyard was the idyll of my youth. I’m going to show this remarkable little video to my students and have them write about whatever hobby they have or something they do “to keep them out of trouble.”
By Tom Fasano on September 13, 2008 – 10:15 am
Posted in Classroom Stuff, This Day in History | 4 Comments »
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juan morales on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
when you first started raising homing pigeons were you ever scared that they might bite or attack you?
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Mr. Fasano on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
No, I was never afraid because the first birds I got were babies. They were actually a lot of fun, and they were dependent on me for everything. Training them was the best part.
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yeng on Nov 10, 2008 | Reply
will hi this yeng lee im from sacraento and i asking for some advice about roller pigeon of how to breed the deep roller pigeon and yea im also doing my senior project and i need lots of information about rolle pigeon …will just asking for some advice though but then try to hit me back as soon as possible if u can i hope to see or heard some advice fro you. thak you.
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C paci on May 30, 2009 | Reply
It’s nice to see the some positive reporting on this kind of thing. Rollers are a great hobby, and as one can plainly see from this piece, a positive outlet for our young people. Far too often kids plug in to their tv’s and playstations, when they should be in the yard doing something positive like this young man. Well done I say.