Raul Carreiro / 29 Nov 2010 22:31

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Guys, I have had an experience on the question asked! About a year and a
half ago I mentioned on the form of receiving a few pairs of "lovatts". Now
these birds although I cannot not prove them to be of a "pure" genetic
background I do know that the person who gifted them to me had these birds
for over 20 years and raised no other breed! and that he got them from a
well known breeder/flier in the US whose name has slipped my memory. Anyway
to make a long story short I bred 2 youngsters from one pair started on
their training but decided not to continue with these birds! I gave these
birds to a friend who wanted some birds for his personal pleasure. This
person also has no other birds besides the ones I gave him, I visited him
recently and when I arrived he had a few young birds out flying, when I
noticed one bird would do a single flip on occasion! Now remember nor he nor
the original breeder had any other breed of birds in their loft! The young
birds I had bred had been bred in a separate breeding cage, and given to
him along with the original birds. It is my believe that the genes
responsible for the trait of a bird to roll tumble like in Rollers is
recessive and when a bird receives enough of these recessive genes and
given enough time that a Pure Tippler can in fact produce an odd bird that
flips! After all the Tumbler, Roller is part of their background!
That's my take on It!
Regards,
Raul.

Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 9:52:23 PM

Hi Guys, I was reading a republished old book by Job Ofield in which he
give a short description the Tipplers origins and development. He mentions
that Tumblers, wests and Cumulets were used to develop the breed in the
early days. My question to those who are familiar with the workings of
genetic inheritance, would be is it possible that even today an odd Tippler
is produced that flips tumbles from time to time but is not mentioned for
fear of being rebuked? I not talking about an accidental breeding of roller
to tippler but a bird that is produced from a known genetically "pure' base!
Can anyone share their own thoughts and a particular experience on this
topic?
Regards,
Raul.


Submitted by Raul Carreiro on 11/29/2010 10:02:31 PM