"Dedicated to the preservation of the Oriental Roller as a Flying - Performing Pigeon."

The flying of the Oriental Roller is nearly a lost art in North America. We are at a pivotal point in the history of the breed on this continent. The Flying Oriental Roller Society is established to restore the heritage of the breed as an air performing pigeon and to advance the popularity of this distinctive breed in the pigeon fancy. 

The club is open to all who wish to fly and/or exhibit the flying type Oriental Roller or anyone who is interested in the breed and would like to share the fellowship and sportsmanship of like-minded Fanciers.  (Preamble taken from FORS BY-LAWS)

Carl A. Naether writes in his book The Pigeon, That the Turkish or Oriental Roller is doubtless the oldest breed of performing, flying pigeon. It received mention in Persian manuscripts of the twelfth century. Ever since, this pigeon has been bred for its remarkable flying and rolling qualities.

The FORS has been inactive for a couple of years but will be reactivated January 2008. Now's the time to get on board!

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Articles of interest taken from past FORS quarterly bulletins:
Oriental Rollers, An excerpt from the book "So You Want to Raise Rollers" by W. Paul Bradford reprinted with permission.

The Flying Oriental Roller - Common Misconceptions
by Andy Estrada

Training a Young Kit of Oriental Rollers by Andy Estrada

Training a Kit of Oriental Rollers by Terry Rhodes

Show Standard and the Flying Oriental Roller by Andy Estrada

Show Standard for the FOR

Dale and Paul by Andy Estrada

Fehrholz Strain of Oriental Rollers from Germany by Andy Estrada

As a member of the FORS you can expect more excellent articles such as these, published in our quarterly bulletin, plus many other benefits! If you haven't already, join today!

The Flying Oriental Roller Society is pleased but at the same time concerned with the recent popularity our breed enjoys. We are pleased that people are interested in our breed for its performance and abilities to elude raptors. However, we are concerned that the demand for these birds will result in "feather merchants" trying to profit from the sale of birds with inferior flying abilities. We do not want the sale of poor-quality birds to give the breed a bad reputation. If buyers are interested in Flying Oriental Rollers that will truly perform, they should be certain the birds they buy come from performance-bred stock.

Unfortunately the feather merchant will use Dale Husband's name to try and capitalize on the sale of birds. Also the unknowing will continue to propagate the same counterfeit birds and sell them as Husbands. We believe much of what you see popping up will be strictly for the almighty dollar and will be feather merchants knowingly selling counterfeits.

Dale Husband has told us there are only four "Husband" lines. Tuffie, Black, Silver, and White. Any thing else either passed through Dale's hands or are not Husband birds. Dale dispersed the majority of his stock in 1998. He raises very few now, so, there will be very few that could come directly from him. Except for the Tuffies and a few of the whites that are  also becoming scattered to the wind. 

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