Ruby Roller Forum

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Welcome to the Ruby Rollers Members-Only Roundtable — a private forum built for serious roller fanciers who want to go deeper.

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🔹 Round Table Members
A great place to get started. Introduce yourself, share your goals, and meet fellow members who take their birds and time seriously.

🔹 Round Table: Exclusive Member Discussions
This is the heart of the forum—uncensored, thoughtful conversations between committed breeders, flyers, and thinkers. Ask questions, share insights, and discuss topics that don't fit anywhere else.

🔹 Kit Birds: Training | Care | Feeding
Zero in on how to build and manage strong kit teams. From young bird development to refining performance, this board cuts straight to what matters.

🔹 Breeder Stock: Feeding | Care | Selection | Issues
Take a deeper dive into the systems and practices behind selecting, feeding, and maintaining a productive breeding team. Discussions include fertility issues, breeder conditioning, and selection logic.

🔹 Base Colors | Soft Colors | Pattern | Genetic Modifiers
For the fancier with an eye for color and detail—share, track, and discuss your ongoing color and pattern projects using base colors, modifiers, and patterns.

🔹 Anti-Predator Strategies: Flying | Ground | MBTA
Protecting your birds is part of the game. Here we share real-world strategies for minimizing loss from hawks, cats, learn about the MBTA and better understand your responsibilities.

🔹 Loft Health | Disease | Medications | Supplements
Proactive, practical methods to build healthier loft environments and stronger birds. Natural regimens, supplement timing, and experience-driven input.

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Tony Chavarria
Ruby Rollers | RollerPigeon.Com

Vet Oversight | USDA Approved | Higher Standards

We earned our USDA Class A License for our Ruby Rollers breeding facility—an unheard of achievement in the roller pigeon hobby. This license means we meet or exceed federal standards for animal care, housing, health oversight, and record keeping.

Our loft isn't just a backyard setup—it's a purpose-built, professionally maintained environment designed to promote health, performance, and consistency in every bird we raise. USDA licensing ensures our operation is regularly inspected, documented, and held to a higher bar of accountability than what most hobbyists back-yard sellers will ever pursue.

Veterinary oversight is also part of this process. As a licensed facility, we work with a veterinarian to ensure the health and wellbeing of our stock and are following proper protocols and respond proactively to health concerns. This isn't about treating illness—it's about preventing it through intelligent design, proper sanitation, and careful oversight.

What does this mean for you?

• Confidence that your birds come from a clean, USDA compliant, and well-run facility
• Assurance that our health and breeding protocols are based on structure—not guesswork
• A real standard behind the claims of "quality and healthy stock"

In an era where talk is cheap, USDA licensing is a proof point. It shows we take our role as breeders seriously—and that we're committed to more than just producing birds. We're building trust, one customer at a time.

This thread gives you a look behind the scenes at the oversight, routines, and systems that uphold our commitment to health and quality.

A Brief Introductory History Behind the Ruby Rollers Strain of Birmingham Rollers

The Ruby Rollers strain was officially founded by Tony Chavarria in 1993 to pursue Lewis Wright's timeless performance standard: 
"the true Birmingham Roller which turns over backward with inconceivable rapidity through a considerable distance like a spinning ball."

Built on Pensom principles, we sourced foundation birds from a respected Southern California fancier known for selective breeding and flyer performance who acquired his stock from like-minded top fanciers.

In 2005, we relocated to Southern Missouri to operate year-round and run a full-time, professional roller pigeon breeding facility.

While developing our line we identified what we coined "The 5 Primary Traits" — Roll, Depth, Control, Quality, and Type — as our guiding pillars, honoring over a century of Birmingham Roller tradition. Every bird is evaluated against these key characteristics.

This thread offers an introduction to our history, philosophy, and mission — from SoCal roots to Missouri lofts.

Explore our Visitor threads, ask questions, or learn how to become part of our private community dedicated to true Birmingham Roller breeding and flying.