Confusion over Suitability for Beginners

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There were lots of Silverbills at the Orange bird sale this year. Also good numbers of Yellow rumps.
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finchbreeder wrote: 14 Apr 2020, 10:03 QFS had a Silverbill breeding program going, I thought?
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They did, but after they bred some ridiculous amount they stopped again and now the silverbills are going down the plug hole again
They are working with Javan Munias at the moment and some others which I'm hoping to buy some new Javan blood to put with my old stock
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go the yellow rumps.

they are harder than others but once you crack their code tgey free breed. i miss mine so much.
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I've gone for the silverbills because they seem easier to breed and suit my budget much more.
noah.till wrote: 13 Apr 2020, 22:45 Collect up a few different blood lines of Silverbills and just plonk them together to make a flock, and then you will be right from there and I can show you how to vent sex young birds when you get some young out onto the perch
Also how do you "vent sex" birds noah?
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Hold the bird with the vent up. Blow gently on the area. Observe the difference. Cock more pronounced than hen. But I still get it wrong sometimes.
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The hens vent is much closer to the tails, whereas the cocks is much closer to the legs. Blow on the vent and the cocks vent will 'pout' and get aroused, whereas the hens will stay normal and flat.
Takes time to learn but I just sat down with a cage of Black rumped Double bars and learnt from there.
Also, you can sex Silverbills just the typical Mannikan/Munia way by looking at the shape of the lower mandible
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