Mixing genitics
Posted: 14 Apr 2019, 18:19
Hi All
As I’m just about to get back into finches after a long break I have been looking at birds (not purchased any as yet ) . I was a little upset at what I witnessed at a bird shop there were blood finches for sale that were black bellied race crossed with white bellied. I’m hoping to breed bloods again but must say very disappointed at what I had seen . Why would anyone cross the two and to me they aren’t worth anything once this has happened. Is this happening due to a lack of gene pool as it’s been 20 years or more since I had both but I always kept them in separate flights. That said I did keep more then one pair of white bellied together as they didn’t show the same aggressive behaviour of black and grey races . Are bloods that rare in our avairys these days
Regards Greg
As I’m just about to get back into finches after a long break I have been looking at birds (not purchased any as yet ) . I was a little upset at what I witnessed at a bird shop there were blood finches for sale that were black bellied race crossed with white bellied. I’m hoping to breed bloods again but must say very disappointed at what I had seen . Why would anyone cross the two and to me they aren’t worth anything once this has happened. Is this happening due to a lack of gene pool as it’s been 20 years or more since I had both but I always kept them in separate flights. That said I did keep more then one pair of white bellied together as they didn’t show the same aggressive behaviour of black and grey races . Are bloods that rare in our avairys these days
Regards Greg