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Chisso54
Hi & thanks for the warm welcome everyone,
I presently have Diamonds, Cordon Blues, Stars Red & Yellow fawns, Parsons & Gouldians (normal). Over the years I have kept and bred Red & blue parrot finches, Longtails, Masked finches, Emblas, Pictorellas, Tri colour parrot finches, Java sparrows. The one bird that I have continually kept for the last 30 years is the Gouldian.
I presently have Diamonds, Cordon Blues, Stars Red & Yellow fawns, Parsons & Gouldians (normal). Over the years I have kept and bred Red & blue parrot finches, Longtails, Masked finches, Emblas, Pictorellas, Tri colour parrot finches, Java sparrows. The one bird that I have continually kept for the last 30 years is the Gouldian.
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welcome to the forum chisso54.
sounds like you have some years of experience to share with the rest of us....always beneficial
like the sound of your collection, normal gouldians and diamonds are among my favourites also.
in your 30 years breeding have any mutations just turned up out of the blue?
sounds like you have some years of experience to share with the rest of us....always beneficial
like the sound of your collection, normal gouldians and diamonds are among my favourites also.
in your 30 years breeding have any mutations just turned up out of the blue?
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Aussie finch tragic.rodent/snake terroriser.
Aussie finch tragic.rodent/snake terroriser.
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Chisso54
G'day Country Capital,
I haven't had any mutations appear with my Gouldians, mainly because I have been able to keep my bold lines. I don't have too many Gouldians anymore so I need to buy new stock if I want to build up the numbers. That is a problem with the number of mutations now on the market. My Diamonds did however throw some slightly pied young after a couple of years of breeding and after some investigation I since found out the breeder I bought them off was trying to establish pieds at the time. I have scratched him off my list of possible new stock. I am on the look out for more stock (normal) to keep the blood lines pure. Also I have kept neophemas for many years and currently have Scarlets. I bought a normal cock to put with a hen that I had bred and produced some good birds for a couple of years and then suddenly they started to produce blue scarlets much to my disgust. Currently searching the bird sales and contacts for normal Scarlets.
Cheers,
I haven't had any mutations appear with my Gouldians, mainly because I have been able to keep my bold lines. I don't have too many Gouldians anymore so I need to buy new stock if I want to build up the numbers. That is a problem with the number of mutations now on the market. My Diamonds did however throw some slightly pied young after a couple of years of breeding and after some investigation I since found out the breeder I bought them off was trying to establish pieds at the time. I have scratched him off my list of possible new stock. I am on the look out for more stock (normal) to keep the blood lines pure. Also I have kept neophemas for many years and currently have Scarlets. I bought a normal cock to put with a hen that I had bred and produced some good birds for a couple of years and then suddenly they started to produce blue scarlets much to my disgust. Currently searching the bird sales and contacts for normal Scarlets.
Cheers,