Best Method to Breed Hybrids?

[TailFeathers]

Well it seems this post is well and truly in the gutter,other posts have been locked before they have reached this stage and i can not see how we in Aus can change this persons challenges,garyh

Well said Gary...it's time this post was stopped!!!

The first few posts people were taking pokes at me. Had they simply disagreed with my topic.. Which is in its educational and learning stage .... Thus the reason I'm asking these questions....then they would t be the ones ticking. They hould have simply not replied with rude and insulting replies. Such as the one who replied that artificial insemination was the best way.

Maybe those who were completely disrespectful should own up and make an apology.

[Tiaris]

Iaos has nothing to apologise for. He was simply using humour to take the rising heat out of the situation. This is the Australian way of lightening the mood when people start to get hot under the collar - which he actually did very well & deserves gratitude if anything.

[garyh]

Completely off topic ,but with this topic it doesn't seem to matter,i think your agenda has been to create as much discussion as possible,good or bad ,as in another post you now seem to have all the information you require to now be able to send the seamen viles to Aus,i think this whole topic has been an advertising exercise for you ,which should be stopped,garyh

[BluJay]

Is this one persons view or is hybridizing a common practice in the US?

Hi Broosky, I do not believe it is everyone that breeds birds in the U.S., opinion. I believe it is as Tailfeathers once stated:
"Whatever floats your boat". I believe both in the U.S., and here there are breeders that do their own thing. They just don't talk or ask questions about it. It's kept on the down low. Regards

PS: what could be more challenging for an aviculturist and their skill than to get two different species to mate, even more so than creating a mutation.

[Tiaris]

Is this one persons view or is hybridizing a common practice in the US?

Hi Broosky, I do not believe it is everyone that breeds birds in the U.S., opinion. I believe it is as Tailfeathers once stated:
"Whatever floats your boat". I believe both in the U.S., and here there are breeders that do their own thing. They just don't talk or ask questions about it. It's kept on the down low. Regards

PS: what could be more challenging for an aviculturist and their skill than to get two different species to mate, even more so than creating a mutation.

Answer: To maintain pure species in a secure captive population into the future.

[BluJay]

Is this one persons view or is hybridizing a common practice in the US?

Hi Broosky, I do not believe it is everyone that breeds birds in the U.S., opinion. I believe it is as Tailfeathers once stated:
"Whatever floats your boat". I believe both in the U.S., and here there are breeders that do their own thing. They just don't talk or ask questions about it. It's kept on the down low. Regards

PS: what could be more challenging for an aviculturist and their skill than to get two different species to mate, even more so than creating a mutation.

Answer: To maintain pure species in a secure captive population into the future.

So true, and although there are those that play with hybrids. I know of a couple aviculturist that profess this publicly, however, they cross breed the Orange Breast and the Strawberry finches. The prodigy, resemble the Orange Breast, but have the size of the strawberry. Beautiful birds. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that it happens.
People challenging hybrids here, will learn their view is whipping a dead horse.

[Painted4]

Answer: To maintain pure species in a secure captive population into the future.

So true, and although there are those that play with hybrids. I know of a couple aviculturist that profess this publicly, however, they cross breed the Orange Breast and the Strawberry finches. The prodigy, resemble the Orange Breast, but have the size of the strawberry. Beautiful birds. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that it happens.
People challenging hybrids here, will learn their view is whipping a dead horse.

No doubt it happens (sadly) but I think E Orix and Tiaris have it right, if no one challenges it, then everyone would be doing it and we would have lost most of the species we are lucky enough to be able to keep over here. There will always be a few select people that will breed hybrids no matter what is said. But its discussions like this that will hopefully dissuade other people from doing the same thing.

[TailFeathers]

Completely off topic ,but with this topic it doesn't seem to matter,i think your agenda has been to create as much discussion as possible,good or bad ,as in another post you now seem to have all the information you require to now be able to send the seamen viles to Aus,i think this whole topic has been an advertising exercise for you ,which should be stopped,garyh

Lol you made my day with that post

[iaos]

You can't on one hand be moaning about the lack of gene-pool in one thread and then contemplating compromising that gene-pool in another.

If you don't appreciate the comments you are getting on this forum, I'd suggest looking for another more sympathetic to your ideas.

Iaos has nothing to apologise for. He was simply using humour to take the rising heat out of the situation. This is the Australian way of lightening the mood when people start to get hot under the collar - which he actually did very well & deserves gratitude if anything.

Glad someone got it

[TailFeathers]

Answer: To maintain pure species in a secure captive population into the future.

So true, and although there are those that play with hybrids. I know of a couple aviculturist that profess this publicly, however, they cross breed the Orange Breast and the Strawberry finches. The prodigy, resemble the Orange Breast, but have the size of the strawberry. Beautiful birds. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that it happens.
People challenging hybrids here, will learn their view is whipping a dead horse.

No doubt it happens (sadly) but I think E Orix and Tiaris have it right, if no one challenges it, then everyone would be doing it and we would have lost most of the species we are lucky enough to be able to keep over here. There will always be a few select people that will breed hybrids no matter what is said. But its discussions like this that will hopefully dissuade other people from doing the same thing.

Only because I was hated on immediately just for posting this topic, I'm going to work with great effort on my findings concerning AI and apply those learned skills to furthering hybrid canaries and european goldfinches. In fact, I hope to cross the European goldfinch with the American goldfinch as my first project of success.