Orange bird sale 2015

08 Mar 2015, 20:26

Crazy Cuban,
Saw a pair of Aberdeens/Cutthroats but didn't really pay any attention to them or the price. There were a few cubans though. In hind sight there were some doublebars and Red heads and pied diamonds as well as cordons. Saw one Pictorella.

David,
Arrived at 10.15, so crowded, and yes there were many empty boxes or signs with "sold" on them. Saw a really nice pair of stars just near the entrance, my mate wanted them, very well coloured, much better than mine at home, pretty cheap. The seller was too busy chewing the fat with other sellers so not wanting to be rude moved on for a minute or so. Went back and they were gone, bugger! Saw the same birds being walked around for an hour or so by a little old lady in an open wire budgie'/canary cage. Poor bastards, looked so stressed.

08 Mar 2015, 20:30

Craig52,

One seller had a sign "Blue Gouldians from $400" Who knows what the upper level was?

Ken.

08 Mar 2015, 20:33

There were orange breast there just not very many.plenty of parrot finches,white headed nuns,pictorellas and Gouldians
I don't think I seen one pair of tri coloured parrot finches.
I don't believe they advertised it very much over the net.
Those in the know new it was on through .
Very well ran event

08 Mar 2015, 20:40

matcho wrote:Craig52,

One seller had a sign "Blue Gouldians from $400" Who knows what the upper level was?

Ken.

Thanks Ken

08 Mar 2015, 20:45

Had a great day. Even though we missed our turn off (Talking to much) and drove all the way to Mudgee then doubling back to Orange, we finally arrived be it a tad late. It was good to catch up with a lot AFF members, this is what make the sales enjoyable. Good variety of finches and I seen some fantastic looking pied cordons, that's right they were in my carry box

08 Mar 2015, 20:51

Tourists..
They were very nice pieds ,hope the white doesn't wash out when they have a bath....
Good to catch up with all the AFF members

08 Mar 2015, 20:52

Lachlan1 wrote:Looks great! Are those gouldians melanistic or dark factor? Anyone spot anything out of the norm?

I think Melanistic but happy to be convinced otherwise. I know of another breeder who has bred quite a few that look similar to these this year so it does make me wonder.

08 Mar 2015, 20:56

Finchman1 wrote:Tourists..
They were very nice pieds ,hope the white doesn't wash out when they have a bath....
Good to catch up with all the AFF members

Fingers crossed for you BGould

They were really good pieds. Funny how only a few years ago pied Cordons were everywhere and now only a few around.

08 Mar 2015, 21:01

Craig52 wrote:G'day Sam,thanks for the pics.So there are a couple of melanistic cock gouldians there and an Australian Yellow blue,did they sell and if so what were the prices of them. Craig

I'll ask at Wednesday's meeting if he (JG) sold the Aussie Blue.

08 Mar 2015, 21:18

SamDavis wrote:
Craig52 wrote:G'day Sam,thanks for the pics.So there are a couple of melanistic cock gouldians there and an Australian Yellow blue,did they sell and if so what were the prices of them. Craig
I'll ask at Wednesday's meeting if he (JG) sold the Aussie Blue.

Ok,if they were JG's don't worry,i thought they may had been Wild Bills and if so worth buying being from the Antarctic (Orange) Craig