ENFIELD SALE

29 Apr 2010, 21:10

Does anyone know much about the Enfield sale?

How many sellers usually there and if it's big enough worth me going from Mt Gambier to have a look but most likely buy something

29 Apr 2010, 21:26

I'm interested in finding out a bit about this sale as well. Does anyone know what is usually on offer and if prices are generally good?

30 Apr 2010, 10:19

I was going to go last year but I got my times mixed up

and arrived as the sellers were going in and I had to be elsewhere when the sale started. From the amount of sellers and birds it should have been a good sale.

02 May 2010, 15:27

There is A good amount of finches in the Adelaide and surrounding area.I have not been to it but i would imagine it would be Good.

14 May 2010, 21:42

Anyone going to this? I hope to go and do some shopping. Do you think there might be a nice selection of finches available or will it be mainly parrots?

14 May 2010, 21:56

I will be going, I'm mainly going to get some mutation scarlets, plumhead parrots and some gouldians maybe too. Hope there is a good selection of both

15 May 2010, 09:48

I will be there with my granddaughter. I will have my Aussie Finch Forum badge on and I will be driving the promotional car too.

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16 May 2010, 18:25

Went today to the sale, but couldn't get there until 1200 and had to leave be 1215

Not the best, but had commitments.

Would be interested hear from anyone there at the start. Didn't seem to be that many finches for sale from what I could see. Lots of parrots mind you.

Anyway let me know what you thought

16 May 2010, 18:25

Well, only bought one bird again. This time a BH WC GB gouldian hen. Saw triplea there and a few people from the local clubs. Seemed to be more parrots than finches. Prices looked about what we have posted here on the forum. Lots of people, but there was a lot of birds who would be going back home I think.

I think they opened up before the posted time too. I set off in plenty of time expecting to have to queue up to get in and when I arrived the buyers were already in the hall. One of the sellers told me he read that benching could be done till 12!
Car park was packed, had to park a couple of streets away, so the flyers in the car wouldnt have done much good

I had my badge on though.

16 May 2010, 18:42

I went along today. I ended up getting 2 pairs of red head Gouldians and 1 pair of Stars. The Gouldians were $40 a pair and the Stars were $25. There were some good bargains to be had but as someone mentioned there seemed to be more parrots than finches. I wish I got that pair of pink Ruddies for $35.

There were some good prices for white chested Gouldians. $30 each from memory. Also some young Diamond Firetails for $30 each which I thought was a top price. One guy was selling Gouldians for $30 a pair but I didn't really like the look of them. I got there early too and the car park was full. Had to park down the street. That hall was jam packed. One thing I didn't like was that you couldn't really choose which particular bird you wanted. When you asked for a pair the guy just went into one of the aviaries and pulled out a pair from his box, all in a hurry and no questions asked. I got the Stars first and noticed that the hen was missing feathers all down her throat. So I went back to the guy and asked him to swap her over which in all fairness he did. Everything was done in a hurry which I guess is the price you pay for cheap prices. All in all I was very happy with what I got. Interestingly I saw no double bars anywhere.

That ends my weekend shopping spree. Yesterday I got a pair of Bourkes, red-head parrot finches (gorgeous birds), yellow emblemas and 2 pairs of canaries. The aviary is fully stocked now so here's hoping for a good year to come.

The bird sale was good but it was really rushed...Why does it only go for 2 hours?