masked grassfinches

[wazza]

what is the going price for maked grassfinches as i have a lot of young birds i wish to sell?

[Jayburd]

here in Canberra it's about $90 for normals & $120-30 for white ears... you're not that far away so shouldn't make TOO much of a difference.
good luck selling!

[mickw]

Up this way WE Masks go for about $80-90 between breeders or at sale......dunno about shops.......I remember seeing them listed in a QFS mag for about $1200/pr in the mid 80's .. .....Normal Masks I've seen around the traps a bit less, say $70.........but hey, let the free market do the talking......I think Gomer sells his WEs for a little more but he DNA sexes them and I think he's pretty precise about lineage, age etc......extra work deserves extra return

[gomer]

The last lot Of We masks I sold early this year, I got $175 a pr for in Sydney.Normals are selling for Around $80 to $90 a pr here.There has been a few normals being taken home by the sellers at sales early in the year here aswell. As Mick said get what you can from the market.Book price For young good birds I think is always Fair.I know I always expect to pay that.

[COUNTRY CAPITAL]

Masked and White-eared are becoming more common it seems in northern nsw.
i attended the last gunnedah bird sale earlier this year and normals were bringing $50-$60 or less and some went home unsold.
white ears only a little more,$80-$90,but these did sell.
mine are eagerly waiting for the warmer months as they are sick of building nests out in the grass and then getting washed out , they keep trying though.
the sale is held the end of march each year and is well worth the trip.

[dano_68]

QLD prices at the moment:

Masked Finch - Poephila personata $80.00
Masked Finch (white eared) - Poephila personata leucotis $185.00