I was just wondering which types of these bird are allowed as pets and be bred in WA
Fawn Owl Finch
Strawberry Finches
Java Finches
Pied Parrot Finches
Japanese White eye
Orange weavers
Peter Twinspot
Fire tail, Beautiful
Cuban Finch
Thanks
Which ones?
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Cuban Finch, Declared Bird Licence Cat Exempt. Strawberry Finches Free-of-charge Declared Birds Licence required same goes for Java Finch, which also requires an Advanced Avicultural Licence $20. Peter's Twinspot Declared Bird Licence $30
Hope that helps, had to go and re-read my list which I have just renewed. Have a young Cuban from this year who will be forsale and looks like the Javas have just gone down, so hopefully the young gel will get it right too.
LML
Hope that helps, had to go and re-read my list which I have just renewed. Have a young Cuban from this year who will be forsale and looks like the Javas have just gone down, so hopefully the young gel will get it right too.
LML
LML
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I don't know about allowed, but I think there's going to be some problems getting them!!!!!!!
from my eastern states experience:
no probs unless you want greens
no probs with javas
pied parrot finches.... which species? red faced can get expensive
japanese white-eye not available in australia
orange bishops $1500 or more I think very hard to find
peter's twinspot also very expensive/hard to find
beautiful firetail $2000 or more only 2 or 3 breeders nationwide
cubans no probs
sorry to tread you down, but I just kept getting dissapointed when I started out because I kept finding the birds I wanted ere rare or very expensive!! (that was before I knew any better, I wanted quailfinches, violet ears, grenadier weavers, mollucan munias etc!)
of course it's quite a different matter if you are a very experienced avi in which case I'm sorry because you probably already know all that
from my eastern states experience:
Double-Bars - $60 ish never seen a fawn everroadsy wrote: Fawn Owl Finch
Strawberry Finches
Java Finches
Pied Parrot Finches
Japanese White eye
Orange weavers
Peter Twinspot
Fire tail, Beautiful
Cuban Finch
no probs unless you want greens
no probs with javas
pied parrot finches.... which species? red faced can get expensive
japanese white-eye not available in australia
orange bishops $1500 or more I think very hard to find
peter's twinspot also very expensive/hard to find
beautiful firetail $2000 or more only 2 or 3 breeders nationwide
cubans no probs
sorry to tread you down, but I just kept getting dissapointed when I started out because I kept finding the birds I wanted ere rare or very expensive!! (that was before I knew any better, I wanted quailfinches, violet ears, grenadier weavers, mollucan munias etc!)
of course it's quite a different matter if you are a very experienced avi in which case I'm sorry because you probably already know all that
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Additionally, we can't get beautiful firetails here, only the red-eared firetails... For $1500 a pair...
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If you are just starting out with finches, then definitely start with Zebs and/or Bengalese (AKA societies).
There's no need to use fosters for gouldians in 99% of cases, and certainly never for Zebs. Fostering is common practice overseas, particularly in europe and the UK and as a result they have produced many strains of birds that will not raise their own young. This is not the case here in Australia.
There's no need to use fosters for gouldians in 99% of cases, and certainly never for Zebs. Fostering is common practice overseas, particularly in europe and the UK and as a result they have produced many strains of birds that will not raise their own young. This is not the case here in Australia.