oops!

Ask your questions about breeding finches here.
Post Reply
User avatar
COUNTRY CAPITAL
...............................
...............................
Posts: 610
Joined: 01 Sep 2010, 08:25
Location: TAMWORTH

good advice....
have lined up my mother to adopt the little buggers!
they are cute and she is happy to have them as company only-no nest boxes.

country capital
CC
Aussie finch tragic.rodent/snake terroriser.
Top
User avatar
Jayburd
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Posts: 5795
Joined: 08 Dec 2009, 12:08
Location: Canberra

oh good :)
Julian

Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.

Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
Top
User avatar
MadHatter
...............................
...............................
Posts: 478
Joined: 14 Sep 2010, 13:45
Location: Ferntree Gully, VIC

To answer your question, I would expect hybrids between such unrelated species to be infertile.
Top
User avatar
COUNTRY CAPITAL
...............................
...............................
Posts: 610
Joined: 01 Sep 2010, 08:25
Location: TAMWORTH

thanks madhatter for the reply,
hope u are right.
CC
Aussie finch tragic.rodent/snake terroriser.
Top
User avatar
GregH
...............................
...............................
Posts: 1671
Joined: 17 Feb 2009, 08:20
Location: Brisbane
Location: Chapel Hill, Brisbane Qld

I've calmed down now after my first rant but putting them on display at Endevour Park is still an option. You could take a picture when they mature and submit it to ABK as they often have a hybrid highlighted. I agree that they will probably be sterile but you never know until it's tested and some things shouldn't be.
Last edited by GregH on 17 Sep 2010, 21:40, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
Pete Sara
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posts: 2221
Joined: 09 Nov 2008, 19:44
Location: Byford WA
Location: eastern suburbs of perth w.a

would be sterile. not close enough in relation to be fertile like the munias , the masks and blackhearts as such......pete
Top
User avatar
MadHatter
...............................
...............................
Posts: 478
Joined: 14 Sep 2010, 13:45
Location: Ferntree Gully, VIC

GregH wrote:you never know until it's tested and some things shouldn't be.
This man speaks the truth.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Breeding Finches”