PIED FIRE FINChES

[Sezza]

Last auction I went to they were 100 or close to it some went over I'm pretty sure

[finchbreeder]

Spent ages trying to get a mate for my split boy then gave up and got him a normal mate from Pete at the BBQ. Now he is happy.
LML

[wildbill]

this one out today

[SamDavis]

A lot of pied on that youngun wildbill. Unfortunately I think the price has come down to be almost the same as normals since this thread started.
And I just noted Tiaris' comment from 2011 (below) which I'd not understood before - now I realise why Ruddie Roosters never look as pied as the hens!

Stays true once they are mature but cocks will have pied markings overridden by red on the head neck & upper chest as they mature. Pied markings usually only show on the lower half of the torso, wing flights & tail of mature males. Hens can look heavier pied because the brown doesn't override white as she matures & hence show more obvious pied markings on the top half as well as below.

[wildbill]

hi sam.
news is better - there are 6 or 7 young. here's 5 in the photo plus either the one above or 2.
really like these fire finches pied or not!

[arthur]

What are you feeding them???

When I kept ruddies I would be lucky to get 7 in three nests

And they had what I regarded as 'everything'

[crazy cuban]

Last auction I went to they were 100 or close to it some went over I'm pretty sure

Over here the go for about 50 (good pieds being more expensive)

[BOF33]

They are some great looking finches

[finches247]

Nice Fires

[Tiaris]

7 is an exceptional clutch. 5 is my PB for Ruddies over many clutches.