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Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 12:29
by BOF33
That's great If you're new to finches, you can't go wrong with zebra finches. They're very cute, have a nice song, and are pretty hardy so they're perfect for learning about finches. I am a bit biased though, since I have over a hundred!!
Niki_K
Thanks Niki K.. any breeders you could recommend?
A nice little mixed collection would be my choice .
Emblemas Red or Yellow , Gouldians , Zebras and probably room for another pair of hmmmm not sure what .
Reason for this ...not live food eaters so easy to feed when starting out . Colourful and interesting to watch . Not such a challenge to keep these days so long as you buy local , aviary bred birds .
Protection from draughts is important and a dry floor .
So theres something to google and start researching while you decide what you want .
Great advice jusdeb, and thank-you for a such good start.
Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 13:35
by Diane
This where you begin to get spoilt for choice!
Now you have the 5 posts you should be able to see the Species Profile section and the Classified section
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Members are posting in this section all the time. Good luck finding
Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 14:06
by ColouredFeathers
Welcome to the forum ,You can't go wrong
with zebra or blue face parot finch they will breed like mice.
Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 14:21
by jusdeb
Just something to think about ....did you know you could put a pair of Canaries into a small mixed aviary ?
Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 01:24
by finchbreeder
Remember when stocking your avairy to allow room for future young. So don't overstock. Hey we all do it at least once in our lives. So worth mentioning.
LML
Re: Great Finches wanted please.
Posted: 14 Dec 2011, 11:20
by Niki_K
new to finch wrote:That's great If you're new to finches, you can't go wrong with zebra finches. They're very cute, have a nice song, and are pretty hardy so they're perfect for learning about finches. I am a bit biased though, since I have over a hundred!!
Niki_K
Thanks Niki K.. any breeders you could recommend?
I have some that I'm currently breeding, which will be available next year. I hear AMCA has great colour mutations as well, and may have some available now. They breed pretty readily and are quite social (read: can annoy other finches that are nesting), so you probably won't want too many (only 1 or 2 pairs if you're planning a mixed aviary)