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gomer
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Have not currently got,Red eared,beautiful,painted or zebra.Plan on getting emblemas next month.Am currently building bird room with two very small aviarys in it.And the red eared and beautiful will go in the three 12m x4.8m x 2.1m aviarys.That are the next ones to build.
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Page0044
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Sounds like your going to have your work cut out for you, nice big avaires and they should do well in them.
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Greg
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fincher
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very nice gomer
here are some pics
pied cordon
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yellow winged pytillia male
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red headed pytillia pair
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will have to get pics of me melbas saints and orange breast
thanks chris
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gomer
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thats the first pied cordons i have seen.there different.
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Page0044
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The pied cordons are a lovely finch, i think i would rather them instead of the blue caps.
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Greg
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fincher
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yes the pied cordons are nice. me and a mate of mine are trying to breed a white one which will still have the red cheecked on the males but the rest will be white. it has be done before but they have died out. a old mate of mine was the first to breed them 20 years ago.
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Page0044
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That would be nice, good luck with the breeding program.
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Greg
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fincher
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yes thanks greg
chris
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Mickp
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great pics.
Mick.
Finch addict and rodent hater.
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fincher
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well i was able to get another african finch its the orange breasted or goldbreast
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thansk chris
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