Aussie Finch Forum

ARRRRRRRRRH, leave me alone, Craig

I was just about to post that I don't even know who Craig is, yet all this is making me think of all kinds of Craig genetics jibes that I may feel compelled to contribute. (Would that be cyber bullying? )

I'm sure that Craig is a fine genetic specimin. I have no reason to doubt it.

Ok, Craig....meaning rock.....A man who is reliable,others trust his perspective,your guidance is always sought and we know you for your strong support.
Anyhow,thats what my coffee mug says,take it or leave it but seeing i don't keep sillygans anymore you can't use my name for naming rights. CRAIG

OOPs sorry Craig . Looks like I started something which now has a life all its own. Just be thankful AY and Blues are not sex linked mutations or there'd be a whole swag of innuendo.

Finchy wrote:I'm sure that Craig is a fine genetic specimen

....aaah, but have you met him?

Just to bring this amusing post back around to topic, I think that the naming 'rights' go to the person with a bird for sale. This is not the ideal system, but it is what happens.

Good birdkeepers should know the genetic makeup of their birds, but the names do get very confusing, especially where there are several mutations at play. Not all birdkeepers aspire to clarity.

If someone has established a new mutation on their own, they have the birds for sale and can call them what they please. If several people have the same mutation which is not established, it's first-in best-dressed.

A similar principle determines price: new things are desirable and people sometimes pay stupid money to be the first kid on their block with a stronzo-back. The person with the bird for sale determines the price. The buyer then decides to buy or not. Funnily enough, when people have good results with less-common finches (I'm talking nonmutations, here) they often have great difficulty getting the 'list price' for their progeny. A forum member recently had numerous pairs of a less-established susbspecies of an Australian grassfinch for sale, initially at the asking price of $600, less than they are on the QFS price list. After some months, the price was reduced to about half of the QFS recommended price.

Ironically, the person whose breeding was a failure is likely to recover the price the paid for their adult pair if they can find a single person who wants a pair. The person who produces more than ten pairs of a finch worth more than about three hundred dollars per pair will struggle to sell them all at any price, and may find themselves undercutting the value of the bird they have done so well with to try to move them.

Good thing we're not in it for the money....

So very true Matty,so very true that its made me think hard about attempting to breed redears or beautifuls for the same reason,so i'm going to stick to WB crimsoms and pr up more prs,with 20+ on the perch now,i'm very worried about selling on the prodgency of ten prs,i might have to give them away. Craig

"less than they are on the QFS price list. After some months, the price was reduced to about half of the QFS recommended price."


Getting way off topic now, but that might just say something about 'pricelists'

Danny wrote:Why not just rename them Smeeldians and be done with it.

Smeeldians....now that would be one fugly bird

crocnshas wrote:...so i'm going to stick to WB crimsoms and pr up more prs,with 20+ on the perch now,i'm very worried about selling on the prodgency of ten prs,i might have to give them away. Craig

My hand is up , now both hands are up , both hands waving frantically, pick me, pick me!

Craig
You should be satisfied with the fame you have, being known as MAGGOT MAN