African Red Headed Finches?

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HARVEY123456789
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Does Anyone Breed These Also How Hard are they to breed and how much a pair .?

i just seen a photo of them and im really keen on them
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Hell harvey123456789 where do you find the time for all your birds.. :think:

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lol want to know ???

my mornings ,5,30am star feed finsh at 7am ,
arvos 5 start feeds 6 finish

brett the main issue is parrot breeding season :0 what a night mare im dreding this season considering i have triple parrot stock.

big jump in 2 years considering i only start with 4 pairs of zebs i got of my nan when she sadly passed.
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Red heads a very rare, probably none left in the country, and almost certainly no pure ones. They're closely related to cut throats, so some bright person decided to try and cross them :problem: .... Well that worked out great now didn't it?
Even if you did find some I suspect they'd be well over the one grand mark and probably best left to the specialists to try and make something out of...
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i have found a pair of a old breeder he is getting out of finches due to bad heath , worth me picking this pair up for 250 ?
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First off I'd be checking to see just how pure they are... It seems odd a breeder would have such rare birds, sell them for a price such as that, and not have sold them directly to a big Specialist breeder.
Well known People like E Orix and Weaver would probably have first dibs on birds like that if they were pure I suspect.
Just seems a bit too good to be true... :think:
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So True , But i have know him for pritty much my hole life and he said thats my price , and to give he the anwser before the hit the market , ? im not shore :( grrrrr might be worth a risk but
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What I'd do is ask him to get some pictures and you can post them here, I'm sure someone will be able to tell you if they're good or not :)
If you've known him that long I'm sure he'd be happy to hold them for you long enough to get them IDed
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Im keen because of photos i have seen on the net but i ring him tomarrow get pictures and go from there i guess , thanks jay stay turn for photos,

and as u said im sure he wont mind hold them for a while
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They're beautiful birds :thumbup:
No problem :) best of luck! Hope they're pure!!
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