My new addition

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I know they arn't finches but i have been after some for a while and manage to get a pair at the right price, here is a pic of the male which is 8mths old and was han raised from 2 weeks old

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Here he is pulling the hairs out of my fingers

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[fincher]

the cock bird looks good greg. have u got a pic of the hen. pity they trake to long before they mature.

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They take about 4 to 5 years before they look like breeding, but the gangers and the red black are my choice in the cockies. I will put up a pic of the hen tomorrow

[Mickp]

nice looking bird Greg, good luck with them . pair I had took almost 8 years to breed successfully, hope you arent kept waiting that long

[fincher]

yeh i new they took 4-5 years to mature.there nice. out of the cockies i like the blacks(includen the glossy) gang gangs the majors, me uncle breeds the major has had 1pr for the last 23yrs now and out of that they have bred bout 20yrs out of those and most of the time double clutchen

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Nice, the majors are also very nice. Mick i hope i don't have to wait that long, i would like to see them go down before i move on to that place in the sky

[Mickp]

only the good die young Greg, sorry to say that you have a hell of a long time to go yet

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Have you been talking to my mom again

[Mickp]

she called yesterday, apparently worried about the amount of kfc & macca's you've been eating lately

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Dam it hard to keep a secret