Full red fronted painteds

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77sedan253
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How common / hard to get are these and what should one expect to pay? Anyone here have any?
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jusdeb
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I paid $45 .00 for a pair last year but going on what i got for 2 girls last week I guess they are going to be quite dear till breeding season comes around again .
I got $50.00 for 2 girls , nice girls at that.
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finchbreeder
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Are we talking normal red fronted Painteds here? OR the small number of unusuall individuals whose red colouring covers an area about double that of most painteds?
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Will_36
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Is it like this or even more?

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Keeping Gouldians,Double Bars,Diamonds & Painted Finches.
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cranberry
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That is a nice painted! I wonder if you can get full yellow fronted's...
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jusdeb
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Yes ...my yellow male has a good percentage of his front coloured.
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AMCA26
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Yes you can. I am chasing some myself. A guy in QLD has some but never returned my phone call. :x
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77sedan253
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finchbreeder wrote:Are we talking normal red fronted Painteds here? OR the small number of unusuall individuals whose red colouring covers an area about double that of most painteds?
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Yes I am referring the birds with etra red coverage, like the ones on the Broken Head Avairies website http://www.brokenheadaviaries.com.au/bi ... ted-finch/
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That's what I thought you meant. Think it's just a matter of breeding heavy red to heavy red, but of course you have to get them in the first place. Not too common but not exactly rare. Not tecnically a different type so would depend on the seller if you got them at the same price or if they charged a premium for the more colourful birds.
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Huw.D
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brokenhead aviaries and aussie finch breeder both have them (not sure if they have birds for sale at the moment) and they both freight their birds. I emailed aussie finch breeder recently about the painteds "Order list for Painteds is 3-4 months. They are $50pr. I think freight was around $60. Last time I was at brokenhead aviaries ken didn't have any available, but that was around 2-3 months ago...
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