Aussie Finch Forum

how do I breed these guys? I have got 3 pairs..I hadnt realy thought about it but apparently I should breed them with plain grey native zebs to keep their bloodline strong not eachother??? I was wondering will I get charcoal offspring from this or will they be a mixture ? Iv never bred birds as such before but as these guys are hard to get thought I would let them try

hi i do breed charcoals but i have never bred them with the normals,so i dont know if it would be a mixture but id say it would, i must say though the charcoals can be hard to get sometimes in my area as well

hi,yes seemed odd to me I think I will just put them in with eachother for now and see how it gos..hopefully if they do breed there wouldnt be problems for at least 2 generations and by then I can get other pairs somewhere else if I want to continue breeding them or just be happy with what iv got and remove breeding boxs..
funny iv been after them for about 6 months and they are interesting but Iv still got a weekness for a lovely lightly marked zeb.Gosh there are some pretty ones around!!!

funny that i saw some of those in the pet store the other day ago but they looked in pretty bad condition, i brought money thinking id end up buying some cause i saw them there a couple of weekends ago but they must have deteriorated in condition so i didnt buy them.

as far as getting them I'm in Sydney and 4 of the big specialist bird stores either cannot get or are keeping to breed themselves and will "not be selling anytime soon".they aren't expensive at $15 each but 2 breeders said they had to pay $20-$30 to buy themselves on rare occasion they can get them.One guy insisted they were licence only ?? as they were so rare ..really quite odd .Apparently my guys are from a breeder in Adelaide so perhaps they are common there

well i mean they are common in my area they just sell for the normal price about $10 a pair but because there so cheap they sell so quickly so i cant ever get any.

amalan11 wrote: iv been after them for about 6 months

You didn't post a wanted add. I've been breeding them for years. Sold the whole lot at Gunnedah. Including my breeders.

i would love to have some of your charchols. the ones ive got at the moment are getting really old so they cant breed anymore and ive sold all their babies from previous clutches, how stupid am i

hi no ,I would not have a way of getting them as I dont drive and most of you guys are hundereds of miles away,this guy I got them off said he would be getting them so I just waited..are they juviniles??

I could have taken them to SYD I go down there on and off.