Aussie Finch Forum

i went to my first bird sale yesterday being the toowoomba sale, loads off people came and it seemed drawn out in time as you have a 30 mins veiwing time then after that you start buying ( are all sales like that)
i managed to win the raffel, prize being a pair of white chested gouldians (very happy i bought $20 of tickets so not a bad score) ended up buying 2 pair of white chest yellow back gouldians, 2 red faced parrot finch hens for my lonely male, a pair of tri coloured parrot finches and a pair of st helenas. not bad prices i thought. loads of parrots the but pitty on the amount of finches availible. did any one else go?

cheers

chris

Sounds like you had a great day plus the bonus of winning the raffle .

bezer83 wrote: 30 mins veiwing time then after that you start buying ( are all sales like that)

None of the sales Ive been to do that. They have been just "open the doors and and stand well back" type.
Congratulations on the raffle prize you must be very happy with that.

I went to Toowoomba last year it's the only sale I know of that has the 30mins viewing.

Well done on winning the raffel and good luck with the Gouldians.

There's a sale at Ipswich next weekend so we are going to go to that.

have you got the details for that 1 as i think i might go for a look as well?

bezer83 Hooked in one!!!!

bezer83 wrote:have you got the details for that 1 as i think i might go for a look as well?

Here's the info, there was a lot of trade stands there last year so a good one for getting bits & pieces.
There is also a bird show there, the QFS run the finch section so worth a look around.

2011 Ipswich Bird Spectacular, Festival of Feathers
Date: Sunday, 12th June 2011
Place: Ipswich Showgrounds, Main Hall, Warwick Road, Ipswich, Qld
Time: Gates open to the public from 8.30am- 1.30pm
Admission: Entry: Adults and Concessions $3, $5 per Couple, Children under 16 free
Bird Entry Fee: n/a
Benching: n/a
Organisers: Ipswich Budgerigar Society
Enquiries:
Barney 3294 6484 (General queries and sales tables, Budgies),
Terry 3814 3791 or Ken 5365 6696 (Parrots, Lovebirds,Lorrikeets, Quail, Doves),
James 0407 525 277 (Finches)
Steve 0411 460 759 (Poultry)
Christine 3282 4446 (Canaries)