Zebraman

Welcome to the forum Paulo,700 do you keep them in aviaries or are they all in cages?I look forward to seeing some of your pictures in the gallery.Regards,Gary.

Ty, I have PM'd you. Gary.

Started to build the second flight to put the hens in during the winter period, once complete the rest period for both birds and keeper will begin. I also plan a major clear out in readiness for next year’s breading season. All surplus birds will be sold at Chester Bird Auction or Stafford in December.

Welcome to the Forum.Gary.

Welcome to the forum James they are a really good bunch of people on here.Gary

Welcome to the forum Tyrone,I’m sure you’ll find everything you need on here and a lot more besides.Good luck for 2011, even if it’s a bit early. Gary.

Welcome to the forum Martin, I look forward to reading your posts. Gary.

Thanks Jeff, I look forward to seeing some of your picture and hearing how thing are going. Gary.

Welcome to the forum Jeff, there's one of two you may already know on here. Gary ;)

Well things seem to be improving, I checked the nest boxes tonight and every nest has either eggs or chicks. Eggs = 30 Chicks = 14, made up of the following:- 8 x Light backs 2 x CFW 2 x Split Grey Cheek 1 x Grey Cheek 1 x Normal I also recently remove ten young birds to a flight cage, comprising of CFW, Light Backs and Normal’s. It would seem that the recent spell of rain has encourages the birds to nest. There’s also a number of surprises coming from the aviary which I didn’t expect, one of which is an almost pure white grey cheek hen, I’ll be using this hen as a stock bird for next year. Source: %99s-your-season/page__view__findpost__p__186'>How’s your season

Welcome to the forum Trevor, I’m sure you’ll bring a wealth of knowledge with you and I’m looking forward to seeing some pictures in the gallery of your birds, I am also currently breeding a few Grey Cheeks so it will be interesting to hear your theory on colour selection. Gary.

Welcome to the forum Kev, I’ll try to answer a few of your questions, but we could do with a bit more information. I’m assuming that your birds are this year’s young and that you have only recently put them in to the flight? If this is the case, then it will take them a little while to get accustomed to their new surroundings, especially if they are cage bred birds. I would also try to keep the number of cocks and hens even, this will reduce the risk of squabbling when they do eventually start to nest. As for the box at the end of your flight, they will soon go in their once the weather gets a little cooler and they need shelter. Hope this bit of information helps. Gary.

Welcome to the forum Tracey, Quit a collection you have? I look forward to reading your posts and answering your questions along with other members. Gary.

Welcome to the forum Lauren, Sorry to hear that you are not showing your birds this year? Gary.

At these prices I will be rich in twelve months?Gary :)

I think I'll start exporting!!!!

So if I’ve got my calculation correct the full orange bodied birds sell from £47.00 to £113.00 that's a good price compared to what they sell for in the UK?

Welcome to the forum Alejandro.I see you are member of the Puerto Rico ZFC.I look forward to reading your posts.Regards,Gary

Well, I have to admit that I got this one wrong!!! Grey cheek it is then. Many thanks for all your replies. Gary.I'll leave the vote open for a while though, just in case

Welcome to the forum Darwish, I’m sure you will find a lot of interesting information on here. I hear that one of the favoured mutations kept in Dubai is the orange breasted Zebra Finch, is this still the case? Gary.

I Paired up Ten more birds over the weekend:- 1. Lightback x Lightback 2. Fawn x Fawn 3. Normal x Normal 4. CFW x CFW 5. CFW x Grey Cheek Fingers crossed they should start producing soon as things are a little on the slow side at the moment. Gary. Source: Pairing for 2010

Welcome to the forum Allan. As Scott has said not many member yet, but I’m sure the numbers will grow once the word gets around. I look forward to reading your post. Gary.

Welcome to the forum,I'm sure the members will give you all the support and advice you need. There's a good mix of breeders on here so just ask as much as you like.Gary.

Well, it looks like the two infertile eggs have done the job as the chick fledged yesterday and it’s on the perch already. Both legs seem to be in perfect condition so fingers crossed that it will continue to go form strength to strength and be another asset in my setup. Gary. Source: Five Day Old Chick

Went in tonight and boy has this chick put some weight on, it looks like it will be a good sized bird. It won’t be long before it fledges and I’ll know if the egg trick worked? Gary. Source: Five Day Old Chick