Bengalese Finches wanted.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello all,

I need two or three pairs of pet shop type/non exhibition Bengalese Finches, preferably early 06 or late bred 05 non proven birds.
They are needed as possible fostering parents, I can collect from Dorset, Hampshire or Surrey.

Paul.

[Rogerb]

hiya paul I know a chap who might be able to help out I will ring him tomorrow to see what he has got its a long shot so I wont make any promises MR B

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Roger,

Whatever you can do will be a great help, thanks mate.:-D

Paul.

[laurab]

I have seen some in Fiveways pet shop.

[PAUL HEARN]

Thanks Laura,

I'll take a look at the weekend, out of interest do you know how much they charge?

Cheers, Paul.;-)

[laurab]

£4.95 each :shock: You will have to have a good listen to pick out the cock bird as they don't know what they are doing there. They rely on the position of the eye in relation to the beak to tell if it a hen or a cock.

[chris]

Hi Paul & Laura,

if you think that's bad you should try my area, £8 each!:shock:

[kenny]

hi chris
in a pet shop near me they are only charging £7 a pair but they have absolutely no idea which are the cocks or hens so you will have to stand in front of the cage for a couple of days

ken:roll:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura, Chris and Ken,

Laura,

Many thanks for the info mate, but I think I will give Fiveways as miss for now.:shock:

Chris,

£16 a pair for Bengalese sounds even more less appealing.:-x

Ken,

For £7 a pair I would be willing to buy half a dozen.;)

But I think I will be be better off in buying from a local breeder on this one, I would prefer to buy non proven birds for the purpose of fostering, in this particular case I'm thinking of foster parents for Scaly Crowned Weavers.

Paul.;)

[cooltom28]

any luck paul im after a couple virgin pairs to now as ive caught the african bug!

[dave85]

hi paul,

ive got 4 x 2006 bred bengies so far but ive got a pair of pearls on 4 eggs and another hen nesting, so may have some more soon.

Ill keep you upto date on them as may have some spare at end of season if interested?

Thanks
Dave

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Dave,

If the opportunity comes about that I can meet you, then I will be interested in buying your 06 Bengalese.

Paul.;)

[laurab]

Hi Paul

I don't know how desperate you are for Bengalese but mine are breeding well at the moment. I have 3 chick out and more eggs waiting to hatch. :p

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

I'm sorry I haven't replied earlier mate,:roll: the fact is I do need some virgin 'Pet Shop' type Bengalese ASAP, but I would also be interested in buying any Bengalese you manage to breed this year with the idea of hopefully using them to foster Scaly Crowned Weavers next year?:shock:

Many thanks, Paul.:wink:

[Jamie]

Hi Paul

I have a few bengie that have just fledged,also a couple in the nest,but Im getting rid if all my bengies apart from 2 part,so will be 2 pairs of pearls 3 dark greys that have just fledged 2 that have just hatched.....Let me know if you are interested.....

Cheers Jamie

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jamie,

I will be interested if the Bengalese you have aren't of exhibition quality, I'm looking for Pet Shop quality birds that hopefully will prove to be better foster parents to other species?

Paul.;)

[Jamie]

Hi Paul

I forgot to mention tonight about the bengies mate,I'm getting rid of all the bengies as I'm going to swap them for Zebras for fostering.....So if you want some bringing to Stafford mate,you are quite welcome to what ever you want from them....After all Paul its the least I can do for you mate:D :D ....Let me know what you want mate...

cheers Jamie

[Waxbillman]

i have bred plenty Paul, from fostering stock, i have to give them away these days

Matthew

[Jamie]

Hi Matt

How ya doing mate,how you purchased any more Zebras yet mate:grin:

cheers Jamie

[Waxbillman]

:wink: thats for me to knoe Jamie, anfd you to find out

Matthew :wink:

[harry]

"That's for me to know Jamie",after a phone call tonight Jamie,no he has'nt and before mentioned bird's have been reserved:razz: :razz: 8-) ,ready for pick up on Sunday

Harry

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks chappie I will be interested in buying some of the 06 bred Bengalese Finches you have,;-) but I'm also interested to know what you, Matthew and Harry know about these super Zebra Finches for fostering duties.:lol:

Do you all know of a batch of Livefood feeding Zebra Finches?

Paul.;-)

[Jamie]

Hi Harry

Does that mean theres a couple of pairs for me mate:grin: :grin: Oh Matt forgot to tell you I've got 2 decent sized pairs and a spare cock to pick up from Carlisle mate8-) :lol:

cheers Jamie

[harry]

Hiya Paul
This year the Bengie's have really peed me off,lazy crap making machine's,a couple of year's ago i used Zeb's for fostering and they brought R/C Cordon's up,dunno if it was luck but i'm gonna try them again,at least they've got a bit of colour to them.The only downside is the monotanous sound,any way how you doing mate,Paul i also have some Bengie's you can have,two pair 05 bred and three young

Harry

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello all,

I'm sorry for not updating the situation regarding the Bengalese I need,:roll: thanks to a couple of members here I now have enough 06 Bengalese lined up for what I need for next year.:grin:

Many thanks, Paul.:wink: