Cut-Throats

[laurab]

Hello

There is a shop near me selling cut-throats for £8.20 each, is that cheap?

[Waxbillman]

thats a very good price Laura

as with all unestablisghed foreign the prices will only go up

Matthew

[chris]

Hi Laura,

they're £45pr by me, so that is damn cheap in comparison. get em while you can!

Chris;)

[kenny]

hi laura
snap em up mate!

ken

[cooltom28]

if its just cocks though id say about the going price

[laurab]

Hi Tom. it is one cock and two hens!

[dave85]

get the trio :P see if they'll do you a deal on the 3

Sounds a good price to me

[laurab]

Going there tomorow! :p

[Waxbillman]

good luck Laura

let us know if you get them

Matthew

[laurab]

Hi all, I decided against buying the birds - my plan is to concentrate on my softbills next year, not buy more seedeaters!

[chris]

Hi All,

i've just came home with a cut throat hen:D although it was nearly twice the price laura would have paid, it now means i have 2 pure pairs rather than one pure pair and one cut throat cock paired with a possible hybrid.

Chris;)

[laurab]

Nice one Chris 8-)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

If I bought the Cut-Throat trio Laura has mentioned and hold them for you, would you be interested in buying them for your straight breeding of Cut-Throats?
If so then I would be happy to keep them for you until we meet up in the near future.

Paul.;-)

[cooltom28]

if your not interested? i am!

[chris]

Hi Paul,

thanks for the offer mate but i have too many birds as it is at the moment. i think my two pairs are enough to keep me going for next year, even then they aren't difficult to come by

thanks anyway,

Chris:wink:

[laurab]

I will see if they are still there tomorrow...if they are open. :)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris and Tom,

Chris,

No worries mate.;-)

Tom,

Depending on what Laura can do then it seems that you may be on a winner mate?:D

Paul.;-)

[cooltom28]

wicked just let me know and il be over:wink:

[laurab]

I have the Cut-Throats :razz: Naturally there will be a handling fee :razz: :razz:

The shop is also selling Diamond Doves @ £20 a pair

[cooltom28]

how much for the diamond doves:???:

of course there will be a handling fee mum hasd just come back from bournemouth too doh lol

[laurab]

Typical LOL

[Waxbillman]

i hope you are getting them to breed with Tom, and not just to sell on at a nice profit

Matthew

[laurab]

Of course Matthew! :roll:

[cooltom28]

i should be over nest week if all goes to plan! ive got a few other birds to pick up / deliver dorset way:mrgreen:

[chris]

one of our pairs is now sitting on 3 eggs which are due to hatch as early as sunday. fingers crossed this could be the first batch of the year, and hopefully not the last either!

Chris;)

[kenny]

hi chris
nice one mate and good luck with them..the best i can do at the moment is a pair of fawn zebs sat on eggs in a coconut shell:shock:

ken

[Waxbillman]

i really hope they hatch for you matey and are reared, don't forget loads and loads of mini-mealworms, other wise your cut throats may toss the chicks

Matthew

[chris]

the last lot of eggs were abandoned on the day i went back home strangely enough. good news is she's laying again now so maybe better luck this time

Chris

[laurab]

I wish you luck Chris as I have never had any as far as this species is concerned!

[kenny]

hi chris
i wish you a lot of luck with these mate as there are not many people who have successfully bred these birds lets hope you are lucky

ken

[chris]

Hi kenny & laura,

i'm back the weekend ofter next so the 3 pairs i have will be going into their breeding quarters and placed on the breeding diet. hopefully it wont take long to convince the other 2 pairs to start, but there is the slight problem of the cock bird i had off matthew talking indain silverbill....:shock: as a result the hens just ignore him:razz:

Chris

[Waxbillman]

LoL that cut throat is a talented bird

he started off singing zosterop, then he sung like a zebra finch and now a silverbill, it'll be a pekin robin next

[chris]

the sooner he learns cut throat the better! i'd rather he chat up the hen cut throat and fill some eggs than start chatting up the robins:lol: i'm suprised he never picked up the greensinger mule's song actually:lol:

[chris]

the cut throats are back on eggs again.

one pair in the indoor aviary has been sitting for a week now on 3 eggs. another pair has 2 eggs in a nest basket in the breeding cage although i can't check it without moving the birds so who knows there may be more. i assume they're sitting as one of them is nearly always in the basket but the last time i managed to check the eggs didnt appear warm? so who knows we'll see in 2 weeks either way

the 3rd pair consisting of the multi talented cock are in a breeding cage but dont seem to be doing anything yet. time will tell, and maybe, just maybe, he might learn to sing the right language:lol:

Chris

[chris]

Hi All,

well bugger all has hatched - from any of the pairs. they were all due to hatch on the weekend those ine the cage had lost an egg and the remaining egg hadn't hatched anyway. those in the indor aviary are still sitting on 3 eggs that were due to hatch on saturday but obviously havent.

the other pair are still doing nothing at all with the cock still talking silverbill and no interest from the hen because of it

should be getting a 4th pair if i'm lucky on the weekend but given how many eggs we've had already and for none to hatch i'm begining to wonder if it's worth it