Contact wanted with breeders of Strawberry Finches etc.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello all,

I am looking to find contacts with breeders of Strawberry Finches, Indian Silverbills, Spicebirds and; Nuns.

Also I need contact with anyone who has Red Bishops please.

Paul. :)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello all,

I have five pairs of Strawberry Finches, five White Headed & six Black Headed Nuns, three Spicebirds (taken) and three Indian Silverbills.

All I'm asking is if you have Birds you want from this group, Birds you wish to add to this group, or Birds you would like to exchange from this group could you please contact me on 01202 466693 or paul.hearn1@ntlworld.com

Paul.

[rudi]

Hi Paul I don't suppose you still have a spare pair of strawberry finches for sale.I bred these about twenty odd years ago when I was a lad and would love to be able to locate another pair or even better 2 pairs.Here's hoping cheers phil.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello rudi,

I don't have any spare pairs at the moment (I have a single Bird spare, sex unkown :roll: ), but I will keep you in mind if any more come my way.

Also a very warm welcome to the Forum, I hope we hear from you sometime soon,

All the best, Paul. :D

[jkminton]

Paul

I am very new to this site, and very new to threads on the internet. Having typed that, I have 10 mating pair of strawberry finches and 21 new young finches that are wiened. I have been trying to figure out what I was going to do with them, and now I have found your site and see that I might have an opportunity. I have strawberry finches that are of traditional colors and I have them in a white/gray color, with the males having the traditional red cheeks and red with spotted white breasts. Again, I am very new to this, so I am not quite sure what I am doing.
JK
P.S. Pictures available if needed.

[Waxbillman]

hello JK

wecome to the site

wow, thats quite a few Strawberries, theres not very many over here.
i've never seen those colours you've described in the UK but i've seen them in America.
i personally prefer the wild colours, you can't beat them, and their song are un-beatable by most finches.

matthew

[Waxbillman]

P.s

i'm sure we all would love to see some pictures

matthew

[laurab]

Hi JK


some pictures would be great! :p

I hope you find the forum usefull, if you have any ideas, suggestions or stories to share please feel free to post them on this site ;)

Welcome aboard!

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello JK,

A very warm welcome to you, I hope you enjoy the Forum.

Ten breeding pairs and twenty three young is an excellent achievement, well done to you!:grin:

I assume you are unaware of the current Asian export ban, so my advice to you is to contact as many keepers and breeders of Waxbills etc in Texas to establish the Strawberry Finches you have for future breeding.
The export ban is the result of the Avian Influenza outbreak in many Asian Countries and has been in place for at least a couple of years now, there is no promise of the ban being lifted in a years time, ten years from now or worst of all it may never be lifted!:-|

My advice to you is to keep the Normal/Wild type completely seperate from the Mutation stock you have, to ensure pure Normal Strawberries are available for the future.

I would love to see photos of your Normals and the Mutation Birds you have.

Paul.:wink:

[jkminton]

Paul and all,
the funny thing is that after I read the site and then input my thread, I then realized everyone was from the UK. Most of my finches are of the wild color , but I do have a few that are of the mutated,( your words lol) state. I will take pics and send them to the site. If nothing else I think that it is very cool I have others that share in the same enjoyment of strawberry finches, they are a very cool little bird. I could also send pictures of another unique bird that I have besides the cockatiels. I have racing homing pigeons, they are very cool. I am continually looking for people to sell my finches to, but I can not find a site here. Lol I was so excited to find someone else that was interested, and ,DOH, there in another country. Other than the great USA, y'all(Texas slang) have the next best country!

because of the brave we are free,
sincerely,
JK

[laurab]

Hi JK

It is great to have members from other parts of the world to share to share experiences with in aviculture, please keep poping back to see what is going on. ;-)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi JK,

I agree with Laura it is always great to hear different Birdkeepers methods and results, especially from overseas breeders,;-) I Iook forward to seeing the photos of all of your Birds.

Paul.:wink:

[Ldywlf]

Hi I am new here to feathered friends. Would like to know all about strawberries and how you raise them where you are located. I'm from Colorado in the USA (not bragging) I just can't find anywhere that talks about Strawberry Finches. Nice to meet you all hope to hear from anyone soon.

[laurab]

Hi, and a very warm welcome to Feathered-Friends.

I am Laura, the creator of Feathered-Friends, but not the 'builder' of the web site, that is all down to my son Carl, the Webmaster.

I have three brilliant moderators on this site, Chris, Waxbillman (Matthew) and my long term friend Paul Hearn, all of whom I am sure will be able to answer most if not all of your questions.

I would love to be able to help with your initial question, but although I have a pair of Strawberry Finches I have not yet managed to breed from them, so hopefully I may also learn something from this thread. ;-)

Hope to hear from you soon, maybe you can share some of your experiences, good or bad, with us. :)

[Waxbillman]

hello ther nice to talk to someone from overseas, welcome to the site, any questions please fire away, i will start a new post on Strawberry finches for you and everyone else to read.
there is a special forum purely on Strawberry finches, which is American based so you sure will be able to find contacts there, i will post it on her for you as soon as i can find it.

matthew

matthew

[jkminton]

Sweet, I tried to send pics to the web site but they said the files were to large. Anyone that would like pics or info about how I raise them can contact me at jkminton@sbcglobal.net

[Waxbillman]

hello,

i have e-mailed you regarding the photos.

matthew

[kenny]

hi and welcome to our site,hope you have nice time on here and that you have lots of questions and answers


ken