new additions

[Waxbillman]

new editions thanks to my good mate Harry,

2 pairs of 04 bred Red-headed finches :D big buggers they are, and have taken advice from my other pair my spending much of their time in nesting boxes :D

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
great stuff mate i bet you are well pleased with them!

ken

[Waxbillman]

pleased isn't the word Ken, i can tell you now., things are finally begining to click into place, its a great feeling, after a few weeks of complete dissappointment and frustration.

Matthew

[Strawblady2000]

Kind of comes in waves...nice how things can turnaround!

Congrats!

[snelly]

Congrats Matthew - hope you get them down to nest quickly ( I've found mealworms get the hens in the mood).
All the Best
Mark

[Waxbillman]

thanks Mark

the original pair i have are breeding machines unfortunitly they will not rear chicks and nor will one of the pairs of bengies, abit of a problem really. i hope this will breed alright

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
dont suppose there is any chance of a photo......and not like the one you put on your profile otherwise we will need a microscope to see it


ken

[Waxbillman]

:lol: you know me and cameras Ken, we don't work well together

Matthew

[harry]

Hiya Matt
i'm happy i could help you out,bit of along journey though,8.5 hour's there on the Friday,9 hour's back on Sunday.BUT there was two bonuses,firstly the wife won't be
wingeing for a week or two as she got a weekend away(i forgot to tell her the boot would be full of bird's on the way back8) ),and i got two more pair's of Yellow Bellied
Waxbill's:-D .Matt have your bird's learnt too fly yet

Harry

[Waxbillman]

:lol: hello Harry

just about, yeah, how many mcDonalds did you feed them again?? there not very healthy for birds you know, a big mac must kill brain cells an all, as they haven't yet realised they have an outdoor aviary to fly in.

Matthew

[harry]

Hiya Matt
No Macdonald's,it was burger king:lol: ,and the hen's ate twice as much as the cock's.Give em time they'll be out,it took them Strawberry's i got off you 3 week's
to go outside,the Cuban's their in with were out about 3 minute's after i opened
the bob hole

Harry

[Waxbillman]

burger king, thats not so bad, don't know how to stop them smoking though,

Matthew

[harry]

Now Now,you impetant young boy,:lol: ,i don't smoke in the car when i have
bird's in(AND TWISTY YOUNG GIT'S):lol: :lol:

Harry

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol: now now Harry, the problem is sorted now i have given nicotene patches

Matthew

[harry]

The patch's work great Matt,but keep them on the 21mg one's for about three month's,it does'nt work when you keep knocking the dosage down every month.
Speaking from experience:razz:

Harry

[Strawblady2000]

LOL, Harry...

I thought of using patches...but I'm sure patches and smoking would be doubly bad...and I think it would defeat the purpose of the patches to begin with, LOL.

Besides, what else would I do with the 10 minutes howver-many-times-a-day I've allocated for smoking???

LOL!!!

[Strawblady2000]

Matthew...dont pull them off too quickly, lol...they'd be pretty P.O.'d

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol: thanks for the advice, it has been noted

Matthew

[kenny]

hi all
my wife decided today that she would buy me a pair of canarys,she went out on her own to a breeder of borders about 20 miles from me,and came back with a beautiful big pair of last years yougsters.one variagated cock and a yellow hen both fit as fiddles and in good nick.they needed a bath as they had been outside in this chaps avairy.....luckily she is a good judge of birds as she got it from her late father.....my best pal.......i will try and get a pic up tommorrow when they have settled down a bit...dont worry matt i am still going to get my waxbills and weavers if i can before the winter


ken:razz:

[Strawblady2000]

WHat a sweet wife you've got!!!!!

Get those pics up when you have a chance. I'm sure your Pal is smiling on ya both.

[jimmy]

Nice one Kenny :wink:

Can't wait to see the pics mate.

PS, The chicks are still with me & the pool is full up :-P

[Waxbillman]

great, he started singing yet?

your time is running out to get waxbills and weavers Ken, have you decided on what you want yet? as i have a few contacts..

Matthew

[chris]

Hi Kenny,

what weaver species are you thinking of mate? woodlea birds have a few in including napoleon weavers and either red bishops/black winged bishops and there'll probably be a few of the same in C&A somewhere, probably not in the bargain box though.

i think it is BarneyB on ff3 that has a group of red foddys for sale (madagascan weavers), if i remember right there were 5 and he was offering them at £80pr , £120 for a trio or a deal on the 5. might seem expensive but it is really worth it and the price wont stay that low for much longer either.... assuming they're still available

Chris

[kenny]

hi nikki
they are not very good as they are that fit they will not stop still long enough,the cock bird was singing his head off when i went into my birdroom today.....cock variagated.....hen yellow

ken



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