Bird mart

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:00 pm

Hi all. This coming Sunday will be the first bird mart where I Will be selling 7 young Gouldians. They have all finished their adult molt. I was thinking if I hung onto them and sold them at the bird Mart I would find people that have a real love of finches. It would be nice to know they have the same care after I had sold them. On the other side of things I'm hoping to find a YH WB YB female or a RH WB BB. I haven't seen them available in my area. If I get lucky I'll post pics next week!

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:20 pm

Good luck!
Can't wait to hear all about it

Post by **lovezebs** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:38 pm

kyle

This is exciting!

I love bird shows/sales ♡♡♡

I hope you don't end up buying more birds than you sell, lol.

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:18 am

Elana. Yes very excited. Ever since my first pair of gouldian chicks hatched I thought of the local bird Mart as the best place to sell them. I'm hoping I enjoy the experience. This year I have a much better idea of just how how much room it takes to breed and rear finches. After this bird Mart I hope to be breeding two pairs that way one can be a back up surrogate for the other if need be. Anything more than that I just don't have the space for. Which is probably a good thing. Lol. two large flight cages and three large breeding cages should do the trick.

Post by **Sally** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:28 am

I think bird marts are a great place to sell, as the customers are generally bird lovers to start with--who else would spend a perfectly good weekend looking at birds/cages/supplies like it is Christmas?

Dramoth · Post by **Dramoth** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:59 am

I remember years ago... my grandfather going through all his budgies and selecting the ones that he wanted to sell... and then going with him to bird marts in Melbourne to either sell or trade for birds that would improve his breeding stock.

I used to love walking around looking at all the birds.

Jen · Post by **Jen** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:04 am

Good luck with your birds. I agree with Sally, that would be the best place to sell/trade birds. I LOVE bird marts!!! It feels like Christmas every time I attend one. I ALWAYS come home with a "gift" !!!

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:44 pm

Hi all. So yesterday I had the bird mart. Apparently it wasn't advertised early enough so turnout wasn't as usual. I did sell three of the six youngsters I brought. I enjoyed the event and had an opportunity to talk to local breeders. I managed to find a YH WB YB female. I had posted pictures of another YH female I was planning to pair with my YH male and it was pointed out to me the female had a red tipped beak and was genetically a redhead. Now my new girl is definitely a YH YTB. Of course no guarantees it's a girl but I think so.

Post by **lovezebs** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:02 pm

kyle

What a BEAUTY !
And what a lovely couple they make...

Congratulations !!!

slwatson · Post by **slwatson** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:57 pm

kyle

Beautiful birds

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:55 am

Elana, slwatson. Thank you she is lovely. I'm not sure if she is female because of her WB makes it hard to tell. I'm going by her lighter belly. Any confirmation would be appreciated.

Post by **lovezebs** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:11 am

kyle

I sure hope that she is a 'SHE'.
Between her and your Mr Gorgeous, you should have some absolutely lovely babies.

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:50 am

Looks like a hen to me too

Nice pair, you should get DF Pastel and SF Pastel males and Pastel and Green hens from them.
good luck, keep us posted

slwatson · Post by **slwatson** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:20 am

kyle

I have the worst time with identifying sexes of most finches, especially gouldians!

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:45 pm

Elana, slwatson thanks. Debbie thanks with your input I'm feeling confident I have a pair.

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