"Standard" society finches

Kiko · Post by **Kiko** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:45 am

I see a local ad from time to time for someone selling "standard" society finches, that are supposed to be twice as large as normal societies. (Like a standard poodle being larger than a miniature).
I have googled but cannot find any other references to these big guys.

Not looking to own any, just curious, has anyone heard of these?

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:34 am

I've never heard of that yet but, i have a zebra finch male that is bigger then the rest of my other zebras. the breeder said he waws an english zebra finch and he is double the size of everyone else in the cage.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:53 pm

Zebra finches over here vary greatly...the common or garden aviary bred variety are what I would imagine most people keep.However, over the years breeders have bred strains particularly for showing ,and these birds can look huge compared to the others.
Why breeders who show birds prefer the biggest birds possible, be it Zebras or Budgerigars I don't know.But they always have,they probably think it is likely to draw attention to their birds when being judged.
Paul.

Kiko · Post by **Kiko** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:23 pm

Hmmm, I'll think about contacting them, just to see if they are friendly and will tell me about their birds!