FINCHforum

AvianMan wrote: Back in the day, bird shows (fairs) were all we had. How I loved traveling to a new show!
I made a lot of connections but sadly, they are gone

I have seen the Finch Farm... they even have paradise Tanagers!! But I do not know them... I am always wary when someone has such an assortment for sale... do you know anything about them?

a_gouldian wrote: The Finch Farm seems to have bad reliability with delivering healthy Gouldians. I have read many posts were the birds die within a week of arrival. I have purchased some other birds from them with mixed results, but the other birds did not die after arriving. Fabulous Finch in Michigan has Gouldians that are of breeding age. I would try them. They ship.

GouldianGuy wrote: AvianMan When you get things up and running, please post pictures of the birds and aviary to show us what you've got!

AvianMan wrote: Hi! I will do that! I am still assembling as the weather here is still too unreliable for unacclimated birds, but I am using a metal 10x10 gazebo frame with aviary mesh and a double (safety) entry. I am toying with adding another 10x10 gazebo to make it 10x20...

I will post plenty of pics when it is done.

a_gouldian wrote: I should have mentioned that the Finch Farm is a broker, not a breeder. They get in so many birds they can't realistically keep track of all the birds, their history, and how old they are.

We did get a nice pair of Cordon Bleus from them and we were lucky because those birds just arrived at the Finch Farm. We also got a pair of Greenback Twinspots and the male looked old. They never mated and the male passed suddenly 6 months later, we think from old age. Also, a pair of red-faced Star Finches. They are healthy but try as they do, they do not produce fertile eggs.

We sold a pair of Owl Finches to a woman who lives in our state, and she bought a pair of Gouldians from the Finch Farm and they both died within a week, plus she said they infected her other Gouldians and she lost a few more that she already had.

We think of the Finch Farm as a last resort now, just as we would any bird broker. Would much rather buy from breeders, but for certain birds that is very hard to do.