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European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:40 pm
by BigBear0007
My male that needs a female!!
Anyone have a spare hen?
The Bear
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:01 am
by lovemyfinch
What a handsome fella

Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:51 am
by tobyneilson
am after a hen myself as i sadly lost mine
Stunning male you have there,they can be right characters cant they
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:32 am
by franny
If you can pay to have it shipped, a fellow named Ponytail Joe, in Peachland, BC is a broker/importer. If he doesn't have what you want, he can often get them for you. Try contacting him:
http://www.ponytailjoes.com/about.html
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:43 am
by BigBear0007
Thanks,
I have dealt with him before.
We are working on it.
I need a cage bred or aviary bred hen.
The Australian imports are too nervouse.
Also my male is the "Parva" variety and i would prefer a hen of the same variety.
Parvas are the smallest of all the nine varieties.
Again Thank you!
The Bear
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:25 am
by gostokom
Good morning, I don't think it's a parva, can you add more pictures?
here a pictures of my various parvas type
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17022965@N08/
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:19 am
by konkata
I'm no parva expert but comparing the picture Bear posted to the pictures in Gostokom's album...I'd say its a parva, if thats what parva's look like.
Unless there are fake parva's running around that appear as a parva but are really something else? Like I said, I'm no expert, but it looks like the same type of bird thats represented in Gostokom's link unless I'm missing something important.
Anyways, he's purdy! I know a couple hens that would gladly be his gal, but unfortunately they're the wrong species

Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:06 am
by gostokom
Hello, it is for that I asked him for more pictures of his EG, we can't tell by one picture, you agree?
I think if he doesn’t find a hen from the same subspecies, he can use another one and work on it, he can fix his subspecies after the fourth generation...a long work!!!
here a GF sound to train your mules or goldfinches
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6A9FTHSJ I will delete the link after 2 days
Re: European Goldfinch Male
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:32 pm
by BigBear0007
Here is a couple more pictures of "Willy" that is what I call him!!
I bought him as a Parva.
He was aviary bred and he sings great.
If i don't find another parva hen, i will use him to mule.
The Bear