I got a new pair of grey singers

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I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by HoangQuan » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:56 pm

My friend has just gave me his pair of grey singers. He used to keep them in a big flight cage with a bunch of strawberries but now he must give them away since he wanna start breeding the strawberries again; so I dropped by his place yesterday and took them home. :)
I don't have much experiences about these guys, I don't even know if they're a real pair or not since they never ever laid any eggs when they're in my friend's place. I saw some pin feathers in their face and breast, is that signs of molting? Will they go through a heavy molt like gouldians, or they will molt like canaries?
anyway, here's the photos. The male is actually a hybrid(male green singer x female grey singer).
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The female:
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Now I'm feeding them what I feed my other finches, plus meal worm and ant eggs.
They're 2 years old now, hope I can do something right and will hear their nice song soon. :roll:
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by Mynard » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:02 pm

Lovely =D>
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by cindy » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:11 pm

Beautiful, congratulations!

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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by cartel » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:19 pm

I like the look of your male Quan. Your female also looks like a hybrid to me aswell. :wink:
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by HoangQuan » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:55 pm

I like the look of your male Quan. Your female also looks like a hybrid to me aswell. :wink:
Yeah I can see the light yellow in her wings too. :wink:
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by lovemyfinch » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:05 am

They are very pretty, congrats =D> =D> =D>
From my experience singers do not molt like gouldians, so hopefully it won`t be long before you can tell us that you have eggs [-o<
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by debbie276 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:58 am

Very nice!
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by arielbergmanfinch » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:16 am

Very nice birds!!, If I'm not wrong because they are hybrids unfortunately they will never breed because they are not fertile

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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by jonvill » Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:39 pm

I understand these hybrids to be infertile.
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by 6finchfriends » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:58 pm

congrats! Even if they are infertile they are still lovely birds! =D> Do they have a pretty song?
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Post by nelloyello11 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:42 pm

Beautiful birds!
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by HoangQuan » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:47 am

They have a quite pleasing song, very nice. :D
and I've read somewhere that hybrid between grey x green singer are still fertile. :-?
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Re: I got a new pair of grey singers

Post by L in Ontario » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:05 am

Congratulations on your new Grey Singers - super!! =D>
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