So excited, 6 new zebs

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So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by tobyneilson » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:21 pm

Ok I know with the amount zebs I have that a)I dont need more and b)I should not get overexcited at new ones,but I am lol
Was talking to a guy yesterday and he said his father was gicing up breeding and selling off all his stock,so I called him up and just got back from his house
I have 2 BC hens with 2 normal cocks, 1 normal hen with a orange breast zeb!!
Got all 6 for £30,so a really good bargain,IMO
Will take some pics tomorrow

All 6 are this year bred
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by lovemyfinch » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:01 pm

Congrats Toby =D> Any new finch is worth getting excited about =D> =D> =D>
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by cindy » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:05 pm

Congratulations...an orange breast...ok, where are the pictures???????

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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by nelloyello11 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:05 pm

tobyneilson wrote:Ok I know with the amount zebs I have that a)I dont need more and b)I should not get overexcited at new ones,but I am lol
Was talking to a guy yesterday and he said his father was gicing up breeding and selling off all his stock,so I called him up and just got back from his house
I have 2 BC hens with 2 normal cocks, 1 normal hen with a orange breast zeb!!
Got all 6 for £30,so a really good bargain,IMO
Will take some pics tomorrow

All 6 are this year bred
a) we all ALWAYS need more finches.
b) no such thing as OVER excited whenn it comes to new birds

And what a deal! £30 is roughly $50 US. I might even say a steal!
Looking forward to pictures :D
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by finchmix22 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:18 pm

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto!!! Congratulations! What a cool deal. :mrgreen:
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by waxbill lover » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:49 pm

Toby, congrats on the orange-breast Zebra. They're hard to find! Hopefully you get some little ones out of them!

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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by tobyneilson » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:13 am

thanks will try get some pics later
hopefully be breeding the orange breast in a couple month
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by debbie276 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:26 am

WOW! Great news, can't wait for pics
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by tobyneilson » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:10 am

As promised,some pics

here is all of them in their flight cage,they are in with a CFW male and pied female I got a couple week from same breeder

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the Orange breast a bit closer
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One of the BC hens

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the CFW male and pied female

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this is my BC male with a normal hen,she is just sitting on 5 eggs,so with him and my new 2 BC females I am hoping to get a BC line going,I did have another BC hen but she died eggbound.

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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by debbie276 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:17 am

Very nice looking birds!
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by tobyneilson » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:39 pm

thanks Debbie
I have noticed with the orange breast his call is different, more sharp and quicker, like a machine gun, don't know if others with them has noticed that?
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by waxbill lover » Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:57 am

Toby,

My pied male has a short machine gun sound vs my CFW which sounds deeper and longer, with beeps in different places. Sorta like an aussie accent vs a canadian accent lol

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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by lovemyfinch » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:58 am

Beautiful selection Toby =D> =D>
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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by kenny » Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:01 am

hi toby
well done mate,they are nice birds and you got a bargain there


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Re: So excited, 6 new zebs

Post by tobyneilson » Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:48 am

waxbill lover wrote:Toby,

My pied male has a short machine gun sound vs my CFW which sounds deeper and longer, with beeps in different places. Sorta like an aussie accent vs a canadian accent lol

Yes exactly like that,totally different from the other zebs,which surprised me lol
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