When did you get your first finch? :)

[Rox]

My dad bred birds, so I was one of the lucky ones who grew up with them until the age of about 15 when we moved and couldn't take the birds with. I then left home, grew up some and started keeping my own birds in late 2012 at the age of 30. It quickly grew into a fascination with waxbills and gouldian's.

What is pretty cool, was finding some old photo's of my dad's birds in December last year. I vaguely remembered the birds from when I was a kid but finding photo's of the exact same waxbills I now keep was pretty special. My dad is definitely looking down from heaven with a big grin on his face

[41Gryphon]

I got my first parakeet as a ten-year-old, when I set out to catch her when I found her flying around outside. After Mango, I got budgies and cockatiels and eventually got an amazon and conures. It's been hookbills for 95% of the time.

I'm in high school now and I don't have enough time for even the sweet 14-year-old Patagonian conure that I have now (who I'm looking to rehome).

I got my first finches last August from the Finch Farm, and they were a pair of European Goldfinches. One died shortly after arriving, but I still have the remaining finch singing and kicking! I'm looking to stop keeping hook bills and just keep finches, as I still want to keep birds but don't have the time or money to care for parrots. As soon as Dakota the patagonian conure has found a new home, I'll be bringing in more goldfinches and possibly canaries into my home.

[delray]

41Gryphon sounds like a great plan!