Good morning everyone!
I haven't been here for a while, going through some personal issues and my birds were less of apriority.
I sold off all the birds I had, all the cages except one.
Well a couple weeks ago I was just going through some stuff on the I saw some pictures of the siskins and thought how nice it would be to get a pair. My grandfather and uncle would catch a male for keover the summer and we would let it go in the fall. This was back in Europe when I was a boy.
I thought to myself after all the bad things I'm going through it would be nice if the Good Lord Presumption on my part!
Well wouldn't you know it I found 2014 pair! Bred before, so they will be say to breed.
Got them the same day!!
So no matter what happens in my future and where I end up, probably leave Calgary?
I know God is watching over me and I thank him for small mercies!
They are so beautiful and very tame.
Very hard to get in Canada, and not legal to keep in the US.
Jerry
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BigBear0007 - In the early '80s I had a pair in my indoor aviary in Germany. Loved them and not hard to breed. Yours should breed this spring since they are a proven pair. Can you get a large flight for them?
Good luck and enjoy!
Iso
Good luck and enjoy!
Iso
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Congratulations Jerry,
They are quite lovely really. Do they have a pretty song? I have never come across them before.
I hope life settles down for you. I know it has been a bad year, but hopefully things will start going in the right direction
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Enjoy your new birdies.
Congratulations Jerry,
They are quite lovely really. Do they have a pretty song? I have never come across them before.
I hope life settles down for you. I know it has been a bad year, but hopefully things will start going in the right direction

Enjoy your new birdies.
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Re: Eurasian Siskins
Once I get settled I will make them a nice big cage.isobea wrote: BigBear0007 - In the early '80s I had a pair in my indoor aviary in Germany. Loved them and not hard to breed. Yours should breed this spring since they are a proven pair. Can you get a large flight for them?
Good luck and enjoy!
Iso
I should be out of here by the end of March and settled in a new place.
Maybe end of April or beginning of May I will set them up?
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Thank you!lovezebs wrote: BigBear0007
Congratulations Jerry,
They are quite lovely really. Do they have a pretty song? I have never come across them before.
I hope life settles down for you. I know it has been a bad year, but hopefully things will start going in the right direction.
Enjoy your new birdies.
The song is nice but not super fantastic!
Go on YouTube and punch them in and you can hear them sing.
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=xzNaW4tJAao
But, they mean a lot to me because of having them as a boy.
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Good luck BigBear!
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~Elana~
Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~
Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~