Spice finches

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LauraElrod
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Spice finches

Post by LauraElrod » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:26 pm

hello all i am new here when i was a tenn i had zebra finches .. 30 years later i have a pair of spice finches i just got them this week. my hubby saw some owl finches he just loved how they looked . i would like to breed some . i have parrots now but i love these little ones.. my Name is Laura and i love to make some friends here

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Post by tammieb » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:33 pm

Hi Laura, welcome to the forum.

I began with Zebras too. They are such a good beginner bird and really give you a big bang for your buck.

I had planned on picking up a couple Spices yesterday while at the petshop, but of course they were out. Every other time I've been in there they have had plenty... but not this week!

The Owls are adorable aren't they? I have never seen them in person as none of the pet shops near me have ever had any that I'm aware of.
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Post by Hoji » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:13 pm

oooh, I love the owls, maybe someday I'll have some. The spices are really pretty too. How many will you get altogether?

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Post by zookeeper » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:18 pm

I love spice finches. I want to get some owls, too.

Welcome to the forum!

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Post by LauraElrod » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:53 pm

i want to get a set of the owls i have a set of spice.. i dont know what others ones would be nice i been looking and wow i loive them all .. my parrots love there little twitting they make:) :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by kenny » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:56 am

hi laura
welcome to the forum

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2 boys

Post by LauraElrod » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:47 pm

oh no i have 2 boys hehehe they told me it was a pair and today the other bird started singing ugh,, so much for my luck

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Post by EmilyHurd » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:55 am

I have had owls and zebras. Owls are nice to have because they are so pretty! However, they are really hard to tell apart. So if I were you, I would get the zebras since you can tell them apart, amd u are wanting to breed them. zebras are very easy to breed, but they will overdo it, so as their "mother" you need to monitor how many eggs the lay each time, etcl

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Post by Hoji » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:06 am

My dogs really seem to enjoy listening to my birds, too.

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Post by LauraElrod » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:04 am

hi tam thanks for your reply i got a pair of zebras yesterday .. i am excited watching them.. my hubby likes the nun finshes and owl and i liek to have a pair of them to.

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Post by Thalia » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:06 pm

oh I love owls! they're so cute and very comical to watch, when I get finches again I'm going to start with owls. Watch those zebras, they can be territorial and they breed like rabbits :lol: It's nice that you've discovered finches, but where are our pictures?? What sort of parrots do you have? My b/f and I decided to rehome our finches in favour of a budgie b/c we don't have room for an aviary in our place and the finches were too much in the cage.

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