dave huntington

not just me then lol thought it was my crappy laptop !

Always the way mate will only have adults to show this year in cfw Dave

i remember mate lovely bird not bred many this year but that cfw cock i got off you has bred me 9 chicks very late bred though hen laid 9 so fostered 4 and all fertile all on sticks beaks still black but nice shape to them at this stage pulled me out of the mire a bit regards cfw this year Dave

is his dad the one that won in Carlisle last year they look similar lovely bird mate

Nice balanced pair Nick lovely birds only bred one cream this year myself

Happy birthday Nick have a great day Dave

Happy birthday pal!

Happy birthday Adam Dave

You can sex Cfw in the nest as hens usually have dark heads they both look like hens looking at photos regards Dave

Good to hear it mate welcome back

Have a great day Paul All the best Dave

As Nick says if it your intention to breed for the showbench buy your birds from someone who breeds and shows their birds if you are purely breeding for fun and trying to breed different colours and combos ect crack on these will be fine When buying from auction you dont know what colours birds are also carring if you save your cash you can go to area shows and pick good birds up for as little as a tenner in the bird sale section Dave

Hello and welcome hope you enjoy the forum Dave

Hi Mark Welcome and enjoy the forum Dave

Happy Birthday Gary Dave

if i have any spare birds when you are ready to start up you are very welcome to have a look i would definatley try to get birds from breeders who can give you some backround of the birds you buy try getting to a couple of zebra shows aswell to give you an idea of the birds standard and the breeders who breed them nowadays and the different mutations available most have good sales sections aswell Dave

Jimmy still has zebras and he was a judge for many years he still puts together the s@nczfs year books ect i keep mostly fawns cfw and normals there are a lot more colours and combinations than when you last had them and you need to be careful any birds you bring in are not masking other colours as some of these colours are recesive what colours you looking to keep?

I would be exited too! well done looks a good un Dave

Hello and welcome im from Ashington originally and then lived in Carlisle for 20 years and there was quite a few Zebra finch breeders in Carlisle then, Jimmy Addison used to live up the road from me the top man in Zebras for many a year,Who did you get your birds from? Enjoy the forum Dave

Some nice creams Jon and that young fawn looks like he could be a belter! well done

Yes if your trying to breed nice coloured normals, normal x normal and keep your normal line as pure as possible you can dip into these to help improve other colours Dave

Adam i would think twice about releasing so many of your normals they are very usefull birds to have around and a good quality normal hen is about the most usefull outcross you could have,might be worth keeping a couple more than you intend to use to keep in reserve been trying very hard to fetch a really good normal hen in for a couple of years and they are like rocking horse poo besides that they are a stunning bird Dave

welcome back Clive

i like him Nick Wish i could breed a few normals myself

Nice birds Nick well done mate nice colour too