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    1 hour ago, Stuart whiting said:

    Amazingly you've never been to any shows or sales before but you've been and seen what is probably one of the best parrot finch set ups in the country :rolleyes:

    you need to seriously visit some large quality shows like the foreign bird league and the national which is run by the parrot society,

    these shows will most certainly open yer eyes up if you've never been before,

    im sure you'll love it :D

    i keep meaning to go to one of them but nerves and energy levels have stopped me,i was involved in a head on a few years ago and it is painfull to drive to far,i am suprised myself by driving to grahams so hopefully i will get to st neots and may be stafford

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    2 minutes ago, Stuart whiting said:

    Nice one steve,

    yea I think Graham's a nice and genuine fella I'll be going up there meself and with an old freind within the next month or so ,

    im hoping to be up at the foreign bird league on sept 18th, if you going I may perhaps see you up there :good:

    he is a lovely person,he made me feel very welcome

    if i was you i wouldn't take to much money there are to many birds to tempted you to part with it

    i was thinking of going as its not that far from me,do they sell birds there or is it just a show

     

    steve

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    hi steward

    i was around grahams a few weeks ago i dropped of the birds for mark and picked up my parrot finches from him,he has a brilliant setup and first class birds and kevin rudd makes a good cup of tea :D,when i am ready i will get some more of him,i have book marked grahams site and often read it,

    thank you steve

     

     

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    thank you stuart

    i was finding it a job to sell me zebs thats why i stopped with them,i had a few waxbills but swapped them with mark dancer for some parrot finches as i want to consentrate on them,hopefully working my way on to peales and pintails once i have a bit more experiance,i do have a gold breast hen left and i am picking up a cock bird tomorrow for her

     

    steve

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    hi,i don't come on here as much as i used to as i don't keep zebra finches anymore,but i thought i would put a few photos of some of my new birds all of which are new to me this year

    these are my indian silverbills its my first year keeping and breeding them so far i have bred four chick,i have bred african silverbills before

    blue faced parrot finches so far know chicks

    red faced parrot finches i have bred six chicks so far

    forbes parrot finches these are my favorite of the three types of parrot finches i have as they are stunning photo does not do them justice,i only have one pair at the moment but have bred nine chicks

    i hope you like them

    steve

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    6 hours ago, Emmy said:

    I did try it on a timer when I first got it and something went wrong but I can't remember what it was now.  Later someone told me they shouldn't be used with a timer. What I have done is contacted the firm today to ask their advice on this. I'll let you know what reply I get.

    Emmy

    i had one of my oil rads on a timer with know problems now i use these

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plug-In-HEATING-ONLY-Hydroponic-Thermostat-With-Digital-Display-T33-/200891258710?hash=item2ec60d5756:g:7pwAAMXQrvpREkXM

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    if i could i would have a sink with hot and cold running water instead of having bottles of water and keep boiling a kettle,plus a room to keep my freezer,seed plus cages and any thing else,also i would like one big room instead of two

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    Hi Steve. Unfortunately I am in Northern Ireland or I would have taken those of you in a heartbeat! How can you tell the ones split for BC by the way?

     

    that's a shame,regarding how do you tell splits i was told that they have a bigger tear drop but i am not a 100% sure,i know they are splits as i bred them my self :smile:

     

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    these are a couple of my splits with their parents chris

     

    steve