Clive125

Thank you for the welcome Clare, you too Andy, I think you misread my post as its 30 young from 3 pairs lol I agree 60 would have been some going. I was going to go back to breeding budgerigars but like you say the standard is ever changing I still think Zebra finches offer the greater challenge when breeding for size, type and colour. Clive

Hi Emmy, What have you got up there in Scotland, sounds like a smallholding with all that livestock. lol Clive

Hi Emmy, Yes, I only have the Zebra finches now, they are such fascinating little birds and can give you a few surprises with their offspring. When I initially got the 10 (5 pairs) I started out with, which were Normals, CFW and Fawn I expected just that in the youg but then all of a sudden along comes a Pied. At the moment I am building another larger birdroom by converting a 7ft by 7ft shed to a 13ft by 7ft one, then that with the existing 10ft by 6ft one should then give me plenty of room. I'll try and get some pictures posted up soon. Clive

Hi, My name is Clive Kent, I am 68 years old and retired from the Royal Air Force and a couple of other jobs and now living in Stamford, Lincs. I became a member of this forum some time ago and have only just realised I never introduced myself to you all, my apologies for this. All through my life I have enjoyed keeping birds. My first aviary was in Cyprus with budgerigars and built with a Swiss army knife lol. From there I progressed to canaries for a number of years and was quite successful with the breeding of Lizard Canaries. Now my interest lies with Zebra Finches which I have kept for just over a year and have successfully reared 30 youngsters from 3 pairs this, my first year of breeding. Clive