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Hi peeps,

im Stuart from Northwest Kent and am stating back up again in breeding and exhibiting finches after a several year lay off from various and family health issues,

prior to me having the break for the last few years I had been a champion breeder and exhibitor of British, mules and canaries and been in the bird game for over 30 odd years ,

ive managed to sought meself me birdroom out which is a 9 x 5 ( feet ) brick built shed and was from one of me garden sheds that I'm still currently in the procedure of constructing and converting, the shed never had a window in it beforehand but have now fitted a large window in the front of the shed to expose as much light as possible, 

the front wall brick work on the exterior will eventually be cladded at a latter date for neatness :hi:

got plenty to be getting on with as I've gotta also build all if me new cages yet, preferably with the metal punch bar fronts as these are what I've always used and rekon that these are the best  :good:

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Hi Stuart and welcome to the forum.

I'm in kent too, have you joined the kent zebra finch club? It's well worth it, nice bunch of people and two shows in north kent each year.

Andy

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hi stuart, welcome to the forum, are you going to breed zebs as well as your champion yorkshire canaries, or are you giving the canaries up ?

please put photos of your birdroom on here, we all love pictures of bird rooms !!!!:D:D

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On 2 July 2016 at 09:51, Andrew123 said:

Hi Stuart and welcome to the forum.

I'm in kent too, have you joined the kent zebra finch club? It's well worth it, nice bunch of people and two shows in north kent each year.

Andy

Hi Andrew,

havent joined the club as of yet, I know Keith Simms and have known Keith for some 20 odd years :good:

I actually live in Northwest Kent and literally down the rd from Wilmington where they have their show, I used to go to the Dartford club aswell where Keith is secretary and will be joining that club aswell again,

are you around the North Kent area yourself  :rolleyes: can PM if prefer 

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On 2 July 2016 at 14:00, daisymay said:

hi stuart, welcome to the forum, are you going to breed zebs as well as your champion yorkshire canaries, or are you giving the canaries up ?

please put photos of your birdroom on here, we all love pictures of bird rooms !!!!:D:D

Hi daisy,

Do you keep colour canaries aswell as I remember seeing you on the colour canary forum, do you have many zebras :hi:

to be onest with you daisy I've had most types of birds throughout my life but mainly specialised in exhibiting British, mules and of course at the time for a good number of years my Yorkshires until I had a break in me birds for the last few years because of various and family health issues etc.

now ive come back into the fancy I've sought of had a bit of shock horror as I've always known good canaries to be quite dear but the yorkies I was looking at were in excess of £100.00 each :blink: and more, can get an awful lot cheaper I suppose but the quality appears to rapidly go down hill, 

Im really looking forward to getting me birdroom soughted with all of me new cages etc,

its not going to happen overnight daisy as its gonna take me a lot of time and money as it is in getting the birdroom straight and that's not including getting me birds :rolleyes:

i will be updating the birdroom pics at various times over the next few months as there's still plenty to do :hi:

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Hi Stuart, 

I'm not in North Kent,  I'm about 15 miles south of maidstone. I had a few birds from Keith a while back. He's a really nice guy and what a great setup. It's Keith that has made me want to show my birds, his enthusiasm is very infectious.. Hopefully I'll be able to get a couple of decent pairs together.

I look forward to seeing you at the shows.

 

Andy

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£100.00 plus EACH!!:shok: omg thats daylight robbery!!! 

i do not have any zebs yet but i intend to get some soon and possibly some bengalese. i love these little birds and all the colours they come in.

i am on the fife canary forum, i have only just started in birds and its been nothing but disaster, but i love my little fifes anyway:wub:  it seems to me (but i may be wrong) that members of my local cbs seem to look down on these wonderful little birds, one person looked really embarrased when they said they bred bengalese !!! well, i love them and i dont care what other bird breeders think of them.

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15 hours ago, Andrew123 said:

Hi Stuart, 

I'm not in North Kent,  I'm about 15 miles south of maidstone. I had a few birds from Keith a while back. He's a really nice guy and what a great setup. It's Keith that has made me want to show my birds, his enthusiasm is very infectious.. Hopefully I'll be able to get a couple of decent pairs together.

I look forward to seeing you at the shows.

 

Andy

 

Hi Andy,

ok mate, not to far away then, I used to fish the Medway an awful lot up around Tonbridge, penshurst and fordcombe and know all around that way quite well ,

ive never actually been to Keith's place but I know he's from Bexleyheath, I'll have to catch back up with him soon,

yea mate I most probably see you at some of the shows

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4 hours ago, daisymay said:

£100.00 plus EACH!!:shok: omg thats daylight robbery!!! 

i do not have any zebs yet but i intend to get some soon and possibly some bengalese. i love these little birds and all the colours they come in.

i am on the fife canary forum, i have only just started in birds and its been nothing but disaster, but i love my little fifes anyway:wub:  it seems to me (but i may be wrong) that members of my local cbs seem to look down on these wonderful little birds, one person looked really embarrased when they said they bred bengalese !!! well, i love them and i dont care what other bird breeders think of them.

Yea daisy don't let people put you off of zebs and bengalese as these are just as highly prised as any other bird, it's a lot harder to exhibit a very good quality pair of zebras than it is to exhibit a rare foreign bird, the chances are that the rare foreign probably won't even have a set std to be judged by,

zebras and bengalese will always hold there own :yahoo:

hope you manage to find some good birds down your way :good:

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5 hours ago, Stuart whiting said:

Yea daisy don't let people put you off of zebs and bengalese as these are just as highly prised as any other bird, it's a lot harder to exhibit a very good quality pair of zebras than it is to exhibit a rare foreign bird, the chances are that the rare foreign probably won't even have a set std to be judged by,

zebras and bengalese will always hold there own :yahoo:

hope you manage to find some good birds down your way :good:

thankyou stuart, i hope too very soon

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Hi Stuart,

Welcome to the forum, Not a million miles away from me you nice to see other breeders on here that are a bit closer.

Be good to see some pics of your bird room once finished.

Bit gobsmacked at the price of the yorkshire canaries, I thought my red factors were expensive.

Clare

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2 hours ago, Clare L said:

Hi Stuart,

Welcome to the forum, Not a million miles away from me you nice to see other breeders on here that are a bit closer.

Be good to see some pics of your bird room once finished.

Bit gobsmacked at the price of the yorkshire canaries, I thought my red factors were expensive.

Clare

Hi Clare,

yes I know st Leonard's / Hastings quite well, I go through your way on the train  to me farthers in langney, Eastbourne.

yea I know the price of yorkies are absolutely rediculas, I've always had canaries beforehand and now I'm back in the bird game I don't think I'll bother with the canaries my more , 

being onest I luv me finches to much :yahoo:

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hey Stu ...Angel here well all my pairs are sitting on eggs lol , how you doing ? and hows your bird house coming on surely got to be finished by now , I got in touch with Mr Simms the other day cos I went into panic mode when I saw eggs on cage floor anyway he gave me expert advice so everything sorted all in separate cages and all got nest boxes phew panic over lol Ill see you at Joydens Wood sometime next year 

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