Hi @Former-Member I tried to work out how to do that screenshot thingy (for the photos), but I just couldn't do it. I'm rather techno-challenged recently.
Yes I like unusual coloured birds. The orange canaries are a bit hard to find, but I've been lucky recently - they don't cost any more than ordinary canaries.
I usually go for brown-winged canaries, or ones with brown faces (& yellow or orange bodies). They look more striking & prettier (to me) than the solid yellow canary birds.
Yes my Bourkes do need more space, but I don't want to put the Budgies inside with my Cockatiels (the 2 Weiros might not like it). So I shall need to work something out.
No it's not worth my while ever selling any. You usually get less than a quarter 1/4 price of what it costs to buy most birds - & I don't as often have breeding success with most of my birds these days.
About 7 years ago I had 30 Zebra finches (bred up from 6). They don't live many years, & I now have only about 8 - because they haven't had many baby zebras recently.
I put several new nest boxes in, & they seem happy with those.
Most finch species need live food (insects) in order to breed at all. Zebra finches are one of the few finch types that will breed whilst just eating seed (without live food).
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