.in the beginning
I remember when I was very young;I would always be around my dad. He
always had birds and animals. He was a very successfully Birmingham roller
breeder. I remember he would get so excited when certain birds would have
babies or when they used to roll very well. He would stair at them for hours. I never understood what he was looking at, "Why doesn't he get bored, whats the big idea?" I thought I would never be like that!
One day we were visiting a friends house who also had lots of
different kinds of birds. I was wondering around the yard being bored, and
I found a cage of little birds. I guess I was there for a while. When it was
time to go, my dad came looking for me and found me watching those birds.
He asked me if I liked them. He said they were zebra finches and if I would
like some. The next day we built a cage and he bought, I think, 4 pairs.
They took off! They bred so many, we had to build more cages. By that time,
there were buttons, cocktails, parakeets, doves.
Here, I am 35 years old, and it's in the history books. I find myself
doing the same things my dad did: standing in front of the cages for hours,
getting excited when certain birds have babies. I stuck with the Zebra
finches and button quail. For most of those years, it was just breeding lots
of birds for wholesale: like 600 finches and 1000 buttons a year, but about
7 years ago, I got a glimpse of some really nice show quality euro zebra
finches. I was hooked. That's when I really got serious about selectively
breeding zebra finches and button quail.
So there I went, to work armed with all those lessons about breeding
my dad had drilled in my head when I was a kid. Lessons like, breeding
the best to the best no matter what, about line breeding, and always selecting qualities that I admire and mating those qualities together.
Now with my dad joining back up with me, I don't see an end in sight.
There are 2 buildings 8ft by 24 ft. One is used for breeding, and one is
used for growing. There are 80 individuals for the finches with 6 small
flights for group breeding. The button quail are bred in small groups for
the common colors. The rare colors are bred in small cages of a pair or a
trio. The other building is 6 large flights. 4ft by 8ft, for growing and
holding.
Please keep in mind the views on this website are my own, through my own experiences with my own birds! Enjoy!
always had birds and animals. He was a very successfully Birmingham roller
breeder. I remember he would get so excited when certain birds would have
babies or when they used to roll very well. He would stair at them for hours. I never understood what he was looking at, "Why doesn't he get bored, whats the big idea?" I thought I would never be like that!
One day we were visiting a friends house who also had lots of
different kinds of birds. I was wondering around the yard being bored, and
I found a cage of little birds. I guess I was there for a while. When it was
time to go, my dad came looking for me and found me watching those birds.
He asked me if I liked them. He said they were zebra finches and if I would
like some. The next day we built a cage and he bought, I think, 4 pairs.
They took off! They bred so many, we had to build more cages. By that time,
there were buttons, cocktails, parakeets, doves.
Here, I am 35 years old, and it's in the history books. I find myself
doing the same things my dad did: standing in front of the cages for hours,
getting excited when certain birds have babies. I stuck with the Zebra
finches and button quail. For most of those years, it was just breeding lots
of birds for wholesale: like 600 finches and 1000 buttons a year, but about
7 years ago, I got a glimpse of some really nice show quality euro zebra
finches. I was hooked. That's when I really got serious about selectively
breeding zebra finches and button quail.
So there I went, to work armed with all those lessons about breeding
my dad had drilled in my head when I was a kid. Lessons like, breeding
the best to the best no matter what, about line breeding, and always selecting qualities that I admire and mating those qualities together.
Now with my dad joining back up with me, I don't see an end in sight.
There are 2 buildings 8ft by 24 ft. One is used for breeding, and one is
used for growing. There are 80 individuals for the finches with 6 small
flights for group breeding. The button quail are bred in small groups for
the common colors. The rare colors are bred in small cages of a pair or a
trio. The other building is 6 large flights. 4ft by 8ft, for growing and
holding.
Please keep in mind the views on this website are my own, through my own experiences with my own birds! Enjoy!
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