moglet 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 6,633 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 165 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I bought a nice big grey normal 2010 rung cockbird today. His name is Adam. He is in quarantine at the moment and is desperately trying to bust out to get to the others in the flight! Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Very nice. From whom did you buy him? To help people realise the difference between pet shop prices, prices of stock birds and top prices, do you mind sharing roughly how much you paid for him? Link to comment
moglet 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 6,633 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 165 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 I bought him from a member of the club I just joined (ABS). I can pm you the details if you like. I got him for $25. I have seen birds in pet shops varying from $30-$35 all the way up to $75 (yes I nearly choked) for just a very average pet shop type variety, nothing special and certainly not the hand raised they claim to be. We bought a fantastically tame hand raised lutino from another breeder on the Gold Coast for $50, and as a pet she was worth every cent. She was the friendliest most adorable thing from the first minute. Link to comment
Twisted 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 6,621 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 27, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Nice bird and a good price. Well done. good pick up. Link to comment
moglet 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 6,633 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 165 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Thanks Twisted. He looks a bit scrunched up in that picture. He actually has a lovely line to his body but wasn't cooperating for the camera.... LOL. I'm going to pair him with a lovely mauve dominant pied hen I have. I wanted to buy some hens, but I wasn't quick enough to get there.... typical! I forgot to add before that I know top show birds can go for up to $300. I know a breeder who has national champions in her aviary, and some of her top birds will go for that and be snapped up when they come up for sale (like today!!!). A bit out of my league I'm afraid.... Edited June 19, 2011 by moglet Link to comment
splat 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Very nice cock bird. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted June 19, 2011 You'd have to be real happy with him. He's quite a handsome dude Link to comment
moglet 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Member ID: 6,633 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 165 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 I am!! Now I have two lovely quality boys.... I am in the process of chasing down some show quality hens. Not an easy task I gather He seems like a lovely lively guy, he's chatting away from his quarantine cage to everyone in the flight and trying out his new toys. He's obsessed with a bell apparently! Link to comment
flycow 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Member ID: 5,773 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 57 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 345 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/12/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 27, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2011 aw beauty, wish I can find one like this as well, absolutely love the look of big head show types. Link to comment
moglet 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Member ID: 6,633 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 165 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,080 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 I found him through the budgie club i just joined.I would really recommend joining one. I learned heaps in just our first meeting, and then found out about the show thing last Sunday where they had beautiful birds for sale and I picked up Adam. Link to comment
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