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Re: Strawberry finch hen
Posted by Terri Gennaccaro on 11/05/08

On 10/13/08, Cathy wrote:
> I will try to locate an old email I received a few months ago
from someone claiming
> to have some for sale. (He was responding to an old message
board post of mine but
> I wasn't able to pay the price he was asking at the time).
>
> I don't know anything about this individual but will try to
find and post it to you
> within a day. I think he is in Canada. Hopefully something good
may come of it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cathy (GA)
>
>
>
> On 9/28/08, Beth wrote:
>> On 9/28/08, Terri Gennaccaro wrote:
>>> On 9/18/08, Beth wrote:
>>>> I am looking for 1 or 2 hens, I have 2 males or will trade
>>>> a male for a hen. I am looking to keep this hard to find
>>>> finch breeding and going again. They are not imported any
>>>> more or rarely, so if you can help, please email me and
>>>> lets see what we can do.
>>>
>>> I have 5 pair of strawberries and am also interested in
>>> increase their numbers. I only have one hen born 3-19-08
>>> but want to keep her. I hope to have more and wonder where
>>> you're located. I'm in Brighton, MI and I have one person
>>> here that is also breeding but looking for more:-)
>>> Terri
>>
>> Hi Terri,
>> I am in St Louis MO. The only strawberries I know of around
>> here are novice owners who don't realize what they have except
>> pretty little birds that they won't give up. I thought I had
>> two green strawberry hens and two male reds, but when I put
>> them all in my new aviary 8'wx7'dx8'tall the two sets split
>> appart and are now acting like prs. I hope that they will
>> mate. I know that greens and reds can't breed successfully,
>> at least thats what I read, but they sure are acting like they
>> want to nest since Monday. I can only hope. I will keep you
>> posted. Please feel free to email me if you would like. It's
>> always nice to keep in touch with other breeders of a feather
>> so to speak.
>> Beth

I have a friend in California who can get 1-2 from time to time
but not many. They are $125 each and then you have to pay $130 or
so for Delta shipping and he charges $30 for the shipping
container, so....you can get them but it is really costly. One
pair of mine is sitting on 3 eggs and I am holding my breathe:-)
Another pair laid 3 eggs but they weren't fertile. I think
because they had just gotten Ivermectin? Anyways, hoping the lay
again soon. They are such beautiful birds!
Terri

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Strawberry finch hen, 9/18/08, by Beth.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 9/28/08, by Terri Gennaccaro.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 9/28/08, by Beth.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 10/13/08, by Cathy.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 11/05/08, by Terri Gennaccaro.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 3/12/09, by gerry snelgrove.
• Re: Strawberry finch hen, 3/12/09, by gerry snelgrove.