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Finch
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So they are available again? Good for you.
I encourage you to seek out small bird aviculturists in your state, in addition the the petstores i mentioned before.… preferably with Society finches or zebra finches, as they are the most prolific egg producers. The biggest problem and hurdle I foresee with this is inconsistency of production- the birds are kept and bred, but they are NOT reliable in regards to keeping a schedule, with exception of the spring-only breeders, of which acquiring some from someone who actually has a producing pair will be virtually impossible, because if you have a breeding pair of those rarer birds you want to produce young. Many people who seriously breed finches have a bunch of societies around as foster parents.
To make this work you will need a lot of contacts with a few pairs or a few reliable contacts with an excess from a large breeding flock. Both ways it would be easier for both parties if it was local within your region, and you do have a fair number of serious finch breeders in the South East. But do know that you will likely be only able to get fertile eggs.
I encourage you to seek out small bird aviculturists in your state, in addition the the petstores i mentioned before.… preferably with Society finches or zebra finches, as they are the most prolific egg producers. The biggest problem and hurdle I foresee with this is inconsistency of production- the birds are kept and bred, but they are NOT reliable in regards to keeping a schedule, with exception of the spring-only breeders, of which acquiring some from someone who actually has a producing pair will be virtually impossible, because if you have a breeding pair of those rarer birds you want to produce young. Many people who seriously breed finches have a bunch of societies around as foster parents.
To make this work you will need a lot of contacts with a few pairs or a few reliable contacts with an excess from a large breeding flock. Both ways it would be easier for both parties if it was local within your region, and you do have a fair number of serious finch breeders in the South East. But do know that you will likely be only able to get fertile eggs.
no, he is trying to perfect the low calorie omlete.............he thinks portion size is the key
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He's probably using them to grow some kind of bacteria in it.
@ Finch,
Not available as such. More so that they are currently in my possession.
I have been searching for local breeders but having little luck. And so far only one pet store has been willing to let me have eggs when they get them. I do have an avian/exotic pet vet I pass on the way to/from work and I am going to stop in and talk to them in the near future.
@ PAK,
Not growing bacteria on them but that does give me an idea...
@ Rattler,
Smarta$$
@ Ozzy,
Dasypeltis scabra. Rhombic egg eater.
As you can see the button quail eggs are still a little big for them (that is the male ["Narp"] but the fem ["Yarp"] is the same size.) I have a feeding tube for them and have been able to feed them this way but I would prefer to get them on real eggs so as not to have to "molest" them weekly in order to feed them.
Not available as such. More so that they are currently in my possession.
I have been searching for local breeders but having little luck. And so far only one pet store has been willing to let me have eggs when they get them. I do have an avian/exotic pet vet I pass on the way to/from work and I am going to stop in and talk to them in the near future.
@ PAK,
Not growing bacteria on them but that does give me an idea...
@ Rattler,
Smarta$$
@ Ozzy,
Dasypeltis scabra. Rhombic egg eater.
As you can see the button quail eggs are still a little big for them (that is the male ["Narp"] but the fem ["Yarp"] is the same size.) I have a feeding tube for them and have been able to feed them this way but I would prefer to get them on real eggs so as not to have to "molest" them weekly in order to feed them.
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Thats probably the cutest snake ever!