Is there anybody who knows where I can buy some of these little guys in Oklahoma, or a breeder who will ship them at a resonable price? I would love to have a pair or two of them to put in the flight cage with my button quail. Thanks guys.
Diamond Doves
Talley I had some many years ago. I got mine at a pet shop.
MollyD
I bought one at a bird fair several years ago, but have not seen any since. Petco has them, but I'm not giving the $65 they want. I know I can find cheaper and better quality through a breeder. That is the only pet shop I have seen them in. Thank you very much for the idea.
I got mine in the late 1990's and I know I paid under $10. each I can't imagine they're worth $65.!!!
Found this link:
http://www.diamonddove.info/bird02_Acquiring.htm
http://www.strombergschickens.com/stock/doves.php this hatchery is offering them at outrageous prices!!
http://www.zebrafinch.com/Pricelist/PriceList15.html
http://www.hoobly.com/0/0/534090.html never heard of this web site but price was low.
You might also check Ebay.
MollyD
The one for $20 per pair won't ship, and yes Stromberg's is always very high on all their birds. Thanks for all the help and more leads welcome.
try these:
http://www.oodle.com/sale/pet/bird/-/pet_breed_dove_pigeon/
http://www.hoobly.com/0/2460/0/
http://www.diamonddove.com/DovePrices.html (can't remember if I gave you this one already)
MollyD
Thanks a million Molly! I have found some and am waiting on some emails from breeders. I found one that ships for sure and she is in Texas. That will work great since I'm only in Oklahoma. I appreciate all the help. Now if I can find a couple pair of finches my aviary will be complete. You guys have been a great help.
LOL okay what kind of finches?
MollyD
Zebra perferrably but Society would work. Something hardy because they will be outside with the buttons and the D. Doves. I think I can find some of them locally, but one of the dove breeders I found who ships also raises finches. I know it sounds like I want a lot, but I've always wanted a small aviary with finches, buttons, and diamond doves. You guys have been a great amount of help to me. Thanks for all the info and support, anybody else would have told me I wanted too much.
That's not wanting too much! I didn't know zebras and society finches could take your winters outside?! I always thought they were delicate. I've had both. Hand raised a clutch of zebra finches when the parents abandoned them. They were so small I couldn't tell which end to feed till they opened their mouths. Looked like fuzzy caterpillars!
MollyD
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They can if they have been kept outside and you protect their cage from the elements, plastic and a heat lamp. Zebras are hardier so they do a little better, but Societys will do okay. How in the world did you manage to hand feed finch babies? You have way more patience then I could ever imagine. Congrats on such big task.
talley_wacker they were too small for any pipette I could find so I took a bamboo skewer and push the food into their little mouths. Tough was holding onto them. They're so tiny and frail that I had a problem holding them tightly enough so they wouldn't fall and not so tight that I might hurt them. Not a job I EVER want to repeat!!!!!
MollyD
That is amazing. It takes a special kind of person to do that kind of a job, and for all of them to live, even better.
I think plumb crazy is a better description talley_wacker ! LOL Or so I was told. Yes all 6 survived. I was so tired of them by the end that I sold them and their parents. That's the last time I had any zebra finches!!
MollyD