tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post3296486521882814158..comments2024-03-19T00:13:22.599+00:00Comments on LETTERS FROM SHEPPEY: Mules and thingsDerek Faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-27140135859448999512021-02-26T17:10:23.732+00:002021-02-26T17:10:23.732+00:00my old dad used to mule goldies and keep them near...my old dad used to mule goldies and keep them near canarys they soon started sing the canarys song he also had a bully that imitated a blackbirdAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083937138286613267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-68642697083558905802020-06-20T06:24:01.002+01:002020-06-20T06:24:01.002+01:00Do you have to close ring a greenfinch/goldfinch h...Do you have to close ring a greenfinch/goldfinch hybribAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530878219921376127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-76883830940986686592016-02-29T15:41:19.756+00:002016-02-29T15:41:19.756+00:00Interesting bird Derek. I didn't know about...Interesting bird Derek. I didn't know about such things, nor did I know about the bullfinch.<br /><br />Did you see Countryfile about Essex last night? I found it absolutely fascinating and such a beautiful place. I thought how lucky you were to live there.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-15171234227399229502016-02-28T20:21:25.819+00:002016-02-28T20:21:25.819+00:00and the Bullfinch is the only British finch whereb...and the Bullfinch is the only British finch whereby the cock cannot fertilize another type of finch and so only females are used for hybridisingDerek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-22856161679203785652016-02-28T18:50:47.644+00:002016-02-28T18:50:47.644+00:00I knew! As a kid I knocked about with an old retir...I knew! As a kid I knocked about with an old retired coal miner who bred British birds. Imagine that now, a 10 yr old meeting an older bloke in a shed down the allotments... Anyway, his goal was a Goldfinch x Bullfinch hybrid. He only ever managed the one....it was a female !Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.com