The price and value One of the issues related to the canary in Mozambique and the African singer is its price. In the past three years has skyrocketed, and now amounts are asked for a copy to us before we could buy at least ten.
Let's make a little history, for years brought large numbers of birds captured from Africa to Europe. This made it a very common bird in the bird shop and a very low price, we add its hardiness and resistance to disease and have the cause of its low price. Victor Falcon, breeder and importer of birds has given me some pictures of import of birds from Senegal made, birds were captured at source, are acclimated to the mixture of dry seeds and captive facilities and finally were sent to Spain in huge wooden folding.
A spent their time in Spain for quarantine and from there on the market. In this photo, Victor Falcon, we see a voladeras mozambique full of canaries.
This bird, as I said, is very robust and well adapted to life in a cage, achieving longevity. However, breeding with these specimens was not easy to capture, has many problems that can derail the entire reproductive process.
was abundant, cheap, but difficult to breed, only a handful of people were being raised, with much effort, knowing that the resulting copies were going to have very little market acceptance. The price was so low that before selling a breeding bird for that amount, I personally gave them away or exchanged for other birds.
Today the opposite is true, very scarce and everyone wants to have partners to try breeding, the "survival" of the latest imports are sold at prices 20 times higher than they were four years ago, remain the same bird. The closure of borders to the importation of birds, as a result of bird flu suddenly stopped and difícilente entry reopen. The captive breeding stocks are scarce and the few that are sold with prices reaching their corresponding ring that can reach the 100 €.
But that is not important, what matters is the value of these birds. Mozambique breed for 10 years now and is just as difficult, the value of these birds bred in captivity and acclimated to Cage has not changed. I think that speculative ornithology, which seeks to bring individuals to achieve higher market prices, which thinks more about price than any other aspect should not be the norm. I think that fans of this species, which have appreciated in value, regardless of price, that work together, sharing experiences and even exemplary, I think it enriches us more than sales.
already said Antonio Machado "Every fool confuses value and price", attended sports in ornithology trends of certain species, and some buyers are looking to make an "investment" in pairs in order to sell the results at very high prices without collaboration whatsoever and a speculative effort. I am satisfied that this species is now valued more fairly, but I like it that uun bird "in" the people who come to follow the money trail.
not seem right to try selling import copies surviving for at least three years as captive bred, which undoubtedly occurs. But let's be positive, let's enjoy this beautiful hobby, share our experiences with other farmers and sell the copies we deem appropriate at a price you deem fair antemponiendo always the value of what we have, which sometimes are friends who share our enthusiasm and not euros.
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