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    Give them time

    Dec 22, 2021 3 minutes

    Expert advice • Opinion • Getting started • Species profiles • Key tips • Leading fanciers

    “EXPERIENCE counts.” That is a statement that is often heard. Here, I am referring to the benefit of birds being shown and gaining a positive experience from it.

    So, at the first show of the year, Denbigh CBS, I benched 12 entries, only three with prior experience: a cock linnet, cock lesser redpoll and hen bramblefinch. Then there were a pair of goldfinches, a pair of greenfinches, a pair of bullfinches, a pair of siskins and a bramblefinch cock. All but one

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