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Denozo
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Good morning everyone,

Last night an add was put up on petlink for some zebra finches. There appears to be one male with a very dark cheek patch and a female with a very wide tear drop. Not to mention a few other unusually marked birds. Can anybody comment if this picture has been taken from the internet. I haven't been able to find it. I wouldn't be able to get to victoria to look myself but maybe someone on here may be interested.
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Haven't seen petlink photos. I have these zebras , are they considered as wide tearmarked?
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Tear drops would vary from bird to bird. Top one is a Pied Grey Hen and Bottom one mayb a Marked White Hen.
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Are they hens marked like these?
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same photo zoomed in.
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These birds were bred in Port Macquarie 12 - 18 months old.
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Bit too much sunlight on the pics. But the unusual birds seem to be hens.
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The hens show the tear drop / black cheek marking and the cock birds are their siblings (possible split). I have not line bred them as yet as I was awaiting for the hens to moult for the second time to see if they lost their dark marking.
The heritage of the birds is blue/silver grandparents produced normal looking (split ??) chicks and these marked birds are their chicks.
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I think dilute blue & silver are both dominant mutations. If so, no splits are possible.
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Correct Tiaris, Silver and Dilute Blue are Dominant.
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From those cheek markings it sure looks like there is a mutation gene of some sort at work here. Good luck in developing them Wagga.
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I am sorry about taking over your post"Denozo". I will transfer my posts off this post if you like.
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