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.
unusual zebra finch
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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.
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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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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