Was sent more pictures of the zebra fledglings the high school biology class is raising for me.
Dad is NG/CFW. Mom is NG. No more history than that on either parent.
From left, upper: Mom, CFW chick (female), NG chick, NG chick, lower: NG Pied chick
In the center is the CFW chick, next to her is one of the light silvery grey/white chicks, then down below the top chick is the NG Pied, and the lower one another of the light silvery grey/white chicks. It's the light silvery grey chicks I have questions on, what are they? Are they just dark CFW's who will lighten up, or what? And what's with the white cheeks?
the pied chick appears to have no tail stripes (there's been no evidence of anyone plucking anyone else, no feathers found or plucking seen)
The two silvery grey and white chicks, with NG pied off to the left
More pictures of the fledglings
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To me they look like both parents are carrying recessive dilute. But I am not an expert, just a Zeb lover.
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Winci is in the USA. Whould that make a difference?
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Yes, I am in the USA, and we do have some different mutations here, just like you have some that we don't have.
Penguin is a possibility here.
If both parents are NG, with no sign of pied, how could offspring have that much white pied markings? And in such a regular pattern?
Penguin is a possibility here.
If both parents are NG, with no sign of pied, how could offspring have that much white pied markings? And in such a regular pattern?
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The strange thing with pied is low pied can produce high pied. I have had 2 zebs with nothing more than 1 white feather on one, and one white toe on the other, produce heavy pied offspring. So that part is nothing unusual. Regular pattern is just jolly good luck.
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