black breasted double bar?
- Brooksy
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I have a couple of baby double bars that fledged just before i moved 5 weeks ago and i noticed one of them has a black breast between the lines. As this is the first time i've bred them is this normal? will it moult out?
- Jayburd
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I've read about this a couple of times - for memory it just moults out
Julian
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
- finchbreeder
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The shade between the bars in young tends to be dark at first, then fade. But you never know. So let us know.
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- mattymeischke
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Mine have always been grey between the bars, but I read last night about ones like yours and ones with a fully black face mask popping up occasionally. R. Kingston says they all moult out.
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)